Current Vacancies at Randstad Construction
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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: International Volunteer - Gender & Social Inclusion
Reference number: JOB0117159
Location: Abuja, Capital Territory
Job category: Government & Policy
Job type: voluntary
Job Description
- As a VSO volunteer you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you 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 as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
Main Purpose
- The aim of the placement is to help integrate social inclusion and gender (SIG) into VSO Nigeria at organisational as well as programme level. This includes helping establish a clear understanding of gender and social inclusion across programs in Nigeria.
- This also entails supporting efforts to see to it that office policies and processes are gender sensitive.
- At the programme level, the Social Inclusion and Gender Volunteer supports the partners in activities such as gender training, gender needs assessment, and other SIG related initiatives.
Competencies, Skills and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
- Ability to be open minded and respectful
- Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
- Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
- Ability to seek and share knowledge.
Remuneration/Benefits
- Allowance: As a VSO volunteer you will work on an ad hoc basis, performing activities for VSO / your community during your free time. Expenses you incur while volunteering for VSO are reimbursed (be more specific if applicable).
- Accommodation: If you are not able to work from your own home, VSO will provide basic accommodation (including utilities).
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: Livelihood National Professional Volunteer
Reference number: JOB0117150
Location: Niger
Job category: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Job type: Voluntary
Job Descriptions
- Provide best practice agronomy training to farmers and farmer cooperatives
- Contribute to the promotion of extension reforms and capacity development for partners with special attention to market-orientated, and participatory approaches that meet the diverse needs of smallholders and rural people, especially women and marginal groups.
- Formulate and implement training that strengthen agricultural/rural extension and provide technical assistance in capacity development of agriculture innovation systems.
- Prepare advocacy materials and documents to support the strengthening of agriculture innovation systems and support services.
- Provide support in the organization and delivery of technical workshops, consultations, seminars and training sessions on conceptual and practical aspects of extension and rural knowledge institution improvements.
- Contribute to the preparation of studies, position papers and conceptual frameworks that strengthen extension systems and agriculture innovation systems.
- Maintain networks of collaboration with technical specialists.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Skills
Competencies and Behaviour At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
- Ability to be open minded and respectful
- Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
- Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
- Ability to seek and share knowledge Equal Opportunities VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: National Graduate Volunteer for Improving Market Access for the Poor (IMA4P)
Reference number: JOB0117143
Location: Niger
Job category: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Job type: voluntary
Job Description
- As a VSO volunteer you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you 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 as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
Responsibilities
The Job holder is saddle with the following responsibilities:
- Support project implementation which includes data collection, monitoring of cooperatives farmers groups progress and documentation
- Provide day -to- day logistic and management support in the delivery of Improving Market Access and linkages for the Poor and marginalized farmers
- Facilitate capacity building for farmers on Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) and resource management to improve agricultural production for household consumption and commercial enterprises.
- Provide support to both Partners and National Professional Volunteers on intervention areas: Farming as a Business, Group Strengthening, Value Chain model, Policy and Advocacy.
- Maintain relationships with key project stakeholders and assist community level project advocacy in project locations.
- Bi-weekly monitoring and supervision of VSLA groups established in the project communities among cooperative/small scale farmers.
- Provide support to smallholder’s farmer on ICT (using social media for products adverts, market information and networking).
- Assist with Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Knowledge Management activities.
- Perform other activities such as monthly activity reports as requested by VSO partners/ CBOs.
Competencies, Skills and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
- Ability to be open minded and respectful
- Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
- Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
- Ability to seek and share knowledge.
Remuneration/Benefits
- Allowance: As a VSO volunteer you will work on an ad hoc basis, performing activities for VSO / your community during your free time. Expenses you incur while volunteering for VSO are reimbursed (be more specific if applicable).
- Accommodation: If you are not able to work from your own home, VSO will provide basic accommodation (including utilities).
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply