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United States of America: Technical Advisor for Shelter and Settlements…

Eldis Jobs — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:02:00 +0000

Organization: Catholic Relief Services Country: United States of America Closing date: 14 Jun 2013 Background: Catholic Relief Services was founded as an emergency relief organization and emergency related work still represents nearly one-third of the agency’s expenses. CRS is recognized by public and private donors in the US as one of the prime American emergency responders. CRS’ ability to respond effectively in the early stages of an emergency is crucial to the survival and well-being of hundreds of thousands of disaster-affected people. CRS’ holistic approach to emergency response and recovery, combined with its early presence on the ground to address immediate needs, enables CRS to accompany disaster-affected households and communities in resuming productive and dignified lives as soon as possible while building their capacity to better withstand future disasters. With staff in more than 50 countries, established partners in more than 100, CRS is able to establish operations within days of a disaster in almost any corner of the globe

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Biker Jim’s, Steuben’s bring food trucks for Festival For Water

WaterForPeople — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:00 +0000

We had those great spring snows and rains, and the water situation along the Front Range, for now, is less dire than it was a few months ago. Time to bring back the half-hour shower? The all-day lawn watering? You know the answer. It’s always dicey.

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World: Emergency Public Health Officer ER-028 (source: Relief Web)

Eldis Jobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:24:00 +0000

Organization: International Medical Corps Country: World Closing date: 21 Jun 2013 NOTE – THIS POSITION IS TO APPLY TO A STAND BY ROSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT). Candidates selected for this position will be placed on the ERT standby roster and may be called when the International Medical Corps ERT responds to an emergency. This position is not compensated unless candidates are responding to an emergency response. When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self reliance. International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able and a highly motivated corps of professionals

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United States of America: Associate Manager, Communications (source: Relief…

Eldis Jobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:24:00 +0000

Organization: Population Services Intl. Country: United States of America Closing date: 31 May 2013 The Associate Manager, Communications will provide support to the Communications function of the Corporate Marketing and Communications Department. The position is based in Washington, D.C. and reports to the Sr. Manager, Communications

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Jamaica: Agro-Meteorological Training Consultant, Jamaica (source: Relief…

Eldis Jobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000

Organization: ACDI/VOCA Country: Jamaica Closing date: 15 Jun 2013 Since 1963 and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security to promote broad-based economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has 84 projects in 40 countries and revenues of approximately $168 million. Agro-meteorological Training Consultant, Jamaica We are currently seeking a consultant/firm to work closely with the Ja REEACH project team, RADA and the Met office of Jamaica as well as other key stakeholders. The Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) project is designed to advance the achievement of goals under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Country Assistance Strategy, Assistance Objective 2, “Vulnerability of Targeted Livelihoods and Ecosystems to the Impacts of Global Climate Change Reduced.” The project will work in rural communities across Jamaica to build the resilience of community members’ livelihoods and the ecosystems.

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United States of America: Regional Program Director (source: Relief Web)

Eldis Jobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000

Organization: Land O'Lakes International Development Country: United States of America Closing date: 14 Jun 2013 IDD Business Unit: Since 1981, Land O’Lakes International Development has applied an integrated approach to global development, leveraging 90 years as a leading agribusiness. Our solutions generate economic growth, improve health & nutrition, and alleviate poverty. Position Purpose: This position will be based in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis / St. Paul, or other project areas. The Regional Program Director is responsible for ensuring field-based, donor-funded contracts and agreements (“programs”) meet or exceed results targets, and are implemented on-time, within budget and meet other key donor and stakeholder requirements.

Egypt: Judicial Education Advisor, Egypt (Staff) (source: Relief Web)

Eldis Jobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000

Organization: American Bar Association Country: Egypt Closing date: 31 Aug 2013 ABA ROLI is a non-profit program that implements legal reform programs in roughly 60 countries around the world. ABA ROLI has nearly 700 professional staff working abroad and in its Washington, D.C. office. ABA ROLI’s host country partners include judges, lawyers, bar associations, law schools, court administrators, legislatures, ministries of justice and a wide array of civil society organizations, including human rights groups. Job Summary: The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) seeks a Judicial Education Advisor to design, coordinate and implement training of judges, as well as design resource material for judges and other judicial actors

CHECK OUT THIS JOB: Podcast Series Project

Rising Tide — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:16:00 +0000

I am starting a podcast series in partnership with the Stanford Social Innovation Review (http://www.ssireview.org/) with support from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The focus of the series is to think beyond conventional international development work for inspiration so that challenges can be better addressed by looking beyond the limitations of our particular development sector. Through this Podcast Series Project, we will, for instance, look at how social movements are formed and made inevitable, how punk rock tells the story of social entrepreneurism better than any book, craft beer (especially in Colorado) is blazing new trails in ways that make beer and the world better, and how technologies harnessed for social good can give voice to those who currently seem voiceless. We will have fun, be creative, and make unconventional connections with an eye on how such linkages could lead to broader social change. I am looking for someone to assist in the following areas: Conduct research on topics that could be covered in the podcast series Help brief me on guests and their backgrounds Explore new ideas that could be covered in the podcast series Work as part of Water For People’s Marketing team to promote the podcasts and the topics that emerge from the podcasts Ideally, we are looking for a university student staying in Denver/Boulder, at least for the month of June, willing to work hard and have fun, with sound research skills and an eye on new ideas and unique connections.

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Kampala adopts new waste disposal technique

WaterForPeople — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:08:00 +0000

The German development arm, GIZ in conjunction with Water for People, an international NGO has launched a new waste removal technology to curb dumping of faecal waste in water channels and polythene bags improvised toilets referred to as ‘flying toilets’, in the city.

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800 households saved from water born diseases in Chikhwawa

WaterForPeople — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:44:00 +0000

About 800 households in the Traditional Authority Makhuwira in Malawi’s southern district of Chikhwawa are experiencing a lease of their lives following the construction of about 113 boreholes which has helped drastically reduce the rate of diarrhea and cholera, thanks to the Water and Sanitation Project run by the international non governmental organisation (NGO) Water for People.

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A bit short of a miracle …

Rising Tide — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:45:00 +0000

By Patrick Moriarty, IRC Water and Sanitation Centre and John Sauer, Water For PeopleWhat is it that IADB’s Max Valasquez Matute in Honduras finds ‘only a bit short of a miracle’? The decision by seven INGOs to align their programming in Honduras in support of an Everyone Forever movement aimed at delivering full coverage in sustainable rural water, sanitation and hygiene services. Whether there was divine intervention or not, the meeting we attended on the 24 May between the assembled board members of the Millennium Water Alliance and the Mesa de Cooperantes (the donor coordination platform) of the Honduran WASH sector was pretty unusual – and very exciting. The MWA represents most of the biggest North American INGOs, and as such a huge combined total of WASH sector activity. We conservatively estimated that their aggregate contribution to Honduras’s WASH sector in the last five years was more than 20 million $US

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United States of America: Regional Coordinator 12-617 (source: Relief Web)

Eldis Jobs — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:56:00 +0000

Organization: International Medical Corps Country: United States of America Closing date: 14 Jun 2013 International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the 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. PROGRAM BACKGROUND The East & Southern Africa portfolio is one of the most demanding regions within the organization, also with the most potential for growth.

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Opening Water Meter Markets to Support Tariffs and Management

WaterForPeople — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:20:00 +0000

In the Bolivian foothills, a group of inspectors are testing the functionality of a water system. They have gotten into the habit of turning on taps to test water availability, instead of just talking to residents about it first. As the faucet is turned on, Hermulinda lurches forward awkwardly with her bucket to catch the water that shoots from the tap. She knows that those drops will cost her, if they are not captured. Feeling confident and proud of her functioning water system, Hermulinda smiles, gold-covered teeth shining in the Bolivian sun, as she mutters, “They could have just asked.”

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Project Manager (source: IFPRI)

Eldis Jobs — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:34:00 +0000

Job Summary: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is seeking a candidate for a Project Manager for its Feed the Future FEEDBACK project with USAID. IFPRI is playing a major role in designing and conducting quantitative impact evaluations for this multi-partner project. The Project Manager will support IFPRI’s senior research staff in supporting project impact evaluations and communicating with project partners. The Project Manager will work closely with senior research staff in two of IFPRI’s divisions: the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. The position is a two-year, exempt, fixed-term appointment, and is renewable depending on performance and funding. The position is based at IFPRI headquarters located in Washington DC. Essential Duties: Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Play a leading role in coordinating IFPRI’s involvement in the multi-partner FEEDBACK project, where IFPRI senior research staff serve as technical leads of the Impact Evaluation (IE) Working Group. Activities include tracking progress on impact evaluations conducted by IFPRI and its partners, reporting to USAID on IE implementation, and providing logistical support in the conduct of IFPRI IEs.

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Talking Radical Transparency with Ned Breslin

WaterForPeople — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:52:00 +0000

I’ve been obsessed with the concept of radical transparency lately, especially as it relates to global health and development work. This is perhaps an extension of the push for strong monitoring and evaluation in the field to ensure that development projects are actually accomplishing good in the world.

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Research Assistant (source: IFPRI)

Eldis Jobs — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:32:00 +0000

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as Research Assistant to assist with the management of IFPRI’s Internal Review Board (IRB) project monitoring and communications responsibilities. This position will be based in the Finance and Administration Division and will report to the chair of IFPRI’s IRB committee. This is a one-year, part-time (approx. 20 hours/week), exempt, fixed term, renewable appointment based at IFPRI headquarters located in Washington, D.C.

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Liferay’s Role in Online Reporting Platform

WaterForPeople — Sat, 04 May 2013 02:24:00 +0000

EffectiveUI has recently completed development on the new Water For People Re-Imagine Reporting application. This online reporting platform offers a new way for philanthropic organizations to manage data and prove their efficacy to stakeholders. As the technical lead on this project, I’d like to share some of my experiences, in particular how the Liferay portal platform contributed to the project’s success.

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Rise Of Social Entrepreneurship: Future For Global Capitalism

WaterForPeople — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:37:00 +0000

As the first Internet stock bubble neared its popping point in 1999, IBM chief executive Lou Gerstner famously dismissed the dot-com start-ups of his day as “fireflies before the storm—all stirred up, throwing off sparks.” The Internet would truly achieve its disruptive potential, Gerstner argued, when thousands of big institutions around the world started using the new communication and technology platform to transform themselves. He was right. Although many of the dot-com players did not survive the 2000 market crash in technology stocks, they were indeed harbingers of a coming business revolution.

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Stakeholders Must Work Together On U.S. Food Aid Reform

Kaiser GH Update — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:28:00 +0000

“Congress should put aside partisanship and turf protection as it considers bold changes to a decades-old and increasingly inefficient international food aid program,” former Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who chaired the Agriculture and Foreign Relations committees, and former Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), who served as Senate majority leader, write in a Washington Times opinion piece. Noting “[t]he Obama administration’s 2014 budget proposed overhauling the Food for Peace program, building on a similar reform proposal from the George W.

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PEPFAR Reauthorization ‘Rests With Congress,’ OGAC Official Says

Kaiser GH Update — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:44:00 +0000

Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator Julia Martin said “[t]he decision about whether to reauthorize [PEPFAR] ‘rests with Congress. … Whether we move in that direction is yet to be fully determined but PEPFAR will continue at the will of Congress,’” CQ HealthBeat reports. “Many advocates assume that lawmakers are preoccupied with other international priorities and will not focus on PEPFAR enough to move a bill,” the news service writes, adding, “Even without a reauthorization, the program can continue.” The briefing, co-sponsored by CSIS and the Kaiser Family Foundation, focused on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Evaluation of PEPFAR, which was released in February, the news service notes.

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