Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
VSO is the world’s leading international development organization that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organizations where their skills can have the greatest impact. As a VSO volunteer, you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty .

Responsibilities:
• Organizing workshops for VSO staff, Volunteers and partner organizations on Global Volunteering Standards.
• Co-facilitating workshops with an International Volunteer

• Logistical support for organizing workshops, trainings and field travels
• Being a rapporteur for workshops and important meetings
• Maintaining contact and communication with partners and participating in relevant meetings/workshops/events organized by partners
• Facilitating communication between the international volunteer and non-English speaking partners
• Collecting field data that will be used in monitoring and production of knowledge products
• Participating in meetings, workshops, conferences that are focused on Volunteerism, Volunteering for Development and Global Volunteering Standards
• Participate in VSO training workshops on inclusion, gender, social accountability and resilience
• Collect data and evidence on adoption of Global standards in the VSO programmes and programmes of partner organizations.
• You will be working with an international volunteer
• You will be expected to collaborate and to be able to deliver the work with minimal supervision

Skills, qualifications, and experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, the management or related discipline.
• At least one year of practical experience in development work especially in education, livelihoods, and health
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Participatory research skills
• Ability to write good quality reports and meeting minutes
• Fluent English speaker with good written skills.
• Research experience.
• Skills for planning and organizing meetings, workshops, conferences
• Influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills
• Sensitivity to working with multicultural colleagues and adjusting to working under pressure
• Working collaboratively with a diverse team

Job Qualifications: Not Specified

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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