Country: Yemen
Closing date: 23 Apr 2015
Counterpart International is a global development organization that empowers people and communities to implement innovative and enduring solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. For nearly 50 years, Counterpart has been forging partnerships with communities in need to address complex problems related to economic development, food security and nutrition, and building effective governance and institutions.
Summary
Counterpart International is seeking a CSO and Citizen Mobilization Manager for the anticipated DFID-funded Musahama: Improving Voice and Accountability for the Poor in Yemen program. The program will help Yemeni citizens advocate for better service delivery and more transparent policy-making and budgeting, as well as support representatives from excluded groups to become candidates in local, regional and parliamentary elections and advocate effectively for more inclusive and representative public bodies. The CSO and Citizen Mobilization Manager will work with civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens to achieve five program outputs: capacity-building, social accountability, budget transparency, anti-corruption advocacy, and political empowerment. The specialist will report to the Program Director and will be responsible for provision and oversight of organizational capacity development (OCD) technical direction to local CSO groups, including sub-grantees. The CSO and Citizen Mobilization Specialist will work closely with CSOs and Yemeni citizens to improve their capacity to effectively advocate and engage local and national authorities and policymakers to address corruption, provide better service delivery, and improve budget transparency. The Specialist will also work to improve the inclusion of youth, women, and other excluded groups in civil society and political processes. The CSO and Citizen Mobilization Specialist will be responsible for maintaining excellence in our technical capacity building activities with local organizations and will ensure effective communication among the implementing partners, government actors and communities. Only local candidates will be considered for this position.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead the identification of needs and strategic approaches to civil society capacity building.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to sub-grantees, ISOs and other local CSOs on organizational development efforts.
• Oversee the administration of organizational capacity assessments of local CSOs and development of capacity development plans focusing on areas including but not limited to: policy analysis/advocacy, coalition building, sustainability, financial management, procurement, human resources, program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and outreach and communications.
• Work with program staff, consultants and trainers to deliver high quality training, technical assistance and mentoring to local CSOs.
• Ensure Counterpart’s OCD global best practices are institutionalized within the program and adapted to the local context.
• Ensure gender is integrated into all capacity building tools, methodologies and activities.
• Leverage and enhance existing strengths within CSOs, facilitating opportunities for them to learn from each other’s effective strategies.
• Deliver technical presentations on program achievements to audiences, including implementing partner(s), civil society, government officials, DFID, and other relevant organizations.
• Contribute to program design, development of work plans, monitoring and evaluation, and writing of progress and final reports.
• Other duties as assigned.
Requirements/QUALIFICATIONS:
• A Bachelor’s degree in social sciences. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Six to eight years of experience in the civil society development field, preferably working with international organizations in the Middle East.
• Prior experience in the Middle East, and in particular in Yemen, is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking and planning, and training skills.
• Strong multicultural, interpersonal, and supervision skills.
• Ability to give effective presentations and write technical reports.
• Strong ability to promote collaboration and coordinate activities with multiple stakeholders, including civil society, government, communities and international organizations.
• Commitment to gender integration, experience with gender integration a plus.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent writing skills in Arabic; advanced professional level English.
How to apply:
https://rew12.ultipro.com/COU1004/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=\*4AB3DB59CE17253F
