Vacancy title:
Social Worker

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

 

Jobs at:

VNG International

Deadline of this Job:
20 January 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Jinja , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
VNG International is the International Coopelation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities {VNG}. Being part of VNG. one of the oldest and strongest local government associations in die world. our roots in local govemrnent are tleep.VNG International designs and manages large and cornplex projects for donors such as the world Bank. the European Commission and bilateral donors.W'e draw on our broad experience to customise our services and listen carefully to the needs of our clients and beneficiaries. Our expertise ishantls-on.We offer a powerful mix of local and international expertise. bringing in additional knowledge with an eye for the specific context in which we work. VNG lntnernational is currently participating in a bid to provide technical assistance on reducing the unsanitary dumping of solid waste and increase recycling rates. As part of the requirements no participate in this bid, VNG International is looking for candidates who lit the profiles of the following position:
Position: Social Worker.

Education:
• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Social work and Social Administration, Social Science Development Studies. Community Development or a related discipline. A post graduate training related discipline is be a plus.

Job Qualifications: Not Specified

General experience
• At least 8 years‘ experience in development. work in Uganda. specifically on social and gender components. including the design and/ or management of project conducting social impact assessments and rnitigptiorl measures of infrastructure programme and project preferaby in Uganda;
• At least 3 years‘ working experience in internal anal donor-funded project
Specific experience
• At least 5 working experience in Uganda
• Working experience with Local Government is an asset

 

Skills
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Fluent in at least one of the following languages:
• Lusoga, Luganda and/or Swahili
• Computer literacy including Microsoft Office
• Proficient in drafting reports:
• Excellent team working abilities
Condition of engagement
The Expert is foreseen to be full-time for an estimate of around 18 months
Estimated earliest starring date of March 2020
Duty Station is expected to be jinja Municipality

 

Job Responsibilities: Not Specified  

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Job application procedure
lnterested. qualified and available experts are requested to submit. their CV (in English) to: s.ejibua@vng.ideal.nl  and bo.altena@VNG.nl  . Deadline for submission isJanuary 20 2020 and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Note that: • This vacancy is part of a competitive bid procedure. If a candidate is selected. his or her appointment is subject to VNG international's successful procurement of this bid. • VNG International reserves the possibility of closing the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is identified before the proposed deadline and reserves the right to contact only suitable candidates.

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