VSO is the world\u2019s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. As a VSO volunteer you\u2019ll live and work in some of the world\u2019s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you\u2019ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you work in lift themselves out of poverty. We\u2019re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0NV-Community Development Facilitator<\/strong><\/p>\n Role overview<\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of the Community Development Facilitator is to serve as a community change agent, community mobilizer and capacity builder of individuals, communities, community structures, as well as facilitating the emergence and strengthening of community-led initiatives to improve and sustain the well-being of children and their families in cocoa growing communities.<\/p>\n Skills, qualifications, and experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Competencies and Behaviour<\/p>\n At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to be open minded and respectful Equal Opportunities<\/p>\n VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.<\/p>\n Allowance<\/p>\n As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your work related travel cost give you a volunteer allowance in local currency<\/p>\n Some background about VSO<\/p>\n Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We\u2019ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016\/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That\u2019s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in applying for this role, please\u00a0download the job description\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VSO is the world\u2019s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-8Gk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
\n\u2022 Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
\n\u2022 Ability to seek and share knowledge<\/p>\n