JOBS AT FASTJET - JUNE 2015

In line with our vision to be the most successful pan-African low cost airline, we are currently recruiting for staff to join our expanding base in Tanzania and our new bases in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

We are looking for qualified individuals who will bring commitment and enthusiasm in sharing our vision, values and customer centric service levels.

Currently recruiting for the following positions:

fastjet Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam

Flight Crew (Captains & First Officers)

fastjet Zambia, based in Lusaka

Flight Crew (Captains & First Officers)

General Manager (Accountable Manager) 

Head of Safety and Quality

fastjet Zimbabwe, based in Harare

Flight Crew (Captains & First Officers)

General Manager (Accountable Manager) 

Director of Flight Operations

Head of Safety and Quality

Chief Pilot

Head of Maintenance

About Us

Since its launch in November 2012, fastjet has introduced international standards of safety, quality, security and reliability, with over 90% of all flights arriving on time and over 1,200,000 passengers benefitting from fares as low as $20. We have a huge presence across East and Southern Africa and are increasingly popular for our prices, service and quality. 

Company Values

• Safety and Security……Uncompromisingly our number one priority
• Reliability and Efficiency……..We won't let you down
• Pushing Boundaries……….The "peoples champion" bringing affordable travel throughout Africa
• Value for Money…….Surprisingly great quality
• Respect and Honesty…….in everything we do

Provincial technical health experts

Chemonics seeks provincial technical experts for an anticipated five-year, USAID-funded HIV/AIDS project in Zambia. The District-Based Delivery of Comprehensive Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Project (D-SERVE) is the follow-on to ZPCT I and II projects that will support the government of Zambia in delivering integrated and comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services through the national health system. Key activities/intervention areas will include HIV counseling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, male circumcision, treatment services, care and support, laboratory support services, social and behavior change communications, health policy and advocacy, and strategic information. Willingness to be based in a provincial capital of Zambia is essential. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

We are seeking key technical specialists for the following technical specialties:

• Clinical care
• ART access and delivery
• PMTCT
• VMMC
• Laboratory support services
• Facility system management
• Procurement
• Staff training
• Capacity building
• Health policy and advocacy
• Health financing
• Monitoring, evaluation, and data management systems
• Finance, administrative, and program management
• IT
• Gender and vulnerable populations
• Behavioral change communications

Please note that Chemonics is also currently recruiting for provincial technical health experts in malaria (PAMO) and health systems strengthening (SHOTS, the follow-on to ZISSP I and II) in Zambia. If you are interested and have experience working in these technical areas, please also send your CV to the email address in the Application Instructions.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree in public health, social sciences, business administration, project management, law, finance, economics, or a related field
• Minimum five years of progressively increasing responsibility working in HIV/AIDS in either direct service delivery, clinical experience, systems strengthening, and/or policy reform; or administrative, financial management; or monitoring and evaluation and research in the public health field; or policy and budget tax reform, tax policy, health care financing, and poverty reduction strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in working collaboratively with other donors, host-country institutions, and international organizations; and coordinating programs of similar size and scope;​
• Clinical experience of HIV/AIDS, and comprehensive knowledge of either HIV prevention, care, and treatment; or TB/HIV co-infection, PIHTC, and PMTCT; or administrative and financial management of large-scale, complex, international development assistance programs; or experience in rigorous qualitative research and analytical methods; or experience working with ministries and leading policy framework and reforms
• Demonstrated management skills, including relevant experience in direct supervision of professional staff
• Ability to travel extensively to project locations within Zambia and to other places, as required
• Experience with USAID programs an asset
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Excellent command of spoken and written English

HOW TO APPLY:

Send resume and cover letter to chemonicsZM@gmail.com by February 28, 2015. Please include "Provincial Technical Experts" in the subject line. The CV should include contact information (phone # and email) for at least 3 professional references. If you have met previously with a Chemonics recruiter, and are interested in working at the provincial level, please feel free to resubmit your resume to this email address. You may write a short cover letter in the email body to explain your interest in this program. Please indicate your area(s) of technical specialty in the email subject line, as well as which programmatic effort you would like to support - D-SERVE, PAMO, or SHOTS. Finalists will be contacted. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification formand submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.comwith only "Provincial Technical Experts – D-SERVE" in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.

​​​​Chemonics is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.​​

USAID SENEGAL JOBS - DEC 2014

• USAID - Develpment Assistant Specialist (PDF 80KB)
• USAID - Project Management Assistant (PDF 96KB)
• USAID - Institutional Capacity Development Specialist (PDF 283KB)
• USAID - Roving Secretary (PDF 231KB)
• USAID - Health Specialist (PDF 67KB)
• USAID - Intermittent- Offshore Hire (PDF 214KB)
• USAID - Procurement Agent (PDF 87KB)
• Senior HR Assistant (PDF 200KB)
• ACS Assistant (PDF 198KB)
• Econ Specialist (PDF 202KB)
• HR Clerk (PDF 202KB)

 Application form for employment with the U.S. Mission in Senegal (PDF 639 KB)

Sr. Capacity Building Specialist, USAID/Ghana’s Partnership for Education: Early Grade Reading Performance Management and Learning Activity, Ghana

Senior Capacity Building Specialist, USAID/Ghana’s Partnership for Education: Early Grade Reading (EGR) Performance Management and Learning Activity, Ghana

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs in improving people’s lives. We provide a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. We provide services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. SI’s clients include US government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the US Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits.

Proposal Objective:
SI is implementing a five-year USAID Partnership for Education: Evaluating Systems project, with the goal to support the Ghana Ministry of Education (MOE), Ghana Education Service (GES) and other local organizations to create effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, and encourage learning through impact and performance evaluations.

The purpose of the anticipated release of the five-year EGR Performance Management and Learning Task Order Activity is to create the conditions to enable the USAID/Ghana Education Office to design and implement a comprehensive performance management, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and reporting system in support of the Partnership for Education project. This will be accomplished through:

1. Strengthening performance management processes and tools.
2. Improving and expanding learning and knowledge management function to support management decision making and learning.
3. Improving USAID/Ghana’s Education Office M&E practices and processes and increasing staff capacity for learning and adapting.
4. Researching the societal and familial practices and administrative factors affecting early grade reading.

Position Description:
SI is seeking a full-time Senior Capacity Building Specialist who will be responsible for developing the capacity of USAID/Ghana in M&E and knowledge management of USAID/Ghana’s Education Office for sustainable learning and adapting. The project is anticipated to be over five years, with potential start date March 2015.

Please note: Ghanaian citizens are highly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Assess USAID/Ghana’s M&E capacity, developing capacity development plans, and organizing and managing the implementation of all capacity building activities under the EGR Activity.
• Lead the development and implementation of the activities related to training and capacity building in M&E.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum of seven years proven work experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation and institutional capacity building.
• Demonstrated skills in M&E system design, methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and approaches, especially under USAID-funded projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with host country counterparts and government officials.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in training, consulting or on-the-job coaching.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Social Impact is an equal opportunity employer.

HOW TO APPLY:

http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SOCIIMPA2...

Evaluation Expert, USAID/Ghana

Evaluation Expert, USAID/Ghana Performance Evaluation of Public Works Construction (PWC) Activities, Ghana

Background:

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. We provide a full range of innovative program evaluation, management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies. Our global services are in the areas of democracy and governance, health and education, agriculture, the environment, and economic growth.

Objective:

The purpose of this Task Order is to acquire the services of a contractor to conduct a performance evaluation of a set of Public Works Construction (PWC) activities in USAID/Ghana’s Education Office which were implemented between 2010 and 2014 through different procurement modalities with a total estimated cost of $22.8 million. In total, the PWC activities aim to construct and equip schools, toilets and District Education Offices (DEO) in all ten regions of Ghana.

The PWC evaluation encompasses four activities that will be evaluated under the Task Order as summarized below:

a. The construction, furnishing and maintenance of 159 educational structures through a Modified Fixed Amount Reimbursement Agreement (FARA) with the Funds Procurement Management Unit (FPMU) within the Ministry of Education (MOE);

b. The construction, furnishing and maintenance of four public schools through a FARA with Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA);

c. The construction of 24 toilets in flood-affected areas in Northern Region through a FARA with Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP), in collaboration with the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA); and

d. The construction of seven Junior High Schools (JHS) under the Transition and Assistance Program (TAP), which was implemented through a Cooperative Agreement with Plan Ghana.

The estimated period of performance for this task order is December 1, 2014 until March 29, 2015, over 17 weeks, with seven weeks of fieldwork in Ghana.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Participate in a team planning meeting with other members of the evaluation team;
• Review documents relevant to the evaluation (to be provided by USAID);
• Attend initial and final meetings between the evaluation team and USAID;
• Contribute to evaluation methodology design;
• Conduct performance evaluation through a set of interviews, focus groups, documents review, and other evaluation tools identified by the evaluation methodology;
• Conduct data analysis and contribute to report writing;
• Contribute to the development of a presentation to be delivered at a debriefing for USAID, and;
• Assist the team with other related tasks, as requested and assigned by the Team Leader.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in an education discipline or a related field;
• At least 15 years of experience in the monitoring, evaluation and analysis of education development projects;
• Extensive experience in conducting qualitative evaluations/assessments;
• Extensive experience integrating gender analyses into evaluations;
• Extensive experience leading evaluation teams;
• Extensive experience preparing high quality evaluation documents;
• Deep understanding of USAID evaluation policy;
• Experience working in Ghana or the surrounding region.

How to apply:

To apply, kindly submit your CV and cover letter at https://socialimpact.devhire.devex.com/jobs/330074

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Social Impact is an equal opportunity employer.

School Construction Technical Advisor, USAID/Ghana

School Construction Technical Advisor, USAID/Ghana Performance Evaluation of Public Works Construction (PWC) Activities, Ghana

Background:

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. We provide a full range of innovative program evaluation, management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies. Our global services are in the areas of democracy and governance, health and education, agriculture, the environment, and economic growth.

Objective:

The purpose of this Task Order is to acquire the services of a contractor to conduct a performance evaluation of a set of Public Works Construction (PWC) activities in USAID/Ghana’s Education Office which were implemented between 2010 and 2014 through different procurement modalities with a total estimated cost of $22.8 million. In total, the PWC activities aim to construct and equip schools, toilets and District Education Offices (DEO) in all ten regions of Ghana.

The PWC evaluation encompasses four activities that will be evaluated under the Task Order as summarized below:

a. The construction, furnishing and maintenance of 159 educational structures through a Modified Fixed Amount Reimbursement Agreement (FARA) with the Funds Procurement Management Unit (FPMU) within the Ministry of Education (MOE);

b. The construction, furnishing and maintenance of four public schools through a FARA with Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA);

c. The construction of 24 toilets in flood-affected areas in Northern Region through a FARA with Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP), in collaboration with the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA); and

d. The construction of seven Junior High Schools (JHS) under the Transition and Assistance Program (TAP), which was implemented through a Cooperative Agreement with Plan Ghana.

The estimated period of performance for this task order is December 1, 2014 until March 29, 2015, over 17 weeks, with seven weeks of fieldwork in Ghana.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Advise and provide technical support evaluation team members on school construction and civil engineering activities, and;
• Contribute to evaluation tools, design, and methodology development as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in civil engineering or related field;
• Minimum of 10 years’ engineering experience in Africa with extensive experience in design and/or construction of educational facilities;
• Familiarity with the British Building Codes;
• Understanding of evaluation policy and methods, and;
• Experience working in Ghana or the surrounding region.

How to apply:

To apply, kindly submit your CV and cover letter at https://socialimpact.devhire.devex.com/jobs/330075

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Social Impact is an equal opportunity employer.

PEDAGOGY TRAINER

The USAID WA-WASH Program is seeking a competent and experienced consultant to design and facilitate workshops in Burkina Faso and Ghana. The consultant will primarily be responsible for teaching pedagogical tools and techniques adapted for continuing and adult education to groups of trainers in professional centers. These workshops are scheduled for November.

How to apply:

Those wishing to be considered for this consultancy should submit their technical and financial proposals to Edwige Tia, USAID WA-WASH Capacity Building Coordinator, at etia@fiu.edu. The deadline for all submissions is Friday October 3rd, 2014 at 5 pm GMT.

Proposals from eligible consultants should include the following information:

• A detailed CV

• Statement of relevant experience in executing similar assignments in the last five years

• Completed, signed biographical data form (AID-1420) with paystub or contract supporting highest daily rate.