Our client is looking for a General Agency Manager for their container division / department in Sierra Leone.

Purpose / overview:
- To lead and manage the overall daily operation of the company
- Ensure smoothly information flow through the various departments
- To drive the company forward in all aspects, this incl. business as well as staff
- To protect and enhance the reputation and standing of the company in all respects
- Reports directly to the Managing Director and head office
- Oversees procedures and deadlines are met in alliance with the Head Office’s guidelines

Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Operations – Supervise the operation team. Ensure fast and efficient operation and turnaround of vessels. Maintain professional and fruitful relationship with both Freetown Terminal as well as the Sierra Leone Port Autohorities.

- Logistics – Organize all logistics aspect with the Logistics Manager. Safeguard all claims, user account control, container control as well as logistics reports are done as per guidelines.

- Sales – Organize and motivate both the import as well as export sales team. Provide sales tool, both to maintain existing clients, but also to gain new client. Manage and maintain key accounts with local sales team

- Documentation – Supervise both import and export documentation department, to ensure local as well as the Company’s directions are followed.

- Customer Service – Ensure the team keeps providing professional customer service in a highly competitive market

- IT – IT officer will take care of the daily running. The General Agency Manager is in control of any new implementations the Head Office requires.

- HR – Overall leadership of 20 staff including recruitment, training/development, performance management and discipline and grievance

- PR – Liaises with media, advertisers and other suppliers/contacts in relation to brand, advertising and publicity. All PR is done with support from the Managing Director.

- Finance – Oversees the Finance Manager and his/her team but holds ultimate responsibility and signature authority for all financial transactions on behalf of the company. Approves monthly staff salaries and authorizes all expenses. Approves and ensures deadlines for financial reports (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly) are met in alliance with local procedure as well as Head Office’s instructions.

- Legal and Administration – Manages staff to ensure the office is efficiently and compliantly run at all times. Holds all local legal responsibilities (JV, staff, building contracts, insurance) and oversees all supplier relationships and contracts.

Requirements:
• Proven working experience as an Agency Manager in the container branch
• 5-7 years of experience in West Africa
• Demonstrable ability to lead and manage staff
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects
• Fluency in English

Personal characteristics:
• Operational mindset taking precaution for the challenges in the country
• Ability to think out of the box to create and sell solutions
• Be a business developer with focus on expanding the business and improve internal agent network
• Should be outgoing, have a good sense of humor, responsible and self-driven, conscientious, focused, result-oriented, purposeful and most important; know how to be a good team player and manager/leader for his team

They offer:
• Being part of a young and dynamic team
• Being part of successful company with a high track record in West and Central Africa
• Exciting challenges every day!

Start date is a.s.a.p., but no later than Dec 1st 2017.
Single status only

Do you have solid international experience, and would you like the full expat package?

This is a great way to build your international career within operations management. You get to develop and explore your personal and professional abilities as you manage a team of people from different countries in a growing international company where new career opportunities arise continuously. Doing so, you collaborate closely with our senior management, while you have numerous employees to support you on the daily operation.

Drive our daily operations and local relations
As agency manager, you manage a young team of manual workers with little or no formal education located at the local ports as well as maintain relations with our customers. Doing so, you truly get to apply your leadership skills as you motivate and explain the daily tasks to your team. Your responsibilities include:

• Providing operational feedback and reporting to clients while ensuring that all deadlines are met.
• Developing solutions for existing and new clients in collaboration with the rest of the Group, contractors, counterparts and chartering desk.
• Briefing your team daily on tasks and challenges as you prioritise tasks while guiding and motivating the team.
• Interaction with authorities and clients on management level when required.

You get direct access to our senior management as you discuss the daily tasks with our CEO, CFO and regional manager. To assist you in your day-to-day work, your team coordinates the activities with our collaborators, approves documents and updates customers.

Solid operation and management experience
• You have solid experience as an operations or agency manager.
• You have 5+ years of experience working in West- and/or Central Africa.
• You have demonstrated an ability to lead and manage staff.
• You are fluent in English / French.
• It is an advantage if you have experience within mining and project cargo.

Personally, you thrive when engaging with people of different cultures. Also, you are creative allowing you to come up with new solutions that make us stand out from our competitors. Most importantly, you know how to be a good team player and manager/leader for your team because interpersonal relations are your forte.

Are you interested in becoming a Maritime Agency Manager in Sierra Leone or Liberia? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

Short-term consultancy to develop a rapid training and selection programme.

Position type: Consulting
Duration: 3-4 weeks
Expected start date: May 2017
The deadline for applications is 24 April 2017!

About the project
Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA) private sector development programme that is funded by DFID and implemented by Adam Smith International. SOBA uses a market systems approach to facilitate economic growth in Sierra Leone. The programme collaborates with a breadth of businesses to trial and to scale innovative and inclusive business practices that reduce poverty and improve economic opportunities and outcomes for poor women and men.

Background
Starting and growing a business in Sierra Leone is challenging. Entrepreneurs face a number of obstacles, including limited access to capital, talent, and marketing and finance services. SOBA’s Business Innovation Hub (BI Hub) aims to address some of the constraints in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and improve performance of the market to allow existing businesses to grow, and attract new entrepreneurs. One of the strategies of the BI Hub is to work with professional service providers to strengthen and promote support services for small and growing enterprises (SGBs). Through interaction with key stakeholders in the marketing industry in Sierra Leone, the BI Hub
identified talent acquisition and development to be a major challenge. There is a large talent gap for skilled marketeers, which forces many firms to rely on foreign talent, thereby increasing costs and lead time significantly. Furthermore, university degrees and training certificates tend to be poor indicators of the potential of candidates in Sierra Leone.

About the role
SOBA is looking to hire a short-term consultant to lead the development of a rapid training and selection programme for the marketing industry: “Marketing Bootcamp”. Marketing bootcamp would entail intensive training on marketing as well as general professional skills whilst putting trainees through an vetting process to identify top talent. Through skills tests and assessments, participants are evaluated throughout the programme and only the best talent will complete the full duration of the bootcamp. Graduates of the program will go on to be placed at corporations or marketing firms in Sierra Leone.

Key tasks
Design the “Marketing Bootcamp” rapid training & selection programme:
• Liaise with local stakeholders to obtain input for the development of the programme and ensure local context fit
• Design application process and selection criteria
• Develop or select training materials, including modules on marketing skills and general business and workplace skills.
o Materials may be delivered via a mix of in-person or online channels.
o Training program should combine quick lessons, practical exercises, and
motivational content
o Focus is on hard marketing skills needed to execute on marketing strategies: marketing research, graphic design, (social) media management, project
management
• Develop assessment tools and skills tests to guide the vetting process

Desired experience
• Background in human resources, training, or marketing
• Experience designing and developing training and selection programmes
• Understanding of digital curriculum and assessment tools
• Good understanding of marketing tools and concepts
• Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa
• Interest and passion for designing innovative educational solutions

How to apply
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Apply soon for early consideration.
The deadline for applications is 24 April 2017, only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Are you interested in becoming a Human Resource and/or Marketing Specialist? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

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As General Manager you will face a fantastic challenge of being responsible for a West African Cocoa Beans organization in Sierra Leone. In this position you are responsible for general management of the company in Sierra Leone, including sourcing, technical assistance, certification, local networks, funded programs, finance & outbound and people management. You have a fundamental role in developing future revenue growth and providing strategy, direction, and leadership. Your high energy, drive, creativity, hands-on mentality and outstanding communication skills will be necessary to maintain and develop our outstanding network, the local operation and to realize and maintain organic certification and sustainability targets.

Responsibilities:
• General Management of the organization in Sierra Leone with P&L responsibility
• Maintain and develop local network and relations with public organizations, government, including local representatives, farmers, cooperatives, certification bodies, competitors
• Strategically coordinate all technical assistance projects, understand how to strategically develop these projects and make it happen
• Lead the team and local workforce, establishing the organization as a result-driven, creative, capable and stimulating organization
• Responsible for Sourcing and manage and keep the internal control system up to date
• Assure regular reporting and communication with the headquarters on agreed KPIs
• Constantly monitor and evaluate business risks and opportunities in Sierra Leone
• Be open for future possibilities in West African beyond Sierra Leone

Requirements:
• Experience in an international (food) organization
• Ability to operate in developing countries and be willing to stay for at least 9 months a year in Sierra Leone
• Bachelor’s or University degree in Business Management, Marketing, International Trade, or Agriculture
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in sales or international trade or a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar management position
• Proven communication skills; full command in English language, preferably Dutch and French as well.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work in a multicultural team
• Strong organizational skills and effective contract negotiation skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset and highly driven
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in from management
• Significant experience of managing staff with different backgrounds and expertise and building and developing their performance
• Ability to deal with and operate in unpredictable circumstances

The conditions of employment we offer:
• A fulltime position
• Access to a worldwide network of professionals in the organic and sustainable industry.
• An exciting and challenging role in a rapidly growing international company
• Good working conditions and a pleasant and dynamic work environment
• An informal and professional company culture of team spirit with a can-do attitude

Are you interested in becoming a General Manager in Sierra Leone? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

Dienste in Übersee is searching on behalf of partner organisations of Bread for the World:

IT Training and Outreach Specialist (f/m/x) in Vocational Training in Sierra Leone

Background and details of the partner organisation
More than 60% of Sierra Leone's population is under 35 years of age, and youth unemployment is a pressing problem. Sierra Leone Opportunities Industrialization Centre (SLOIC), founded in 1977, is a nationally known vocational training provider that gives disadvantaged young people new opportunities to earn their own income. The wide range of vocational training - including carpentry, bricklaying, agricultural extension, IT services (IT system management), fashion designing and hairdressing - is complemented by accompanying courses (e.g. psychosocial counselling, peace work) in order to bring out the individual potential of the young people and to improve their participation in social and political life in Sierra Leone.

Job Scope
You will support SLOIC in promoting the individual resources and performance of young people in the IT sector and in increasing the awareness level of the offers in vocational training

In detail, you will take on the following tasks:
• You will develop a strategy for integrating IT training modules into the overall training concept (curriculum development).
• You will design context-adapted teaching materials on IT didactics and qualify SLOIC staff (teaching staff and IT technicians) through further training on these modules (train of trainers).
• You will be involved in the technical and content-related development of the SLOIC website (website design and content management) and will conduct workshops for the staff of the PR department.
• You will intensify networking with stakeholders in the non-commercial sector, e.g. the University of Makeni (UNIMAK).
• You will be involved in the conception and technical implementation of a practice-oriented knowledge management and archiving programme.

The place of work is in Bo (training centre and also headquarters of SLOIC) with occasional business trips to the other training centres in Mattru Jong, Makeni and Lungi.

Profile

• You are an experienced didactician with a degree and your heart beats for vocational training.
• Through further training in the IT sector (e.g. open source software, website design) as well as practical experience, you have a solid basis for finding technically and socially appropriate solutions together in a team.
• You motivate your environment with creativity, empathy and perseverance.
• Your practical knowledge of English enables you to communicate competently and with empathy in both technical and informal contexts.

The placement is within the framework of the programme "Civil Peace Service" (ZFD) on the basis of the Development Assistance Act.

Please note that citizenship of a member state of the EU or Switzerland is a formal requirement.

Benefits provided by Bread for the World and Dienste in Übersee
Bread for the World provides a framework in which the professionals of Dienste in Übersee share their knowledge and skills with people of another culture.

Supportive cooperation, mutual learning and intercultural exchange are enabled by:
• Individual preparation
• Three year contract with benefits in accordance with the German Development Aid Workers Act
• Coaching

Interested?
Please upload your application now.
https://due.hr4you.org/job/view/343

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Dienste in Übersee gGmbH is a 100% subsidiary of the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development with the brand Bread for the World

Are you interested in becoming a IT-Training&Outreach Specialist@Vocat. Training in Sierra Leone? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

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We are seeking an experienced General Manager on site in Sierra Leone in our gated community, who represents the company and manages our residential and commercial properties.

Your Tasks
As a General Manager, you will manage a team of more than 20 employees and serve as an all-around real estate professional for our three properties in Freetown. The focus will be on managing the existing properties and expanding the business by building additional properties:

Property Management
- Represent the company locally and take full responsibility for all communication with the tenants
- Oversee and manage the real estate income and expenses with the goal of improving profitability
- Proactively monitor and negotiate all rental contracts. Key will be to ensure a high utilization of the rental space

Facility Management
- Act as facility manager by constantly reviewing the quality and necessary renovation needs of the properties
- Prepare renovation plans including the required expenditures for maintenance & repair
- Supervise maintenance personnel and contractors; conduct renovation work without support wherever possible
- Oversee and maintain solar hybrid plant, water source and gardening

Project / Construction Management
- Evaluate business opportunities for an optimized use of the current company assets (1 commercial, 2 residential)
- Provide detailed project and cost plans for all refurbishment and new construction initiatives
- Lead and oversee all construction projects of the company’s properties, including the organization and sourcing of construction
material abroad

Requirements & qualifications
- More than 5 years of international experience in developing countries, including min. 3 years of professional experience in an
African country (preferably West Africa, Sierra Leone)
- Extensive knowledge in construction management – preferably in a professional business environment (e.g. as an architect, a
construction manager or a landscaper). Alternatively, proven construction experience through multiple private home remodeling
projects (DIY).
- Strong ability in project management, from scheduling and sourcing vendors and raw materials to organizing and supervising local
workers on site
- Good leadership and communication skills that allows to work with people from different cultures
- Strong hands-on approach with result orientation, willingness to find solutions in a challenging environment
- Fluent in English - both in writing and speaking. German advantageous
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Excel & Word) and good affinity for IT
- Act with integrity and high degree of self-motivation

Your benefits
- Working in an upcoming African country with the opportunity to build a self-reliant and supporting living community
- Leading several projects in construction, building new houses, reconstruction of commercial plots and infrastructure
- Making something good even better, continue building a green and consistent habitat
- Possibility to live in the most beautiful and reliable compound in Freetown with reliable energy and own water source

How to apply: https://diethelm-keller-management-ag.jobbase.io/job/ftu01f4m

SUSTAINING TECHNICAL AND ANALYTIC RESOURCES

FELLOWSHIP TITLE: Senior Tuberculosis and Global Fund Grant Advisor
HOST ORGANIZATION: Ministry of Health and Sanitation, National Leprosy and TB Program Office
LOCATION: Freetown, Sierra Leone
POSITION LEVEL: Senior Technical Advisor
STAR-P4-167
TRAVEL: 35% estimated travel

STAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a USAID-supported Global Health talent hub, offering paid fellowships and internships at all career levels. STAR provides participants with immersive experiences at global health organizations and institutions to build capacity and contribute technical expertise to address high-impact needs. STAR Fellows and Interns participate in learning activities to enhance knowledge and skills growth, expand professional networks and support career development. STAR is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI), implemented in partnership with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health). https://www.ghstar.org/ Sign up with our listserv.

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

The STAR Fellowship is a global health and learning opportunity with:
- Individualized, tailored support to enhance the fellow’s achievement personal and professional goals
- Personalized learning plans and access to learning resources (courses, conferences, mentoring) based on fellow’s learning style and preferences.
- Access to broad professional networks to enhance peer learning and knowledge sharing.

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

Background:
USAID is a leader in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and supports anti-TB efforts in high burden TB countries. STAR Fellowship is a key component of the USAID Administrator's TB Accelerator initiative that aims to reach the UN General Assembly TB Declaration targets as well as to build the capacity and commitment of the host governments to ensure TB self-reliance through evidence-based TB programs.

Introduction:
The Senior Tuberculosis and Global Fund Grant Advisor (Senior Advisor) shall provide state-of-the-art technical expertise to improve capacity of the National Leprosy and TB Program (NLTP) to effectively implement Global Fund (GF) grants as well as support NLTP in the implementation and scale up of TB, M/XDR-TB activities in Sierra Leone. The Senior Advisor will identify programmatic bottlenecks and facilitate solutions through coordinated technical assistance and assist the USAID mission in Sierra Leone to identify other technical assistance needs in the National TB Control program.

Reporting structure:
The Senior Advisor will work in close collaboration with the USAID/Sierra Leone and USAID/Washington TB Team and will receive technical direction from the NLTP Manager, who will serve as their Point of Contact.

Essential Duties and Outcomes:
- Improve technical support to NLTP in the implementation of GF Grant and the TB National Strategic Plan (NSP):
- Provide high level technical assistance (TA) to develop and critically review the GF grant annual work plan and budgets, with particular emphasis on any needs for reprogramming to meet GF targets.
- Consult with existing stakeholders on needed TA to effectively implement the TB GF grant.
- Guide overall TB/HIV programming including funding requests, grant-making, reprogramming, monitoring, and reporting.
- Support the progress monitoring of grant implementation through field visits.
- Review and analyze performance reports submitted to the GF and other partners.
- Proactively identify and contribute to the resolution of any issues that may lead to disbursement delays and support follow-up actions on grant conditions/Conditions Precedents.
- Coordinate with NLTP Senior M&E Advisor to implement monitoring tools and dashboards for reaching programmatic indicators, including routine analysis of performance (GF, WHO and national indicators).
- Guide the NLTP in the development of monitoring tools and dashboards for reaching programmatic indicators (GF, WHO and national indicators).
- Monitor and analyze the implementation of GF grants programmatic activities and financial utilization against signed grant, and request modifications with NLTP as needed.
- Provide support in coordinating regular discussions among the GF, NLTP, and USAID to ensure alignment of technical approaches in the respective TB portfolios.

Increase support to NLTP in the implementation and scale up of priority TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment activities:
- Provide continuous, in-country day-to-day support to Sierra Leone’s NLTP on implementation of key interventions as outlined in the TB National Strategic Plan.
- Support the NLTP to develop national plans, policies and guidelines related to TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
- Support the NLTP Procurement and Supply Management Team to ensure effective supply chain management for TB commodities.
- Guide the NLTP in providing technical support to County Health Departments for the implementation of novel interventions for TB elimination.
- Support NLTP with the development of key interventions related to USAID Global TB Accelerator and in line with Sierra Leone TB Annual Roadmap.
- Guide the NLTP with the scale up of GeneXpert (GX) and other rapid TB tests in the country; assist with gap analysis, development of scale up plans and actions; advise NLTP on novel tools and approaches related to laboratory practices and support improved coordination between clinical and laboratory services to ensure a patient-centered approach.
- Support NLTP to introduce and achieve rapid uptake of novel tools and approaches aimed at improving quality of TB and DR-TB care, ensuring support to patients and families, addressing barriers to care.
- Through collaboration with NLTP and USAID mission identify programmatic gaps which may require additional technical assistance.
- Guide the development of the term of reference (ToR) for additional technical assistance as needed based on identified programmatic gaps.
- Support the development of quarterly and annual programmatic narrative reports.

Enhance coordination and liaison with USAID, GF and other donors and international partners on planning and provision of needed TA:
- Participate in regular communication with the GF Principal Recipients, the GF secretariat, WHO and USAID.
- Provide technical support for development and implementation of Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement/TB Commitment Grants (TIFA/TCG) grants including concept note development.
- Participate in the GF, WHO and USAID monitoring and evaluation activities including program reviews and assessments.
- Advise the NLTP and partners on optimization and/or coordination of donor support and technical assistance (from USAID, TGF, etc.) to enhance effectiveness and value for money.
- Support the NLTP to liaise with domestic and international partners.
- Assist the NLTP to organize regular (at least quarterly) partners meetings.
- Assist the NLTP to coordinate and monitor TB implementing partner performance.

Build capacity of National Reference Lab staff to improve lab services:
- Strengthen the MOHS’ National TB Reference Laboratory to provide quality assurance and quality control for TB diagnostics across the laboratory network, including equipment operation and maintenance.
- Support the capacity building of National and District Health Offices in management of laboratory services, particularly through quality assurance and diagnostics.
- In coordination with NLTP, conduct on-the-job training visits to district level, including for equipment operation and maintenance.
- Mentor the National TB Reference Laboratory Technical Officers, ensuring an environment of technical quality and innovation.

Anticipated learning outcomes: approximate 10% time
- Cultivate mentorship skills based on the STAR GH mentorship curriculum to more effectively support and improve knowledge transfer and skills acquisition of staff, incoming fellows and interns.
- Advance leadership skills to successful support capacity building and knowledge sharing activities, and mentor develop junior staff.
- Apply leadership skills and technical expertise to support programmatic growth and scale up within TB programming.

FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS

Required:
- Advanced degree (Masters, PhD, or MD) in a health-related field required.
- Minimum 13 years of relevant technical experience with master's degree or a minimum of 15 years of relevant technical experience with bachelor's degree.
- At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in designing, implementing and managing TB in developing countries, with a preference given to candidates with African experience.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, program management, strategic planning, policy experience and problem-solving skills working on complex projects in a highly sensitive environment.
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant TB laboratory and TB control experience, preferably at the national level.
- At least five years of experience with or good knowledge of Global Fund operating procedures and financial management processes (proposal development and submission, monitoring and evaluation, PSM plan and reporting).
- Demonstrated experience and skills in donor coordination and collaboration and working effectively with a broad range of Sierra Leone and USG personnel and partners.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment to achieve consensus on policy, program and administrative matters.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and communicate information to both health and non-health audiences, and achieve consensus on policy, project, research, and administrative matters.
- Proven ability to communicate quickly, clearly and concisely – both orally and in writing - in English.
- Excellent verbal communication skills, tact and diplomacy.
- Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook, Access, SPSS and other statistical and other relevant software).

Additional skills (preferred):
Experience with USAID-funded public health programs.

TO APPLY:
All applicants are required to apply for this position through STAR’s online recruitment system at https://www.ghstar.org/, which allows you to store your CV/resume and separate cover letter describing your qualifications and experience, interest and familiarity with issues relating to this position, and how this position relates to your career goals is required for each application. The position will remain open until filled.

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Are you interested in becoming a Senior Tuberculosis and Global Fund Grant Advisor in Sierra Leone? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

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AGIAMONDO is the personnel service of the German Catholics for Development Cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service (CPS) we offer development workers a meaningful role working with local development agents. The CPS is a personnel programme for peace-building and the prevention of violence in crisis and conflict regions. It sets out to promote a world in which conflicts are settled without violence. Working with church-related and civil-social partner organisations in Sierra Leone, AGIAMONDO aims to make a contribution towards civil conflict management and the sustainable and equitable development of the country through peace-building measures.

Coordinator of the CPS Programme, Freetown, Sierra Leone (m/f/d)

Your new role – responsible and challenging
Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Sierra Leone has been dealing with the causes of the war and reconciliation between the parties involved in the conflict.
AGIAMONDO has been involved in Sierra Leone since 2003 with its CPS national programme. AGIAMONDO's CPS national programme supports the work of partner organisations, for example in the political education of young people and disadvantaged population groups (e.g. women) and by advising organisations in the areas of natural resource governance and access to the legal system. AGIAMONDO's experts also support local organisations in their advocacy and lobbying activities.

As a coordinator, you will shape and manage the CPS national programme in Sierra Leone in coordination with the office in Cologne. Through programme development, you will contribute to quality assurance and the focus on effectiveness of the national programme, you will be the contact person for partner organisations and development workers and you will represent AGIAMONDO on the ground.
Your place of residence and work in Freetown is also suitable for families with children as it offers renowned multilingual educational establishments and a good infrastructure.

Specifically, this includes the following tasks:
• You will continually develop the national strategy and the CPS national programme of AGIAMONDO in dialogue with the local church and partner organisations.
• You will plan new partnerships, clarify personnel requirements and prepare project applications and the reporting to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
• You will be responsible for the annual financial planning of the national programme and will manage the use of resources.
• You will actively facilitate networking among the partner organisations involved in the programme and promote cooperation and communication with other relevant national and international organisations and actors.
• You will accompany the specialised CPS staff and partner organisations in their lives and work on the ground.
• You will work in partnership with the coordinators of the other CPS sponsor (BfdW) towards ensuring a common CPS direction in Sierra Leone and incorporate AGIAMONDO's CPS into this with its own profile.

Your profile:
• You have completed a university degree, preferably in the social sciences or humanities. Peacekeeping qualifications are advantageous.
• You have several years of professional experience in development cooperation or peace work in the Global South, preferably gained in church or civil society organisations.
• You have consulting skills and in-depth knowledge of programme and project management, including responsibility for budgets.
• You already have knowledge and experience in the areas of peace-building and reconciliation work.
• You are diplomatic and have exceptional intercultural communication skills, to enable you to deal with the relevant players in a manner based on mutual partnership, and you can act appropriately in a church context.
• You identify with the church profile of AGIAMONDO and convincingly support the goals and concerns of church development cooperation.
• You have a very good command of English and speak very good German.
• You are an EU or Swiss citizen and a member of a Christian church.

What AGIAMONDO offers
• Individual and thorough preparation
• Three-year contract (with an option for renewal), social security and remuneration in accordance with the German Development Aid Workers Act (Entwicklungshelfergesetz), as well as a bonus for a particularly noteworthy role
• Cultural, language or other professional training, as well as coaching and supervision, individual advice

We look forward to receiving your detailed application by 30 May 2021 at the latest.

Are you interested in becoming a Coordinator of the CPS Programme in Sierra Leone? Apply now at the top or bottom of our page.

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