POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A REGIONAL NGO, BASED IN HARARE

We have been mandated by a Regional NGO based in Harare to recruit a suitable candidate for the post of Executive Director. The Executive Director currently reports directly to the Board of Trustees and heads the organization’s Secretariat. In this position the Executive Director provides appropriate leadership and direction to the team of staff, who are responsible for programming, developing initiatives around the organizations’ sustainability, relationships with other actors and overall growth and administration of the organization.

Candidates with the following proven skills and competences are encouraged to apply for this position. The following is an illustrative indication of basic skills required for this position:
• A sound educational background with experience at the top management level of well reputed non-profit organizations. The Executive Director is expected to provide relevant strategic leadership to the organization in close liaison with the Board of Trustees.
• Excellent communication and socio-cultural skills
• Deep understanding of the capacity challenges that the NGO sector faces in the region and a first class ability to fund raise for the organization
• Social entrepreneurial skills with a proven ability to network with NGOs, donor communities, and various stakeholders.
• A demonstrated interest and past involvement in the nurturing of institutions that work with and support the efforts of Civil Society in diverse settings on the African continent.
• Familiarity with all the operational aspects of NGOs in Africa and a clear preparedness to undertake sustained advocacy efforts in line with the vision and mission of the organization, and specific guidelines provided by the Board, from time to time.
• Specific ability to provide leadership on the sustainability challenges that continue to confront the NGO sector in Africa in general and more specifically, to maintain a high level interest in the activities that the organization is involved in for purposes of institutional strengthening.
• The position involves extensive traveling within the eastern and southern Africa sub-region and beyond

Interested candidates who comfortably satisfy these minimum requirements and have at least seven years working experience and are from any of the countries of the eastern and southern Africa region are encouraged to formally indicate their interest in the position and send this, together with a detailed resume to [email][email protected] within 10 days of this announcement.

April 29, 2007