View file File name : management.htm Content :<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Management NGO - Voluntariat international VSO</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style2 {font-weight: bold} .style3 {color: #333333} .style5 { color: #333333; font-weight: bold; } .style10 { font-size: xx-small; font-weight: bold; color: #000099; } .style11 {color: #FF6600; font-weight: bold; } --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="masthead"> <a name="a"></a> <table width="100%" id ="volmainmenu"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/topbar_tcm8-41.gif" alt="" width="570" height="81" align="left" /></td> <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/sigla provo.jpg" alt="" width="167" height="78" /></td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" bgcolor="#dddddd"> <tr> <td><img src="images/tossing_grain.jpg" alt="© VSO/Aubrey Fagon" width="194" /></td> <td><img src="images/two_girls.jpg" width="194" alt="©VSO/Richard Crease/Daily Echo"/></td> <td><img src="images/woman_making_pots.jpg" width="194" alt="© VSO/Ben Langdon"/></td> <td valign="middle"><img src="images/lonely_tree.jpg" alt="© VSO" width="194" border="0" /> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="volglobalNav"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><div align="center"><strong><a href="faqs.htm">Frequently Asked Questions</a></strong></div></td> <td><div align="center"><strong>|</strong></div></td> <td align="center"><div align="center"><strong><a href="stories.htm">VSO Vvolunteers</a></strong></div></td> <td><div align="center"><strong>|</strong></div></td> <td align="center"><div align="center"><strong><a href="links.htm">Useful links</a></strong></div></td> <td><div align="center"><strong>|</strong></div></td> <td align="center"><div align="center"><strong><a href="contacte.htm">Contact</a></strong></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <table width="800px" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width ="20%" class="left" > <div id="navBar" > <div class="style2" id="volsectionLinks" > <a href="index.html">HOME</a><a href="despre_vso.htm">About VSO</a> <ul> <li><a href="domenii.htm">>Volunteer<br /> Placements </a><a href="procedura.htm">Application <br /> Procedure</a></li> <li><a href="unde.htm">Countries where <br /> VSO works</a></li> <li><a href="oferta.htm">The support you <br /> get from VSO</a></li> <li><a href="despre_voluntariat.htm">About <br /> Volunteering</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <!--end navBar div --></td> <td width ="60%" valign="top"> <div id="content"> <div class="feature"> <br/> <h1>Volunteer Placements</h1> <p>In Romania, VSO is looking to recruit volunteers from among professionals in the following skill areas:</p> <p><a href="health.htm">Health Care</a><br /> <a href="ngo.htm">Social Development: NGO & Social Welfare Workers</a><br /> <a href="management.htm">Organisational Development & Business Management</a><br /> <a href="comunicare_marketing.htm">Communications / Marketing</a><br /> <a href="IT.htm">Information Technology</a><br /> <a href="education.htm"> Education</a><br /> <a href="social_research.htm">Social Research</a><br /> <a href="agriculture.htm">Natural Resources</a><br /> <a href="http://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/urgently-needed.asp" target="_blank">Miscellaneous</a> (external link)</p> <h3 align="center" class="style3">***</h3> <h2><a name="3" id="3"></a>Management</h2> <ul> <li><a href="#1">Managers / Management Advisers</a></li> <li><a href="#5">Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists</a></li> <li><a href="#2">Small Business Advisers</a></li> <li><a href="#6">Financial Managers</a></li> <li><a href="#4">Micro-Finance Advisers</a><br /> </li> </ul> <h3><a name="1" id="1"></a>Managers / Management Advisers</h3> <p>We urgently need experienced managers to work with organisations in developing communities. As a management volunteer with VSO you could be working alongside colleagues in human rights NGOs, HIV and AIDS charities or farmers associations to name a few. By setting up effective management systems and/or business strategies, you’ll ensure these organisations are more productive and sustainable. </p> <p> If you are looking for a new challenge and want to make a real difference in some of the world's most disadvantaged communities, apply now. Your background could be in the business or the public sector. Perhaps you run your own business. You don’t have to have worked as a management adviser/ consultant before. Whatever your background, as long as you’ve got the qualifications and skills listed below, you could volunteer with VSO in a management role.</p> <p>We’re looking for managers with <span class="style5">a relevant degree and at least 3 to 5 years experience</span> <strong>in a mid to senior management role</strong>. Your management experience can be in any sector, as long as it includes the following <strong>transferable skills</strong>: </p> <ul> <li>organisational development;</li> <li>company strategy/planning; </li> <li>managing change;</li> <li>developing monitoring and evaluation systems; </li> <li>developing management and administrative systems; </li> <li>budget control; </li> <li>staff training, leadership and motivation; </li> <li>communications.</li> </ul> <p>At the moment we particularly need people with good <strong>organisational development</strong> experience, preferably with community-based organisations. Experience in financial systems management, facilitation and staff capacity building, reporting/documentation systems and partnership development are all considered assets.</p> <p>Examples of VSO placements in this field:</p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD13" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Organisational Development Adviser - Kenya</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD13" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">Working with the Teenage Mother & Girls' Association of Kenya (TEMAK), you'll identify the current strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Working together with TEMAK staff you'll develop a strategic direction and help to formulate policies on staff development, financial management and communications to allow them to carry out their vital work more effectively. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Organisational Development Adviser - Kenya_tcm8-17883.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </span> <br /> </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD16" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Zambia</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD16" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">Harvest Help is a non-governmental organisation working to improve the livelihoods of people in rural communities in Zambia. They are looking for a volunteer with strong monitoring and evaluation experience to put an M&E plan and systems in place that will allow them to move forward sustainably. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Zambia_tcm8-17884.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD7" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Institutional Development Adviser - Cameroon</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD7" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">The District Council of Bogo in Maroua is looking for an experienced manager to help develop and implement a long-term Institutional Development Plan, integrating participatory and rights-based approaches. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Cameroon Institutional Dev Adviser Aug 08_tcm8-16860.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Management Adviser - Nepal</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">The Divya Yuva Club promotes social unity and ensure that disadvantaged parts of society, including women and people affected by HIV and AIDS, can exercise their rights freely. The organisation is looking for an experienced manager to help them develop a long-term strategy to ensure the sustainability of their vital work. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Nepal Management Adviser - Aug 08_tcm8-16863.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD8" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Organisational Development Adviser - Namibia</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD8" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">The Ministry of Education in Oshakati are looking for an experienced manager, ideally from a public sector background. You'll work with the ministry's management team to develop more effective administrative systems and build the ministry's management capacity. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Namibia Organisational Development Adviser July 2008_tcm8-16435.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> <br /> </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD17" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Support Officer - Nigeria</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD17" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">You will use your excellent knowledge of Management Information and Evaluation Systems (MIES) to review and develop the MIES of EVA, a youth-led organisation that works through schools to combat AIDS in Nigeria. You will train your colleagues in the use of MIES</span>. Read more <a href="download/Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Developer, Nigeria_tcm8-15357.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD18" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Organisational Development Adviser - India</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD18" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">Manthan is a non-governmental organisation working to improve inclusion and human rights at a community level. It requires an organisational development adviser to strengthen its strategic planning and organisational systems and ensure a sustainable future. Read the full volunteer job description</span> <a href="download/Organisational-Development-Adviser-India_tcm8-11611.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <h3><a name="5" id="5"></a>Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists</h3> <p>We are looking for people with a relevant degree and at least <strong>2 years'</strong> experience in developing monitoring and evaluation systems for programs, project planning, information management, data analysis and reporting. You could be volunteering in countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Zambia.</p> <p>Examples of VSO placements in this field:</p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD20" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Zambia</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD20" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">Harvest Help is a non-governmental organisation working to improve the livelihoods of people in rural communities in Zambia. They are looking for a volunteer with strong monitoring and evaluation experience to put an M&E plan and systems in place that will allow them to move forward sustainably. Read the full volunteer job description</span> <a href="download/Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Zambia_tcm8-17884.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD21" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Support Officer - Nigeria</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD21" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">You will use your excellent knowledge of Management Information and Evaluation Systems (MIES) to review and develop the MIES of EVA, a youth-led organisation that works through schools to combat AIDS in Nigeria. You will train your colleagues in the use of MIES</span>. Read more <a href="download/Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Developer, Nigeria_tcm8-15357.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> </p> <h3><a name="2" id="2"></a><strong>Small Business Advisers</strong></h3> <p>We urgently need small business owners / managers to advise organisations in poor communities. By setting up effective management systems and business strategies, you’ll ensure they'll become more productive and more sustainable. <br /> <br /> You'll need <strong> min. 3 years' experience and a variety of small business skills</strong>, including product design & production, marketing, PR, planning, financial management, staff management. You'll be confident in identifying and implementing new business opportunities. Ideally you'll have <strong>managed teams of at least 8 people</strong> and hold a relevant degree.</p> <p>Examples of VSO placements in this field:</p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD2" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Small Business Adviser - Malawi</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD2" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">Working towards food security with a Business Development Service Centre, you’ll provide business advice, training and support to farmer associations and other small enterprises in Malawi’s central region. You’ll work closely with centre manager, setting up services for the development of business plans and proposals, bookkeeping and accounting. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/Malawi SBA April 08_tcm8-15207.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> </p> <p><span id="_SE_FLD4" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobTitle[1]"><em>Small Business Consultant - Namibia</em></span><br /> <span id="_SE_FLD4" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:JobSummary[1]" _SE_MV="true">You will work with rural community enterprises helping them to develop effective business plans, marketing strategies and accounting skills. Read the full job description <a href="download/sbc_namibia_tcm8-10287.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> </p> <h3><a name="6" id="6"></a>Financial Managers</h3> <p>We need experienced accountants and financial managers for volunteer work in Africa and Asia. While you’ll need sound financial acumen, we’re also interested in your ability to strengthen capacity, build confidence and train your colleagues in financial best practice. Our volunteer placements often involve trouble shooting, consultancy and developing or improving monitoring and accountability systems in additional to general financial work. All positions require financial management experience. </p> <p>You’ll need at least <strong>2 year’s experience</strong> in managing project funds, budgeting processes, setting up financial systems and planning. A degree or other relevant qualification (ACCA/CIMA) is also usually required. Programme funding experience is preferable. </p> <p>Examples of volunteer jobs in this field: </p> <p><em>Financial Manager – Sierra Leone</em><br /> An exceptional financial manager is needed to establish sound financial practice across the Council of Churches’ education and welfare programmes. Read more <a href="download/financial_manager_sl_tcm8-10284.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p><em>Financial Adviser - Papua New Guinea</em><br /> Working with the local government office in Madang Provice, you'll improve financial management and planning and train others in good financial practice. Read the full volunteer job description <a href="download/PNG Finance Adviser Sep 08_tcm8-17339.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <h3><strong><a name="4" id="4"></a></strong>Micro-Finance/Enterprise Development Adviser</h3> <p><span id="_SE_CP2" _SE_CPt="VSO" _SE_CT="tcm:8-99-32" _SE_CP="tcm:8-1912" _SE_C="tcm:8-1912"><span id="_SE_FLD9" _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:BodyText[1]">We are looking for people experienced in financial development, business development, loan applications for those without acces to banks, </span></span>developing micro-finance schemes, or perhaps even managing micro-finance institutions. Professionals<span _SE_CPt="VSO" _SE_CT="tcm:8-99-32" _SE_CP="tcm:8-1912" _SE_C="tcm:8-1912"><span _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:BodyText[1]"> with experience in working with cooperatives are preferred. </span></span></p> <p><span _SE_CPt="VSO" _SE_CT="tcm:8-99-32" _SE_CP="tcm:8-1912" _SE_C="tcm:8-1912"><span _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:BodyText[1]">You could help with the development of a micro finance system. This might include assessing the existing micro finance scheme and identifying weaknesses, assessing the quality of the existing loan portfolio and advise on repayments, as well as helping to prepare proposals for funding support.</span></span></p> <p><span _SE_CPt="VSO" _SE_CT="tcm:8-99-32" _SE_CP="tcm:8-1912" _SE_C="tcm:8-1912"><span _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:BodyText[1]">A min. of <strong>3 year's experience</strong> is required, and ideally a relevant degree is <span _SE_CPt="VSO" _SE_CT="tcm:8-99-32" _SE_CP="tcm:8-1912" _SE_C="tcm:8-1912"><span _SE_FLD="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:BodyText[1]"> preferred, but not essential. </span></span><br /> </span></span></p> <p align="center">***</p> <h4 class="style11">Important notes: </h4> <p class="style11">There is constant change in the volunteer demand and requirements, so please check <a href="http://www.vso.org.uk" target="_blank">www.vso.org.uk</a> for the latest information! 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