Consultant

VSO Nepal
Location: Kathmandu
Salary: Negotiable
Posted Date: 2018-11-23 Deadline: 2018-11-29
  • Location : Kathmandu
  • Working Position : Entry Level
  • Qualification Degree : Relevant
  • Salary : Negotiable
  • Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

Consultant- Programme Quality and Development Specialist

Kathmandu, Nepal
competitive
Consultant Agreement,
Full Time, 38 hours per week

About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation 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 organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they 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 and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Role overview

1. Maximise the impact of VSO’s contribution to combating poverty through effective programming.
2.Provide business development coordination for VSO Nepal.
3.To continuously improve the quality of VSO programming in Nepal.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

Experience of working with colleagues to utilize global organizational resources to advance country level Programme strategies and deliver quality programming.

  • Experience of preparing compelling documentation for donors and partners.
  • Familiarity with M&E tools, frameworks, and basic evaluation techniques
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including advanced written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Experience leading on partnership and teaming agreements, sub-grant agreements, and consortia bid development
  • Experience of understanding funding and partnership trends
  • Proven ability to research and assess new opportunities
  • Proven track record in developing competitive proposals for funding from USAID, EU, and DFID.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and tight schedules, work effectively under pressure, and assist direct reports with prioritization of tasks.
  • Financial Management – Proven ability to develop and monitor Programme budgets.
  • Representation and negotiation skills – Ability to negotiate and maintain relations with external stakeholders.

Desirable:

  • Familiarity with volunteer engagement
  • Experience in integrated development programming with preference for Education, Governance and Youth programming.
  • Excellent understanding of the Nepal context.
  • Entrepreneurial mind set and comfort thinking outside of the box

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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Organization Summary

VSO Nepal is involved in health, livelihoods and education, with gender and climate change as cross cutting themes, in overcoming poverty

Industry Type NGO / INGO / Social Work
Location Nepal
Organization Size 1-10
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