Tender / Bid Invitation: Mid-Term Evaluation DFID – PPA funded Empowering Adolescent Girls through Education: Plan
Deadline 26 October 2012 (1300hrs)

Founded more than 75 years ago, Plan has global presence in 68 countries and is one of the largest children’s development organisations in the world. Plan promotes child rights and lifts millions of children out of poverty through high quality development programs that facilitate lasting impact. Plan has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1986 and has active programs in the following sectors: education, health, child protection and child rights and food and income security.

Scope
In April 2011, Plan Zimbabwe commenced the implementation of a three year DFID funded project under the Partnership Programme Arrangement (PPA) secured through Plan UK. The program is being rolled out in the following other countries which are Pakistan, Cambodia, El Salvador, Mali, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Kenya. The PPA program focuses on education including working on knowledge and attitudes, financial barriers to access, quality of education, gender based violence in schools, school governance and a small element of access to adolescent sexual reproductive health rights (ASRHR).

Plan Zimbabwe Project
In Zimbabwe the project is focusing on Girls Empowerment through Quality Education. It is being implemented in Chipinge, Chiredzi and Mwenezi district. Plan Zimbabwe’s Building Skills for Life (BS4L) project falls under Plan UK’s global Building Skills for Life programme banner, and was developed and designed by Plan Zimbabwe in co-ordination with the Plan UK team.

Plan Zimbabwe wishes to engage an experienced consultant(s) to conduct a Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of our programme funded through DFID’s PPA. The programme is aimed at empowering adolescent girls, particularly through education. The MTE will present an important opportunity for Plan to assess project progress at mid-term against key indicators to assess changes from the baseline. The ‘Country Office (CO) Consultant’, will be required to work closely with Plan Zimbabwe and Plan UK, under the overall direction of the ‘Lead Global Consultant’ employed by Plan UK to coordinate the MTE in all nine countries and supported by the Global Quantitative Data Consultant employed by Plan UK.

Qualifications
The Consultant should have an advanced degree in Social Sciences or related field with at least 5 years of verifiable experience in child rights programs, administering evaluations i.e. collecting data and producing evaluation reports, preferably for international non-profit organizations. The Consultant should also have proven experience and understanding of a Mixed Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative methods) approach. Knowledge of Epidata software will be a distinct advantage.

Bid documents are obtained from Plan Zimbabwe Country Office located at number 7 Lezard Avenue in Milton Park Harare upon payments of a non refundable deposit of USD10.00.  Bids should be submitted in closed plain envelope clearly marked Mid-Term Evaluation DFID – PPA funded: “Empowering Adolescent Girls through Education” project addressed to: Plan Zimbabwe, No 7 Lezard Avenue, Milton Park, Harare OR Email: zwe.procurement [at] plan-international [dot] org

NOTE: PLAN ZIMBABWE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL SUBMITTED BIDS.

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Office Assistant: Absolute Return for Kids (Ark)
Deadline: 26 October 2012

Reports to: Finance and Administration Officer
Liaison Relationships: Country Director

Purpose: The main purpose of the job is to provide a professional, comprehensive Reception service to the Clients provide secretarial duties for the Director and ensure smooth running of the office.

Principal Accountabilities
-Receives all visitors to the office
-Receives all calls and enquiries in a professional manner
-Receives mail and maintains records of mail delivered and dispatched from the office to ensure the efficient communication
-Monitors telephone utilization
-Manages the Country Directors’ calendar
-Performs all secretarial duties for the Country Director
-Ensures the office is always clean and facilitates maintenance and repairs of office and equipment as required
-Organizes travel and accommodation arrangement for staff
-Monitors & maintains adequate Office supplies and functional equipment
-Handles petty cash
-Performs other related work as required

Requirements
-Ability to deal effectively and patiently with others
-Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
-Availability to work long hours when needed
-Able to travel outside duty station
-Accounting knowledge an added advantage

Qualifications and Experience
-Minimum of 5 O’ Levels including English and Mathematics
-Secretarial Qualification
-Computer literate
-At least 2 years experience

Behavioral Competencies
-Communication: Maintains high-level telephone and front office etiquette Listens to others and communicates both orally and in writing in an effective manner that fosters open communication.
-Relationship management: Builds and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance and support. Remains calm under pressure. Can manage multiple demands.
-Confidentiality: Employees must not give information or documents relating to their employment other employees and to anyone unless authorized to do so.
-Teamwork: Works collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals and objectives
-Integrity: Maintains highest standards of honesty and integrity
-Problem solving: Solves problems effectively

Applications
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their application together with an updated CV and name, address and telephone numbers of three referees to:

Finance and Administration Officer, Ark Zimbabwe 7 St Quintin Road, Eastlea, Harare or
Email: Virginia.Mudzingwa [at] arkonline [dot] org

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for the recruitment processes.

General Hand: Absolute Return for Kids (Ark)
Deadline: 26 October 2012

Reports to: Finance and Administration Officer
Liaison Relationships: Office Assistant

Cleans the offices and maintains garden. Performs work in the operation of a vehicle to assure safe transportation of ARK staff, clients and goods to and from various destinations.

Principal Accountabilities
-Ensures cleanliness of the offices and surroundings
-Maintains the garden
-Collects and delivers goods as per instructions
-Drives a vehicle over an assigned route to transport individuals or goods to authorized locations in a safe manner at all times
-Maintains all records to ensure the efficient operation of the vehicle such as time at each stop, purpose of trip, number of passengers per day, mileage
-Assumes responsibility for care and maintenance of vehicles (greasing small repairs, etc.)
-Reports maintenance problems to the supervisor
-Assists passengers in getting in and out of vehicles, and other courtesies
-Performs other related work as required

Requirements
-Working knowledge of the rules and regulations involved in the safe and efficient operation of a vehicle
-Ability to deal effectively and patiently with others
-Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
-Availability to work long hours when needed and approved by manager
-Can be reached at all times
-Ability to work in all types of weather

Qualification and Experience
-Employee must possess a valid class 2 /4 drivers’ license with clean driving record
-At least 5 years’ experience at similar position
-Certificate in defensive driving an added advantage
-Minimum 2 O’ levels including English language
-Traceable acceptable driving record

Behavioral Competencies
-Communication: Listens to others and communicates in an effective manner that fosters open communication
-Relationship management: Builds and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with others inside and outside the organization who can provide information, assistance and support. Remains calm under pressure. Can manage multiple demands.
-Integrity: Maintains highest standards of honesty and integrity
-Teamwork: Works collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals and objectives
-Good judgment: Must be able to exercised good judgment in handling unusual situations arising with passengers.
-Problem solving: Solves problems effectively.
-Confidentiality: Employees must not give information or documents relating to their employment and to the business of health to anyone unless authorized to do so.

Applications
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their application together with an updated CV and name, address and telephone numbers of three referees to:
Finance and Administration Officer, Ark Zimbabwe, 7 St Quintin Road, Eastlea, Harare or
Email: Virginia.Mudzingwa [at] arkonline [dot] org

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for the recruitment processes.

National Director: Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association
Deadline: 31 October 2012

Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA) is seeking to recruit a National Director.

Organisation
ZWLA is a membership organization of women lawyers. It was founded in 1992 to enable women lawyers to contribute towards women’s rights in general whilst addressing the professional interests of women lawyers. ZWLA has grown over the years to a full-fledged woman’s organisation implementing programmes with the aim of facilitating women access to justice. ZWLA’s vision is justice and equality for all in society where women are empowered and assert their rights within a justice delivery system that treats women and men equally.

Job summary
Reporting to the ZWLA Board, the National Director is responsible for overall implementation and management of the directions, goals, polices and strategies of  the ZWLA Board. She/he leads the day-to-day operations of ZWLA and oversees the annual budgeting, programmatic planning, maintenance and development of key partners and relationships to ensure the effectiveness and impact of the organisation.

The National Director is accountable to the Board for the performance of the organisation. She/he must build upon ZWLA’s accomplishments to date and further strengthen the relevance and profile of the organisation.

Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated competencies and passion for women and children’s rights. Fund raising experience and exposure to the work of non-governmental organisations is a plus.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

1. Leadership
-Excellent communication skills including public speaking and media capabilities.
-Proven success as a leader in a non-governmental, academic, or private sector organisation.
-Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with and lead executives and professionals at all levels of the organisation.

2. Strategy and Vision
-Experience formulating innovative strategies from concept through funding and execution.
-Strong facilitator and negotiator.
-Excellent reputation and network in the field of women and children’s rights.

3. External relationships
-Experience forging relationships with funding partners, civil society organisations, private sector entities and government officials.
-Experience managing stakeholder relationships.

4. Understanding of Finance
-Experience and strong understanding of financial management evidenced by experience in leading her/his organisation or managing fund raising activities.
-Experience in managing budget, financial planning and project control, and investment monitoring, being accountable of the financial results and performance and driving operational efficiency.

5. Results-Oriented Change Leadership
-Demonstrated effective management skills with a track record of successfully tackling challenging projects.

6. Influencing and Interpersonal Skills
-Strong communication capabilities and a broad team orientation. She/he must have the ability to influence and work effectively with professionals.
-A self-motivated, enthusiastic individual who demonstrates a high degree of personal integrity, honesty, and respect for others as shown through strong personal values as well as consistency between words and actions.

Education and Experience
Ideal candidate should be a lawyer with at least 10 years of relevant experience. A relevant Master’s degree will be an added advantage.

Application procedure
Applications should be submitted to the HR Committee Chairperson of ZWLA on the following address szhou [at] citybyo [dot] co [dot] zw and copied to emilia [at] zwla [dot] co [dot] zw clearly titled “National Director ZWLA Application”

Image credit: Kim Wolhuter/Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012

Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.
- Pablo Neruda

I recently interviewed the energetic and vivacious Chenaimoyo Mudede co-founder of With Love Foundation, a dynamic organization dedicated to helping those less fortunate.

Background and Objectives
With Love Foundation is a charity organization, which came into existence in 2012 and has been operating for the past seven months. After getting education and exposure to different cultures overseas, the organization’s founders came back to Zimbabwe and realized that the country is living in a selfish generation where people are not willing to share with the less privileged or dedicate time for voluntary activities. Driven by the passion of improving the quality of life and bridging the gap between communities and the marginalised members of the society, With Love Foundation is a collective idea, which is mainly driven by young people, mostly women, with the ambition of building better communities. The foundation aspires to make a difference in Zimbabwean society through engaging ordinary people in voluntary work. With Love mainly runs three programmes in Harare namely the Soup Kitchen, Zim Clean and One Million Pieces in various areas in Harare.

Programmes
Under its Soup Kitchen programme the organization receives donations of cabbages and mealie-meal from local farmers, which they distribute to the disadvantaged. Assisted by volunteers, the Soup Kitchen runs every Tuesday in Mbare and it provides hot meals to orphans and the less fortunate. So far the organization has been working with the Lutheran Church in Mbare to implement the programme while Childline also chips in identifying the marginalised children.

In order to complement efforts by City of Harare in trying to return the sunshine status of the city, With Love engages in a once a month initiative under the banner of Zim Clean to clean Harare’s streets. Volunteers dedicate their time for this worthy cause, which has received commendable support from the corporate sector in the form of cleaning materials. The organization has also received support from the Zimbabwe National Army and the Mayor’s office

One Million Pieces is such an initiative packaged to address some of the economic challenges being faced by the elderly and orphans. Items of clothing from donations from well wishers are distributed to orphanages and old people’s homes in the country.

Highlights and Future Plans
Recently With Love Foundation hosted the L.O.V.E Funfest aimed at raising funds and donations for the less privileged. Before the end of the year the organization is planning on spreading love through hosting a charity dinner and a Christmas party for children at Stoddart Hall in Mbare.