Program Manager - CDC FELTP Job Vacancy, Friday 17, February 2012

International Medical Corps’ mission is to improve quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

International Medical Corps is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate and direct the administration of an international, task order-based, epidemiology training contract with CDC. The Program Manager will oversee the implementation of task assignments with varying cost and/or technical complexity. Additionally, this position requires proven experience working with epidemiology training programs.

Responsibilities:

•Provide the overall direction, management and accountability for the field epidemiology and lab training program (FELTP), •Plan and prepare all hiring/staffing plans specific to individual task assignments, •Assist with development of budgets specific to each task assignment, •Work with other International Medical Corps departments, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), subcontractors, and independent consultants on the implementation of the FELTP Support program in various countries, •Review, analyze, and prepare reports and other correspondence on all activities and transactions related to the FELTP Support program, and provide timely information and status updates on program implementation.

Qualifications:

•Advanced degree in public health or related field, •5+ years of international project management experience, with strong financial and personnel management expertise, •Prior successful experience managing large, complex CDC or USAID funded projects, •Experience working effectively with international and headquarters staff, as well as donor agencies, government officials, and other NGOs; the ability to work with a broad spectrum of people, •Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently, •Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations, •Excellent written and verbal communication skills, •Proficiency in English is required, •Experience managing training programs desired.

Proficiency in English is required

How to apply: 

Please apply online via our careers site: http://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx

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Emergency Preparedness Evaluation, Tuesday 8, Fevruary 2012

Objective of the EoI

OCHA is seeking the services of three consultants, one senior consultant (team leader) and two mid-level consultants to conduct an evaluation of the Organization’s role and activities in emergency response preparedness. The evaluation will be commissioned by OCHA Evaluation and Guidance Section in New York and will involve missions in three/four countries, and will be conducted over a period of six months from April to October 2012.

please see attachment for further details in the EOI

How to apply: 

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, CV, and UN Personal History (P-11) form toochaesu@un.org with subject line “Emergency Preparedness Evaluation” by 02 March 2012.

Please indicate your availability and daily rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Contracting is subject to funding.

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Policy Specialist, Job Vacancy, Tuesday 8, Fevruary 2012

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy:

JOB ID NO.: 1924

CLOSING DATE: 28 February 2012, 5:00 p.m. New York time

POST TITLE: Policy Specialist

CATEGORY: ICS-10 (P-3)

POST NUMBER: New

POST TYPE: Non-Rotational

DUTY STATION: New York

DURATION: One year (renewable)

ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: DMS Directorate

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING:

The Policy Specialist position is located in the Division of Management Services (DMS) Directorate. The DMS Directorate is responsible for overseeing operations of various DMS branches; furthermore the DMS Directorate plays a key role in the coordination of activities within UNFPA and other UN organizations. The incumbent of this position will report to the Director, DMS and work directly with the DMS Branch Chiefs.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft new policies and procedures for all related administrative services with the objective to reduce centralized processing and ensure quality and cost savings by delegation of responsibility for execution and accountability to staff, including graphic representation of workflows; • Draft training tools and user friendly guidelines that effectively disseminate administrative policies and procedures to user units enhancing utilization and allowing effective monitoring; • Conduct monitoring exercise and draft staff surveys tracking policy performance, adherence and effectiveness, identifying both compliance issues and opportunities for procedural innovations; • Generate reports for UNFPA senior management on policy performance; • Conduct client satisfaction surveys with regards to administrative policies and procedures; • Ensure compatibility of the policy with the UN common system by working with other UN organizations; • Continually assesses external sources for administrative service delivery, expertise and technology ensuring UNFPA is using the most appropriate methods available while modeling progressive deployment of administrative resources; • Ensure that Field Offices are aware to confidently perform administrative functions with minimal oversight and control from HQ; • Serve as DMS administrative policy Focal Point and provide support to the DMS Helpdesk on all issues relating to these policies; • Liaise and work closely with the PPM Secretariat to ensure all DMS policies are up to date; • Liaise and work closely with the Business Practice Team to ensure adequate analysis of processes to be included in the policies and procedures; • Liaise and work closely with the Business Plan Team to ensure DMS policies are aligned with the business plan needs • Perform any other activity as required in order to assure the success of the work team in support of the UNFPA mandate and strategy.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Advanced degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Journalism, or Social Sciences • 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience at the national level in public administration and development of which 3 years should be at the international level in the field of management • Candidate should have strong writing skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate at all levels, initiative and sound judgment, ability to act independently under limited supervision, to assess and evaluate issues, make recommendations. • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English. Knowledge of French or Spanish additional UN languages desirable

Required Competencies:

Core Competencies

• Values/Guiding Principles; • Performance Management; • Developing People/Coaching and Mentoring & Fostering Innovation and Empowerment; • Working in Teams; • Self-Management/Emotional Intelligence; • Communication; • Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making; • Analytical and Strategic Thinking and Results Orientation/Commitment to Excellence; • Knowledge Sharing/Continuous Learning

Functional Competencies

• Business acumen • Client orientation • Innovation/marketing of new approaches • Job knowledge/Technical knowledge • Organizational Awareness

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, respect for diversity, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply.

We offer an attractive remuneration package commensurate with the level of the position.

Notice to applicants: In accordance with the rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, are required to renounce such status upon their appointment. Exceptions to this rule are very limited and can be made only for: (a) stateless persons; (b) newly appointed staff members who have applied for citizenship by naturalization, when such citizenship will be granted imminently; (c) acting staff members in the General Service and related categories with permanent residency status, on promotion to the Professional category; (d) staff members appointed under a temporary appointment. Please understand that UNFPA is not in a position to provide advice on or assistance in applying for any citizenship.

How to apply: 

UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy. Download the Step by Step Guide to Applying in the E-Recruit System of UNFPA at http://www.unfpa.org/employment/vacancy.htm

Please print out the Guide for your reference during the registration and application process.

Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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Salesforce Platform Data Quality Manager, Saturday 21st, January 2012

Globaljobscareer,

About Ashoka: Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship since 1980 by investing in more than 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs in over 70 countries; known as Ashoka Fellows, they are practical visionaries with systems-changing ideas. Rather than building one school or clinic in one community, Ashoka Fellows work at the systemic level by transforming the way children learn or by creating completely new healthcare delivery systems. Ashoka distills action principles that cut across the work of these social entrepreneurs and creates frameworks for collaborative entrepreneurship to more widely author global change. In addition, Ashoka fellows are role-models and active recruiters of other innovators, in part because they apply sector-tipping principles through collaborative architecture that attract innovators wherever they are. It is these key principles and behaviors that represent Ashoka’s core strategy for realizing its “Everyone a Changemaker”™ vision.

Position Summary: Ashoka is seeking a Salesforce Platform Data Quality Manager to drive the cleanup of our database and set in place long-term practices that will maintain data integrity. The selected candidate will work with Ashoka staff and others around the world to identify business process improvements, define functional requirements, propose potential solutions, and interface with technical teams to implement the selected solution. The Salesforce Platform Data Quality Manager will also oversee and provide support functions for Strategic Resources, Global Marketing, ITI and Executive Office teams by playing a central role in executing major marketing campaigns through the usage of advanced database marketing tools, direct mail, and e-mail lists. Also, this position will entail the application of models and selection criteria to create new campaigns within the database, extraction of lists and utilization of the system to update records with contact history data. This is an excellent opportunity for an entrepreneurial, creative, and tech-savvy individual to assist in the transformation of Ashoka.

Specific Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Work with internal clients to map business process, develop functional requirements, identify gaps and analyze approaches to meet requirements of quality data • Oversee projects to implement approved solutions and resolve data quality issues in a timely manner • Identify areas for improved integration with other systems across the organization, provide recommendations, and work with team members to implement changes. • Participate in team planning effort for specific marketing projects • Design and implement test cell, A-B testing and other methods of advancing our knowledge of current and potential donors • Create queries by applying statistical models and other list selection criteria • Extract and validate lists for multi-channel campaigns • Coordinate with outside data processing vendors for data cleansing, NCOA changes and other updates to information. • Ensure that processes are in place to monitor and report on performance of acquired data. • Monitor and report on data content and coverage in the marketing database, to identify key gaps and analyze headline trends within the customer base • Participate in cross-functional projects that impact marketing data as directed by the team manager • Fully responsible for back-end analysis of campaign results and reporting to senior leadership of organization Requirements • Bachelor's degree in the technical field, such as computer science/statistics, engineering or mathematics • Good understanding of Sales and Marketing commercial drivers. • Knowledge and experience of direct marketing/campaign management processes, including email marketing • Understanding of data handling principles • Enquiring, investigative mindset • Consultative, collaborative approach • Supplier management and negotiation • Strong database skills and ease with data analysis, including regression analysis; comfortable working with large data sets • 1-4 yrs or work experience, including working in a team environment • Ability to meet deadlines, while managing several project • Working knowledge of SAS/Stata and SQL

Other Helpful Skills and Experience: • Direct marketing experience • MS Office suite (esp. Access & Excel) • Reporting and analysis experience • Willingness to learn statistical modeling and statistical software • Experience working with Salesforce.com • Experience working with a major e-mail service provider • BtoB marketing experience • Association experience

How to apply: 

To apply, visit www.ashoka.org/staff-app and tell us more about you. The application asks you to 'list a few words that will help us match interests.' Indicate interest in this position by listing 'data' or 'database management.'

Depending on a candidate's qualifications, experience level, and talent profile, this position could be a full-time hire, or an Affinity Year position. If you're are interested in Affinity Year, make sure to list 'OP-204' in the field that asks for 'Affinity Year/Opening ID.'

We look forward to getting to know you!

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Technical Support Engineer Job Vacancy, Saturday 21st, January 2012

Globaljobscareer.

CARE is seeking an experienced Technical Support Engineer work under general direction, implementing specific aspects of CARE’s desktop, laptop, print, mobile and hand-held devices strategy globally for assigned focus areas. S/he collaborates with other IT staff to evaluate interfaces between hardware and software along with operational and performance requirements of overall system.

S/he participates in the maintenance and support of assigned applications, participates in the execution of and documents all upgrades, patches, etc. in accordance with best practices, supports CARE’s technical and application environment, and contributes to the unit-testing/debugging process and in the planning and execution of integration testing.

The Technical Support Engineer supports the implementation of the ICT customer support strategy for CARE globally for assigned focus areas, participates in and sometimes leads the resolution for assigned Tier II and Tier III customer support issues for desktop hardware and software products, systems, and services, and models customer service by maintaining frequent communication with customers while investigating and resolving issues.

S/he participates as a team member on projects, and provides tasks and time estimates for assigned projects.

The Technical Support Engineer may engage in the research of new and existing solutions and best practices, which could involve enhancing application/systems functionality, features and defect repair, and proposes changes in equipment, processes, or use of materials or services that would result in cost reduction or improvement in operations.

Responsibilities:

•Technical Support

•Customer Support

•Project Teams

•Other Assigned Duties

Required:

•Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)

•MCP

•A+ Certification

•4 - 6 years experience in hands-on technical desktop support role

•4 - 6 years experience installing, configuring and supporting Windows-based PCs and Office applications

•4 - 6 years general experience in on-site and remote customer service support

•2 - 4 years experience working on project teams as a team member or lead

•Experience supporting users with troubleshooting network access, networking printers using Remote Desktop Tools

•Experience with VoIP Phone Setup and Maintenance

•Experience in Blackberry Activation and Maintenance

•Knowledge of communication tools: Asterisk – Eyebeam

•Experience with ghost Image creation and implementation

•Experience in network operating systems, protocols, and connectivity methods

•Good time management and multi-tasking skills

•Experience with established IT industry analysis tools, infrastructure tools, methodologies and best practices

•Experience supporting Microsoft Windows operating systems

•Aptitude to quickly grasp current software functionality and third party products in order to extend that functionality to meet new and evolving requirements.

•Working knowledge of firewall, switches, and routers

•Knowledge of authentication protocols such as AD, RADIUS and LDAP

•Knowledge of critical thinking and problem solving approaches and methods

•Good technical writing, written and verbal communications skills

•Knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery strategies

•Knowledge of Commercial hardware/software evaluations and implementation

•Ability to work well in team environment

Desired:

•Bachelor’s degree in computer-related curriculum

•MCSE

•6 years experience installing, configuring and supporting Windows-based PCs and Office applications in a networked environment

•6 years experience in on-site and remote customer service support

•4 years experience working as a member of an technical support team

•ITIL Methodologies

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

How to apply: 

https://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&...

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