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Two (2) vacancies: Tree Of Life Trust
Deadline: 19 April 2013

The Tree of Life is a group-based approach to the healing and empowerment of survivors of trauma. It is facilitated by survivors themselves who have been trained and supervised in the methodology. It uses the metaphor of the tree to provide a framework for understanding the trauma experience, and, through a series of inter-related processes, leads the survivor into an appreciation of his or her strengths and the support of the community in surviving.

The Tree of Life has shown itself to be a proven, para-professional, cost-effective and culturally appropriate method of providing psychological assistance to victims of violent trauma. One of the most important aspects of healing is to break patterns of isolation and to rebuild a sense of belonging. Thus, in the Tree of Life, participants go through a process of reclaiming; reclaiming personal power, reclaiming their sense of body, reclaiming connections with nature, and reclaiming connection to the community.

Work is very much team based and in the field,organized into two teams, a Coordination Team and an Operations Team. In the coordination team is a Coordinator, a Finance (and Administration) Manager, an Administrator and a Bookkeeper and Driver. In the Operations Team are a Training Supervisor and 6 Facilitators. Operations work is shared with many community volunteers. The current Administrator is taking a new role in Monitoring and Evaluation, creating a vacancy for a very senior Admin and Finance post.

1) Administration (And Finance) Manager

The Administration Manager reports to the Coordinator and the Board and is responsible for the effective establishment and management of the administrative function. As a member of the Coordination Team, the incumbent contributes to strategic and operational planning and budget building and oversight, and where required leads projects and teams. The Administration Manager serves and supports the finance staff, and supports the operations team.

The incumbent
-Establishes and implements administration and logistics procedures in line with Tree of Life requirements, (including contracts and records, HR and premises, data and IT)
-Identifies governance and policies issues, keeping Board, Coordinator, staff and volunteers informed and determining action where appropriate
-Serves and supports the Finance (and Administration) Manager in specific and general management, accounting and bookkeeping functions as agreed from time to time
-Ensures best practices in procurement, and manages relationships with all external service providers
-Is responsible for fulfilling all requirements normally expected of a Company Secretary
-Provides timely and relevant reports to Board, Donors and other stakeholders
-Attends meetings, workshops and conferences, and generally represents and promotes Tree of Life from time to time
-Stands in for the Coordinator and the Financial Manager from time to time
-Shares in the management and aims of the Tree of Life
-Adheres to our values and principles, and is prepared to adapt to a changing environment that we, as a developing organization, may experience.

Essential qualifications, attainments and experience
-Current membership of an appropriate professional body, (Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Institute of Chartered Accountants, etc).
-A professional, mature and articulate person with at least 5 years experience in an NGO or similar environment where managing multiple donor funds and partnership development formed part of the core job.
-Ability to think and act strategically and to generate credible and considered plans and information.
-Intermediate or advanced computer literacy skills, especially in the Microsoft Office Suite.
-A team player personality with the presence and poise to interact at boardroom, senior government, banker and donor agency level.
-Commitment to meet challenging targets on time and consistently.
-Outstanding communication and presentation skills.

A competitive salary will be offered and terms of employment and remuneration will be notified to selected candidates.

Deadline: 19 April, 2013. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

To Apply: Submit an application by email with Administration Manager in the subject line, your full CV and covering letter, with 2 contactable references to Coordinator at: wildcahi [at] zol [dot] co [dot] zw

2) Trial Balance Bookkeeper

The Bookkeeper reports to the Financial Manager and is responsible for complete, accurate and timely processing and entry of all TOL’s Finance data into TOL’s accounting records.

The incumbent
-Captures daily transactions into Pastel
-Processes accurate payables and receivables
-Processes and tracks all cash
-Makes daily and monthly balances and monthly bank reconciliations
-Receives and tracks acquittals from staff, and receives all time sheets
-Maintains all Finance files
-Sources quotations and ensures that procurement policies are adhered to at all times
-Assists in preparing financial management reports, processing Belina payrolls and completing an array of payroll related tasks, preparing financial statements in accordance with TOL’s financial policies, and preparing for year end and donor audits and ensuring audit preparedness, and any other duties assigned from time to time.

Essential Qualifications and Experience
-Must be a fully qualified Bookkeeper, with at least 5 years experience in an NGO where maintaining multiple donor funds was the core job.
-Must have intermediate or advanced computer skills, and must demonstrate a commitment to meeting challenging targets accurately and on time.

A competitive salary will be offered and terms of employment and remuneration will be advised to selected candidates.

Deadline: 19 April 2013. Only short listed applicants will be notified.

To apply: Submit an application by email with Bookkeeper in the subject line, your full CV and covering letter, with 2 contactable references, to Coordinator at: wildcahi [at] zol [dot] co [dot] zw

It’s our war, a women’s war! And we are going to win!

These are messages for the currently ongoing protest. Stripping is now an official means of protest even in Zimbabwe. Like the recent stripping in a WOZA protest in Harare and that done by another woman in Mutare during American ambassador’s visit to the town. A group of radical feminists declared the 4 April as International Topless Jihad Day and they urged women to take the topless protest to any Tunisian embassy in their country.  Parading topless with protest messages scribbled all over their bodies these women are touching on issues to do with governance, human rights and religious and in some countries they have persecutions and arrests.

The trend of poor service delivery by the local authorities and public institutions in Zimbabwe has reached alarming levels such that it has become a normal situation to get things like tap water from council after weekly intervals. It is now an acceptable trend to have excessive electricity load shedding every day and receive high bills at the end of the month. Boreholes and wells are now common features in every household and the sound of a generator is no longer a nuisance but music to people’s ears. When it rains be prepared to get an extra charge on commuter fares from the commuter omnibus operators. To get medical treatment for your loved one from the few doctors left in local hospitals a token of appreciation does the trick otherwise you will have to deal with long queues in the crowded corridors of short staffed hospitals. Customer care no longer exists in many shops as the non-refundable and no exchange disclaimer reminds you that what you are buying is inferior. But to many people to be shortchanged is not a normal situation.

A world may be affirmed by the turn of a wing out of the corner of my eye.
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

Just a few weeks after Professor Lovemore Madhuku showed some interest to form a political party criticism came in different forms across the Zimbabwe. Some people accused him of trying to dilute votes in the next election and some went further claiming that the Professor is trying seek attention from his former allies in the MDC party. The three parties in the government of national unity know that Madhuku could be a force to reckon with regardless of a poor showing in the just ended constitutional referendum. Small threats like these led to the dilution of votes in the harmonized elections of 2008 when the Mavambo/Kusile party was launched.