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VSO Nepal

Project Coordinator -Disability & Education

VSO Nepal
Location: Kathmandu
Salary: Negotiable
Posted Date: 2019-06-28 Deadline: 2019-07-04
  • Location : Kathmandu
  • Qualification Degree : Bachelor Degree
  • Salary : Negotiable
  • Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

Project Coordinator -Disability & Education ( ENGAGE )

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Salary: Competitive
Contract type: Fixed Term
Full Time: 38 hours per week
Application Closing Date: 4 Jul 2019
Interview date: Soon as possible
Start date: Soon as possible

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

Technical lead ENGAGE project interventions with focus on girls with disabilities and assure the accomplishment of project outcomes of VSO Nepal (led consortium)

Skills, qualifications and experience

General- 

  • 3 years of working experience in similar position with Bachelor’s degree in Education; inclusive Education; Gender studies or social science 
  • Experience working with disability education. Higher degrees with relevant experiences will get priority.
  • Proven experience of education projects and experience of strategic thinking, including identifying, analyzing, problem solving, responding to opportunities and challenges, and the ability to translate ideas into practical action
  • Practical experience of applying development issues at a project or schools/communities and education management level. Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of development issues particularly education. 
  • Training facilitating skills, and skills on technical assessments and research.
  • Proven experience communicating with donors and report writing.

People Management: 

  • Ability to work in a technical team and support others.

Inter-cultural Competence: 

  • Ability to work with people from different cultures and backgrounds with commitment to diversity. Ability to build partnerships and relationships in a multi-cultural environment with demonstrable commitment to delivering excellent customer service.

Communication Skills: 

  • Excellent communications in English and local languages.

Organization and Problem Solving: 

  • Ability to manage conflicting priorities in a complex and fast changing environment, work on own initiative and problem solving with solution focus. 

Flexibility: 

  • To adapt to new situations, with a positive attitude to working in an international organization. Able to travel occasionally and spend time away from base and home.

Financial Management:

  • General understanding of financial management policy and procedures.

Information Technology: 

  • Good level of computer skills (Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, Internet) 

Commitment: to VSO’s mission, values, People First principles and core approaches (Social Inclusion and Gender, Social Accountability, and Resilience).

  • VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Desirable: 

  • Experience working with international NGO. 
  • Experience of working with volunteers.

Eligibility: Nepalese 

Contract: National

Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted for further recruitment process. 

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

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information.

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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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