Job Vacancy: Programme Manager, VSO INDIA

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JOB VACANCY: PROGRAMME MANAGER, VSO INDIA

VSO is an international development agency that promotes international

volunteering by recruiting skilled professionals to share their experience with

partner organisations working to tackle poverty and disadvantage, and contribute

to building their capacity. VSO has a rights-based approach to development and

in India our priorities are participation and governance, disability and HIV and

AIDS. VSO is seeking to develop partnerships and identify placements with NGOs

working in these sectors in Delhi, West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and

Jharkhand.

VSO is seeking an experienced Programme Manager who will be responsible for

leading on the implementation and delivery of one of our three programme area

strategies. This is a senior development management post and you will be

expected to contribute to the development of VSO India's programme.

Experience of strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation is therefore

essential. You will be responsible for developing partnerships and placement

requests with NGOs working in VSO's priority areas and to subsequently monitor

and support the partner and volunteer.

You will have a proven background in community development, organisational

development, or social mobilisation and an understanding of the rights-based

approach. You will have professional work experience in at least one of VSO's

priority areas and will have worked with an Indian NGO.

Fluency in written and spoken English and either Hindi, Bengali or Oriya is

essential.

Many of our volunteers work in rural areas and the job will require extensive

travel - up to 40% of your time. Experience of having lived and worked in rural

areas will be an advantage and you must be willing to use public transport and

be prepared to stay in simple accommodation in common with our volunteers when

required.

You will have a sensitivity to the issues facing disabled people and people with

HIV and AIDS, and an understanding of how attitudinal and institutional barriers

marginalise them. In this respect, women and men with personal experience of

disability and/or HIV and AIDS with relevant or transferable experience are

particularly encouraged to apply. VSO has an accessible office.

This Delhi-based post is offered on an open-ended contract upon successful

completion of a six month probationary period. The salary is commensurate with

other international NGOs.

In the first instance, applicants are invited to send a statement of no more

than 500 words stating why you are appropriate for this position, together with

your CV by post to:

VSO India

B-8/25, Vasant Vihar

New Delhi 110 057

The closing date for applications is 10th December 2004. Interviews will be

held in early February. Only short listed candidates will be contacted for

interviews.

Manmadha Rao

E-mail: <manmadha.rao@...>

http://www.vso.org.uk