south africa: Project Manager and Facilitator positions - Participative Development Initiative

Job Adverts – Project Manager and Facilitator positions

Participative Development Initiative is a Durban-based non-governmental organisation that seeks to contribute to the alleviation of poverty through promoting sustainable development and strengthening the institutional capacity of established community, institutional and corporate structures in South Africa.

The organisation seeks to employ people in the following two positions:

Durban - Based Project Manager - Sinethemba HIV/AIDS Project and Social Crime Prevention Project

As a management position the job of project manager requires both management and leadership expertise.

. Provide mentorship, leadership and support to staff
. Propose and initiate new projects for PDI to consider
. Develop and monitor the implementation of project objectives and
obligations
. Compile process and impact-related reports on project status for
Sinethemba and Social Crime Prevention Projects
. Monitor the progress and performance of project staff and deal with any
Problems timeously, within the parameters of the company policy and BCEA
. Maintain regular reporting between project teams and the Executive
Director
. Coach project staff in areas of low performance and concern, take
appropriate and timeous action with respect to performance that is not improving
. Develop work process and task lists for project teams
. Monitor and Evaluate performance of project staff and project goals and
provide a report to the Director on a monthly basis
. Identify and coordinate interviews of potential facilitators and define
selection criteria for new positions
. Ensure project activities remain within budget line items and prepare
budgets for new projects – coordinate a weekly meeting with project managers to discuss budget allocations and include the office manager in these
. Manage all funder visits to target communities and arrange the necessary
meetings, workshops, etc.

Skills Requirements:
· Knowledge and experience of Social Crime Prevention and HIV/AIDS work
· Social science or relevant three-year degree
· Background in development work
· at least five-years project management experience in an NGO environment
· Proposal writing and materials development skills
· Experience in training and organisation
· Ability to work in a team
. At least five years experience in management position
. Drivers Licence

Contract position: 2 years
Salary package: R150 000 per annum

Durban - Based Facilitator - Social Crime Prevention Project

The incumbent will be required to achieve the following:

. Implement project activities at local level
. Liase with local police, community police forums and school governance structures
in target communities
. Make the necessary contacts to initiate social crime prevention programmes
. Develop intervention programmes for address social crimes
. Network with other organisations and institutions working in the area of social
crime prevention
. Training of local partners
. Facilitate the implementation of the programme

Skills Requirements

. At least five years experience in NGO and social crime prevention work
. Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills in Zulu and English
. Demonstrable working knowledge of social crime prevention legislation and policy
. Experience with working with police and the security industry
. Training and organising experience
. Ability to work in a team
. Undergraduate degree in social science or relevant field
. Drivers Licence

Contract Position: 2 Years
Salary Package: R 65 000.00 per annum

Apply in writing, including the names of three contactable referees to Amitha Ramraj at PO Box 104 Hyper by the Sea, Durban North, 4053 or [email][email protected] by Monday 17 March 2003.