Location: Lamjung, Nepal
Salary: Negotiable
Contract type: Fixed Term
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Application Closing Date: 23 Dec 2019

Role Overview

Youth Project Coordinator will be responsible for effective ICS project delivery by supporting Team Leaders, partners, host homes and volunteers through pastoral support, guidance on project implementation and ensuring safety, security and welfare processes in the project implementation in schools and community.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• 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

International Development

• Knowledge of issues which are common to communities in developing countries, possibly achieved through working or living in a developing country. Experience of promoting learning about development issues

Communication

• Possession of strong verbal communication to work effectively and inclusively with an overseas colleague. Excellent communications in English and local languages

Supervision

• Significant experience of working in a supervisory role. Proven ability to promote self-awareness, learning and development among individuals

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.

Information Technology

• Good level of computer skills (Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, Internet)
• Bachelor’s degree (masters preferred) in relevant subject with at least two years relevant experience
• Able to work away from the home including week-end and work long hours. This position demands travel within project area

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

• Budget Management
• Experience of managing budgets and undertaking accounting procedures.

Volunteering: Sufficient experience of working with volunteers to understand the key factors which make volunteer placements viable, effective and rewarding.

NGO Experience: Experience working with international NGO.

Programme Design and Evaluation: Experience of designing and evaluating youth programmes in an international context. Experience of using monitoring and evaluation tools and processes.

This role is open to national candidates only.

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.

Contract: National
Eligibility: Nepalese

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