Vacancy: Assistant National Food Security Officer, Zimbabwe Red Cross Society
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Assistant National Food Security Officer: Zimbabwe Red Cross Society
Deadline: 9 August 2012
Reports to the National Food Security and Livelihoods Officer
Duties and Responsibilities
-Contribute to the development of Food Security programmes supporting vulnerable population, with particular focus on agriculture-based interventions, sustainable farming systems and market linkages
-Administer monitoring of different stages and provide technical assistance to field level staff where needed
-Participate in compliance and monitoring visits to projects
-Maintaining close liaison with area project implementation staff on project planning, implementation and monitoring
-Identify needs and opportunities for strengthening
-Programme progress report writing and compilation
-Assessing training needs of beneficiaries and households
-Organize and training of beneficiaries on sustainable livelihoods strategies
-Co-ordinates with other agencies on food security issues at national level
-Co-ordinates and liaise with programme and provincial managers on other programming issues e.g. initiatives on the integration of programmes within the Zimbabwe Red Cross
-Represent the ZRCS at various stakeholder meetings at national level
Qualifications and experience
-Degree/Diploma in agriculture or equivalent
-At least two years experience in a similar or related position
-Good communication skills and ability to relate to people from different backgrounds is a distinct advantage
-Good reporting skills
-Class 4 drivers licence
Only short-listed candidates will be acknowledged. Interested candidates to submit their written application, including a detailed curriculum vitae and certified copies of academic and merit certificates.
Applications in envelopes marked the position applied for and addressed to:
The Secretary General
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 1406
10 St. Annes Road
Avondale
HARARE