20 February, 2013

3921 Project Coordinator

Department of Local Authorities

Industry:

Government Department

Location:

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Job Hours:

Not Stated

Due Date:

01-Mar-13

Job Description:

The Republic of Vanuatu is being with grants from the Global Environment Facility, European Union and the GFDRR to implement a project with the objective of increasing resilience of communities in Vanuatu to the impacts of climate variability and change and national hazards on food and water security as well as livelihoods.

The Department of Local Authorities (DLA) is recruiting a Project Coordinator to coordinate the implementation of Increasing Community Resilience and the ability of stakeholders at national, regional and community levels to work together to enhance disaster and climate resilience in rural communities.

The Project Coordinator will be contracted for five years, and be based at the DLA and will report back to the Director of DLA and the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Project Management Unit Manager and NDMO Director where needed.

Further information and terms of reference are available from the contact person or email address provided below.

The successful applicant will have:

Criteria:

- At least 5 years experience in position with similar responsibilities; Tertiary level education in development, governance, climate change or agriculture and related disciplines

- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills; Ability to live, motivate and work closely with the communities and diverse teams with minimum supervision

- Excellent verbal, analytical and organizational skills; Good knowledge and understanding of key aspects of development work including integration of disaster mitigation and climate change

response in development programming

- Understanding and experience of administration, finance, procurement, and logistics systems, strong skills in speaking and writing English with solid computer skills

- High level skills and experience in planning, budgeting and writing management and financial reports to donors.

Salary:

An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant.

Language:

English

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How To Apply:

Interested applicant should send their application letter, resume and name, copies of certificate and current contact details of 3 referees to the addresses mentioned below.

Contact Name:

Ben Tabi

Phone:

Not Stated

Email:

tben@vanuatu.gov.vu

Address:

DLA, PMB 9021, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Website:
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Source:

16-Feb-13 Daily Post (Weekender)
Source Website:

For further information on the above Vanuatu job please see the source or contact the employer directly.

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