الزعيم
مشرف سابق
وظيفة Green & Youth Initiatives Officer - مؤسسة مجتمعات عالمية - رام الله
Global Communities (formerly CHF) is implementing a five-year, Local government and Infrastructure (LGI) program in the West Bank with funding from the United States Agency for International development (USAID).
The overall goal of the Local Government and Infrastructure Program (LGI) is to promote an enabling environment for good local governance and provide the basic infrastructure necessary for sustainable improvements in the quality of life for Palestinians in the West Bank to support the implementation of this program, Global Communities is seeking qualified candidate to assume the following position:
Green & Youth Initiatives Officer
(Previously advertised as Special Initiatives Officer)
Location: Ramallah, West Bank
Duration: Duration of contract (12) months, with possibility of extension up to September 2015
Responsibilities:
The Green & Youth Initiatives Officer will be responsible for the following:
-Manage sub-awards and follow-up on daily implementation of the Engineering Fellows program and the green building awareness workshops, conferences, and events.
-Follow-up with sub-grantees/sub-contractors on the design of training programs and administrative tasks related to the sub-award activities.
-Coordinate internally with Global Communities engineers and staff to ensure smooth implementation of the Engineering Fellows program.
-Organize technical workshops and conferences related to green building to increase knowledge in and awareness of the field and manage technical inputs from service providers for workshops/conferences.
-Support education initiatives related to the green building component, including school and youth initiatives that are coordinated, when necessary, with the Ministry of Education or Youth Local Councils established by Global Communities in several communities.
-Support the implementation of the capacity building components targeting associations working in the construction sector.
-Produce technical materials, including case studies, reports, and briefs focused on innovations and best practices particularly in green building field and environmental awareness.
-Provide content related to youth, green building and environmental themes for the organization’s Facebook page and website.
-Capture program’s contributions to green building and document lessons learned and apply them in program implementation cycle.
-Coordinate with Global Communities US based headquarters on international environmentally themed activities.
-Provide technical support in green building as required. Other duties as assigned.
Key qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architecture, Master’s degree preferred in environmental engineering or international development. At least five years’ work experience in international development, youth empowerment programming, and/or engineering. Prior work with USAID projects preferred.
-Experience designing and managing training/capacity building programs related to construction/infrastructure, and particularly programming targeting youth capacity building and leadership.
-Good understanding of green building concepts and best practices.
-Good understanding of institutional development concepts. Has a sense of creativity and ability to link ideas together to result in programmatic innovations.
-Ability to write fluently in Arabic and English.
-Prior sub-award management experience is required (under a USAID program is preferred).
-Ability to multi-task and produce under tight deadlines maintaining quality and responsiveness.
To apply for the position listed above, please send your CV and a cover letter by email to vacancies@globalcommunities.ps or fax to 022413614 no later than Sunday January 12th, 2014. Please send one application either by email or fax, but not both, indicating the position title and location. Global Communities is an equal opportunity employer.