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  • SayPro Program Officer – West Africa

     Job Details Description Job Summary: Every employee of IRI is responsible for carrying out the Mission of IRI and demonstrating the Core Values in their day to day operations. The Core Values, which are IRI’s foundational building blocks include: Excellence- We believe in quality results delivered by investing in people. Freedom- We believe in exploration and experimentation to be agile and responsive. Respect- We believe in trust, empathy and empowering people. Teamwork- We believe in diversity, inclusion and the power of global collaboration. Transparency- We believe in open communication and clear decision-making. Accountability- We believe in personal responsibility as the foundation of success. The PO is responsible for designing and implementing a strategy for IRI's programs in her/his countries of assignment, which will include Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin among others. S/he closely monitors and analyzes political and economic developments in countries of responsibility, develops program ideas, and drafts proposals on a range of democracy and assistance programs. S/he also identifies program partners and develops and maintains close relationships with them and with funders. The PO is also involved in new business development efforts. Position Requirements: Undergraduate degree in political science, international relations or related field. Three to five years’ professional experience in democratic governance and politics, preferably working directly with political parties, civil society organizations/NGOs or legislative bodies, or equivalent combination. Working knowledge of the politics, economics, history and culture of sub-Saharan Africa. Specific knowledge of West Africa preferred. Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills. Demonstrated experience working with US Government funded projects and familiarity with USG regulations and processes. Experience with program management, implementation and basic accounting necessary to draft and oversee a budget. Demonstrated management experience including ability to motivate and manage staff. Demonstrated ability to effectively direct or participate in complex negotiations with bilateral and/or multilateral government agencies, other funders or relevant audiences. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team to coordinate and lead the efforts of other professionals to effectively meet program goals. Ability to travel to new and challenging environments. French language proficiency a plus. Primary Functions & Responsibilities: Monitors, analyzes and reports on political and related developments in West African countries to provide regional and country analysis and information. Anticipates potential problems and trouble shoots project problems and offers solutions and actively takes part to lead resolution of them with creative and immediate solutions. Oversees implementation of specific grant(s) and associated grant activities under the supervision of the Program Manager and in collaboration with the West Africa Field Office teams. Maintains an understanding of funder and IRI policies and procedures related to grant compliance and oversight. Understands assigned grant’s substantive, financial and compliance requirements. Monitors and ensures proper tracking of budget estimates and program expenditures to ensure that IRI projects remain within budget allocations. Oversees and participates in all monitoring and evaluation efforts for grants assigned. Leads efforts to evaluate and uses information related to the approved grant work plan. Writes/collaborates with the West Africa Field Office teams, and edits/adds information to ensure high quality quarterly, semi-annual, final, and other relevant reports for funders. Contributes to the substantive design of new programs and contributes to the development of new program ideas. Assists with assessing new funding opportunities and serve as proposal manager (as assigned) for new bid opportunities. Anticipates potential problems and trouble shoots project problems and offers solutions and actively takes part to lead resolution of them with creative and immediate solutions. Establishes, maintains, and develops strong working relationships with relevant stakeholders in DC and abroad. Actively supports IRI’s communication strategy including IRI’s branding and outreach plans, including drafts and updates program summaries and other outreach materials, drafts web stories, tweets, etc. Travels as needed for program oversight and implementation; if an immediate need arises deploys on short-to long-term service in a program in the field to maintain continuity of the program. Helps oversee workloads and tasks of Senior Program Associates/Program Associates, is involved in hiring and evaluation process. Participates in cross functional teams and initiatives (optional). Performs other duties as assigned.              How to apply       Please submit both resume and cover letter to the company website: Program Officer - West Africa | Job Opportunities (ultipro.com)

  • SayPro Technical Advisor II Gender – West Africa Region

     Job Title: Technical Advisor II Gender Reports to: Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, West Africa Region Department: West Africa Regional Office (WARO) - telecommuter About CRS: Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. Job Summary: You will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to programs in 11 countries in the West Africa Region, including Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal (Gambia, Guinea Bissau), and Sierra Leone. You will support implementation of CRS’ Global Gender Strategy, which renews CRS’ commitment to putting gender at the core of programming and ensuring equitable participation and benefit of women and men, girls, and boys for enhancing program quality. Your responsibilities will range from supporting program design and implementation issues in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to providing technical support to country teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your technical knowledge, advice and guidance will contribute to effective, adaptive and innovative programming in the region. All projects in the West Africa region have a gender component including, in particular, large integrated programs funded by donors such as USAID, USDA and various foundations. You will possess strong expertise and experience in gender programming, knowledge of industr y standards and best practices, and strong capacity in technical writing (in English and French) for products such as proposals and technical studies. You will work closely with your counterpart Technical Advisors (TAs) in other sectors to ensure cross-sectoral integration of activities and to jointly advance WARO’s strategic priorities. You will also collaborate closely with members of the Agency gender team. Training CRS staff in gender will also be a focus of your role. Roles and Key Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership and strategic assistance to WARO country programs in the design, implementation and monitoring of gender activities to ensure alignment with regional and Agency strategic priorities. Provide technical solutions to regional and CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and ensure the application of Agency and industry best practices and standards. Facilitate learning for evidence-based gender programming across WARO. Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and contributing to research and internal reports. Share guidance in the use of relevant agency policies and key conceptual frameworks in the development of regional programs and project proposals. Engage in project start-up, monitoring, analysis, course-corrections and evaluations to ensure high quality, impactful program implementation. Support funding acquisition by providing technical/design leadership, leveraging existing learning, identifying and cultivating strategic opportunities, and assisting country teams in the development of winning proposals. Advise on gender integration in assessment design, including creating and/or reviewing and revising sectors’ data collection tools. Develop gender-specific data collection tools as needed and relevant, including key informant interviews and focus group/ PRA guides Advise on gender sensitization/ training elements for enumerators and conduct data quality checks during data collection. - Guide analysis of results to ensure gender nuances are highlighted, and/or lead analysis of results for gender-related elements. Draft or bullet key gender assessment findings. Participate in the analysis of growth opportunities to ensure strategic alignment and capacity to implement excellent gender programming. Provide technical direction and content to project proposals, and assist in writing proposals, liaising with other technical advisors, as appropriate. Lead or participate in design workshops for large and/or complex proposals, as appropriate, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Review both integrated and standalone health proposals to ensure application of agency and international standards and best practices. Contribute to regional and CP efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in all areas of programming. Lead or contribute to the development of the technical design for large and/or complex proposals, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into CRS’ approach. Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in gender programming for staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff. Mentor staff from across the region working in gender and other technical areas, including facilitating community of practice exchanges; advising on staff development plans; participating in recruitment of country program gender staff; supporting onboarding; and identifying, organizing, and/or facilitating relevant trainings. Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in forums in the area of gender to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work. Liaise with CRS Regional Gender Technical Advisors from other regions and Technical Advisors in the Headquarters’ Program Impact & Quality Assurance (PIQA) department through virtual and in-person meetings to ensure high impact programming in WARO. Conduct technical visits to country programs to support effective implementation, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of ongoing project learning. Be familiar with and advise on integrating relevant donor strategies and policies with regard to gender. Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in gender that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.             How to apply       https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=dGVzdC44NTExNi4zODMwQGNhdGhvbGljcmVsaWVmLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ

  • SayPro Call for Proposals for Increasing out of school learning Innovations in Moyo and Obongi Districts of West Nile, Uganda

     Aga Khan Foundation The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of private, non-denominational development agencies that share a mission to improve the living conditions and opportunities of marginalized communities in target countries across Africa and Asia. AKF was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in Switzerland in 1967 and began working in East Africa in 1974. In Uganda, AKF operates a multi-sectoral portfolio that includes programming in Education, Economic Inclusion, Civil Society, Health, and Early Childhood Development predominantly in the Central and West Nile Regions. AKF is committed to ensuring that girls and boys, women and men, are equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to help them interact effectively with the world and be contributing members of a pluralistic society. Background AKF in partnership with World university Services Canada (WUSC), has been delivering the Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative, a four-year project focused on enabling adolescent girls and young women in Moyo and Obongi to pursue diverse educational and learning pathways. Critical to achieving this is the need to reduce socio-cultural barriers that inhibit of prohibit AGFY from accessing gender equitable, quality education (including SGBV and Gender Equity issues). To contribute to this, AGENCI adapts both formal and non-formal education interventions. In relation to this call, AGENCI intends to collaborate with explicit digital innovators with opportunities for AGFY and communities to deliver solutions that increase participation of AGFY in non-formal education. Therefore AKF is seeking partners that have existing, evidence-based innovations and/or solutions to support out of school learning for adolescent girls and boys that can be tested and assessed for relevance in Moyo and Obongi. It is expected for AKF to work with identified partners to test the solution in approximately five community sites, gather data and evidence of change, and, if successful, develop a proposal for broader implementation across Moyo and Obongi. Scope of Work Partners will be expected to: Co-design the testing phase of the evidence-based innovation and/or solution identifying communities and finalising timelines Lead the delivery of the innovation and/or solution in the agreed number of sites in Moyo and Obongi including AKF, WUSC, and Windle teams as agreed during the co-design phase Leverage existing M&E frameworks, tools, and structures to develop the evidence needed to determine the relevance and impact of the innovation and/or solution through the test Finalise a report clearly articulating what worked well, gaps, overall impact, and any required potential adaptations needed to increase impact, sustainability, and scale. If evidence demonstrates impact, co-design a strategy to increase scale of work in Moyo and Obongi Expected Qualifications and Experience Evidence-based innovation and/or solution for increasing AGFY and ABMY participation and learning in out of school settings in Uganda Evidence of conducting high quality rapid testing Clear M&E and research frameworks and tools to generate evidence Delivers high-quality reports and communications Criteria for selection All submissions will be assessed on the following criteria Solution and evidence 40% Delivery proposal 20% Technical experience 20% Value for Money 20%              How to apply       Interested Organisations will be required to: Develop a technical proposal (not more than six pages) outlining the innovation and/or solution, evidence of impact, and demonstrating how you intend to deliver this assignment CV of all key proposed team members (max. 2 pages per CV) Budget, inclusive of all costs. Include three references from similar assignments previously undertaken Please e-mail all required documents with ‘Increasing out of school learning’ in the subject line to akf.uganda@akdn.org. Submissions must be received by AKF no later than midday on 11th October 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. AKF is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is Committed to Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Expects all Staff and Partners to Share this Commitment. The Aga Khan Foundation is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (www.akdn.org)

  • SayPro Store Management – Somerset West Consulting Service —

    SayPro SayPro

    Assistant Store Manager – Somerset West

    Remuneration: negotiable market-related 
    Location: Cape Town, Somerset West, Stellenbosch
    Remote work: Not Applicable
    Education level: Matric
    Job level: Mid/Senior
    Own transport required: Yes
    Reference: #SW001/22
    Company: Mambo’s Storage & Home

    Job description

    WE ARE HIRING

    JOB ADVERT: ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER

    Tickled pink at what we have in store for you!

    Thrive on the opportunities that one of the country’s fastest leading and growing plastics and household retailers has to offer at our stores in SOMERSET WEST. Join Mambos for a challenging, yet rewarding career in the retail industry.

     
    Purpose:

    Our store managers are the leaders of our organization. As a member of the management team you’ll be responsible for coaching and guiding shop assistants to ensure we achieve our mission to provide a world-class shopping to our customer as well as ensuring the professional growth and development of your team. You’ll be challenged to manage the daily operations of one of our star retail stores. Our managers are entrepreneurs, innovators, role models and coaches who drive results, bring the Mambo’s way to life in our stores, and ultimately support the continuing success and growth of the Mambo’s brand.

    SayPro & SayPro

    To meet store sales targets and deliver fantastic customer service whilst effectively planning, organizing and controlling all operations of a retail store in accordance with the Company’s standards and procedures.
    Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing, mentoring, and leading staff.
    Enforcing and implementing AWESOME customer service to give customer a WOW .
    Attend to unique and individual shopping needs of each customer and always put the Customer first.
    Develop, motivate and inspire respective teams in an ENTHUSIASTIC manner.
    Maintains store staff job results by recruiting, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
    Authorise all work schedules (including but not limited to work, break and leave).
    Ensure continuous training and development of all staff, and consistently carrying out training.
    Scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results
    Handle customer complaints in a calm and professional manner
    Managing and controlling all daily store operations to maximize sales turnover whilst keeping stores expenses within allocated budgets and stock management.
    Managing and controlling all daily store operations including stores expenses within allocated budgets and stock management to maximise sales turnover.
    Minimise all controllable expenses and costs.
    Protect company assets and minimise all shrinkage, damages and theft.
    Executing of physical plans/ actions to achieve SayPro sales results and sales turnover, including motivating staff to do so.
    Retain records of all stock and financial transactions.
    Conduct floor walks daily and initiate warehouse and/or overstock replenishments and face-ups.
    Implement, monitor and enforce all SOP’s.
    Maintaining company merchandise and housekeeping standards.
    Coordinate and manage all key service providers in line with company expectations (including but not limited to guarding, security, cleaning and logistics)
    Enforce effective and efficient implementation of all sales promotions (Including but not limited to road shows, centre management liaising etc ).
    Identify marketing opportunities and communicate to all relevant parties
    Ensure promotions are executed timeously and execution is planned in advance.

    Requirements

    Qualifications

    Grade 12
    Relevant business / admin qualification – retail management diploma or degree would be ous
    4+ Years retail with administrative and people management
    Strong written and verbal communication skills
    Strong leadership and management skills
    Strong analytical skills
    Highly organised with the ability to adapt quickly to change
    An understanding of retail
    Proficiency in stock management, cost control and cost management
    Genuine interest in the MAMBOS brand and products
    Ability and willingness to work weekends and extended retail hours
    Own transport
    PERSONALITY TRAITS:

    Ø Retail Savvy

    Ø Passion

    Ø Great Communicator

    Ø Love for the customer

    Ø Problem solver

    Ø Team player

    Ø Friendly with a CAN-DO attitude

    Company Description

    Mambo’s Storage & Home is one of the leading plastics and homeware brands in the country –
    Homeware. Kitchenware. Baking. Catering. Cleaning. Educational games. Toys. Outdoor. Stationery. Arts, Crafts and lots of Storage Solutions!

    Posted on 09 May 16:14, Closing date 8 Jul

  • SayPro West Africa Emerging Leaders Program

    SayPro is a West Africa emerging leaders program that offers you an opportunity to learn and grow from some of the best minds in your field. With SayPro, you will have the chance to get in touch with like-minded professionals and peers who share your passion and ambitions. Whether it’s an inside look on how they got where they are today or a peek on their future projects, SayPro provides insights that will leave you inspired and ready to take on the world!

    Don’t you just love the feeling of being at a leadership program and being able to learn from the best? Well, that’s exactly what SayPro West Africa is all about. Through their Emerging Leaders Program, you’ll get to attend workshops taught by leaders in their respective fields. Whether it be business, politics or sports, learning from them will help you grow as a person and leader. Plus, without the need for any additional fees or dues, this program is completely free! So why wait? Join us today!

    SayPro is a residential leadership development program designed to develop the next generation of young African leaders. The program offers participants 10 weeks of intensive and personalised leadership training that equips them with the skills they need to take their businesses and communities to new heights. Participants come from all walks of life, but all share one thing in common – an ambition for success.

    We all dream of getting that big break, and SayPro is here to help you make it happen. This new initiative by West Africa’s largest private software and services company helps professionals in the analytics, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors gain access to a world-class training program. Designed with both beginners and experts in mind, the SayPro West Africa Emerging Leaders Program provides participants with invaluable knowledge on how to improve their skills through a series of engaging classes. With cuttingedge techniques and tools being taught, you’ll be able to take your career to the next level in no time!

    Let SayPro give you the confidence you need as you step into your role as an emerging leader.

    We can sum up our world-class programs in one word: innovation. We have always been at the forefront of new ideas, and we’re proud to be an integral part of the SayPro circle. It’s through these programs that we get to work with incredible minds, young leaders seeking to make a difference in their community, and people looking for a career change.

    SayPro Founder and CEO Kresten Green Larsen says it best: innovation isn’t just about developing new products; it’s also about finding ways to improve your existing products by understanding your customers’ needs better than anyone else. At SayPro, we take pride in our ability to think outside of the box and see things that others don’t. We are constantly striving for perfection – no matter how big or small – because we know that each person is important.