Current International Job Vacancies At ActionAid-Various Locations

International Job Vacancies At ActionAid

We’re an international organisation, working with over 15 million people in 45 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice.

Our head office is in Johannesburg. We’re the only international development organisation with our head office based in Africa. We also have offices right across Asia, the Americas and Europe. We believe the people whose lives our work affects should decide how we’re run.

And that’s what makes us different. We help people use their own power to fight poverty and injustice. Because that’s how real change happens – for families, for communities, for whole societies.

Interested applicants are to click the job  position in blue colour for details and to apply

  • Contract Management System Project ManagerACTIONAID INTERNATIONALContract Management System Project ManagerDuration: 2 years Fixed Term ContractInternational Grade D  The Contract Management System Project Manager spearheads the development of ActionAid’ s new Contract Management System (CMS) – a harmonised set of business processes supported by an IT platform that contains live and historical information on all ActionAid’ s (AA’s) restricted funded projects; and supports all staff with a set of core business practices, roles and responsibilities throughout the project cycle
  • Purpose of the Role:
  • Local Terms and Conditions and salary will apply as per base Location of the candidate
  • Salary: from £36,035per annum
  • Location: International Secretariat hubs – Johannesburg or London
  • DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications
  • Closing date for applications: 21 Nov 2014
  • Salary: £36,035per annum
  • Grants and Compliance ManagerACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: Grants and Compliance ManagerDuration: 2 years Fixed term Contract International Grade E
  • Purpose of the Role: The Grants and Compliance Manager works as an integral part of the International Partnership Development (IPD) team and collaborates with other functions and ActionAid International (AAI) members to support effective institutional fundraising and contract management. This includes developing and embedding best practice to comply with donor financial rules, supporting donor proposal budgeting, analysis of institutional income, donor contract expenditure tracking, monitoring and providing management information on key risks, contributing to the implementation of improved financial systems and processes to facilitate better donor reporting and compliance, and capacity building of IS and country staff with grants and compliance related roles.
  • Salary: £45 489per annum
  • Location: Johannesburg or London
  • DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications
  • Closing date for applications: 21 Nov 2014
  • Salary: £45 489per annum
  • Grants and Compliance OfficerACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: Grants and Compliance OfficerDuration: 2 years fixed term contract Local Terms and Conditions and salary will apply as per base Location of the candidate
  • Purpose of the Role: The Grants and Compliance Officer works as an integral part of the International Partnership Development ( IPD) team and collaborates with other functions and AAI members to support effective institutional fundraising and contract management. This includes supporting donor proposal budgeting; setting up compliance monitoring systems; tracking donor contract income, expenditure and reporting; producing compliance reports; working as system administrator for the interim Contract Management Database and the global Contract Management System when fully developed; and contributing to capacity building of relevant federation staff on contract management.
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  • Salary: £31 617 per annum on International Grade C
  • Location: Johannesburg or London
  • DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications
  • Closing date for applications: 21 Nov 2014
  • Salary: £31 617 per annum
  • ActionAid International Young Urban Women’ s project:
  • ActionAid International Young Urban Women’ s project:womenfor young women for conducting leadership training for young urban women in Ghana and South
  • Africa.
  • Action Aid invites expressions of interest (EOI) from organisations with expertise on capacity building
  • Terms of Reference for recruiting an agency for conducting leadership trainings for young urban
  • Closing date for applications: 24 Nov 2014
  • Finance Officer
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: Finance Officer Duration: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2017 
  • On behalf of the START Network, ActionAid International is seeking to recruit an experienced Finance Officer to support on one or both of the following exciting three year, multi-country, multi-agency, collaborative capacity building projects. The projects are:
  • Note:This can either be a full time position supporting two START Network projects, or a part-time position equivalent to 2.5 days per week supporting one of the projects (see descriptions below). Please specify which role/s you are applying for in your covering letter.
  • International Grade C:  Local salary scales and terms and conditions will apply
  • Location: London, Islamabad, Manila/Cebu, Bangkok, Dhaka, Addis Ababa, Goma, or Nairobi (see footnote)
  • International Humanitarian Team
  • Closing date for applications: 25 Nov 2014
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning OfficerLocation: London, Islamabad, Manila/Cebu, Bangkok, Dhaka, Addis Ababa, Goma and Nairobi (see footnote)International Grade C:  Local salary scales and terms and conditions will applyNote:This can either be a full time position supporting two START Network projects, or a part-time position equivalent to 2.5 days per week supporting one of the projects (see descriptions below). Please specify which role/s you are applying for in your covering letter.On behalf of the START Network, ActionAid International is seeking to recruit an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer to support on one or both of the following exciting three year, multi-country, multi-agency, collaborative capacity building projects:
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  • Duration: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2017
  • International Humanitarian Team
  • Closing date for applications: 25 Nov 2014
  • Team Administrator
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: Team Administrator Duration: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2017  On behalf of the START Network, ActionAid International is seeking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Team Administrator to support on one or both of the following exciting three year, multi-country, multi-agency, collaborative capacity building projects:
  • Note: This can either be a full time position supporting two START Network projects, or a part-time position equivalent to 2.5 days per week supporting one of the projects (see descriptions below). Please specify which role/s you are applying for in your covering letter.
  • International Grade B:  Local salary scales and terms and conditions will apply
  • Location: London, Dhaka, Nairobi, Islamabad, Addis Ababa, Goma, Manila/Cebu, Bangkok (see footnote)
  • International Humanitarian Team
  • Closing date for applications: 25 Nov 2014
  • International Project Manager – Shifting the Power Consortium
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: International Project Manager – Shifting the Power ConsortiumDuration: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2017 We are looking for highly skilled, talented and dynamic individual to lead the Shifting the Power through Developing the Capacity of Local Organisations Project. We are not only looking for a skilled project manager with a track record of delivering results within tight timeframes; we also need an individual with a strategic commitment to national leadership and ownership of the humanitarian agenda. You will also be a high level collaborator, with the ability to work with other brokers across organisational and project boundaries.
  • International Grade D:  Local salary scales and terms and conditions will apply  
  • Location: London, Dhaka, Nairobi, Islamabad, Addis Ababa, or Goma
  • International Humanitarian Team
  • Closing date for applications: 25 Nov 2014
  • International Project Manager – Transforming Surge Capacity Project
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALPosition: International Project Manager – Transforming Surge Capacity ProjectDuration: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2017
  • We are looking for a highly skilled, talented and dynamic individual to lead the Transforming Surge Capacity Project. We are not only looking for a skilled project manager with a track record of delivering results within tight timeframes; we also need an individual who has strategic commitment to building and transforming surge capacity within the sector. You will also be a high level collaborator, with the ability to work with other brokers across organisational and project boundaries.
  • International Grade D:  Local salary scales and terms and conditions will apply  
  • Location: London
  • International Humanitarian Team
  • Closing date for applications: 25 Nov 2014
  • Humanitarian Advisor, Middle East Region
  • ACTIONAID INTERNATIONALHumanitarian Advisor, Middle East RegionDuration: 2 years fixed term contract  
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  • To lead  support for and provide strategic direction to ActionAid’s emergency preparedness and response work in the Middle East, linked to longer term recovery and resilience building.  To coordinate and support fundraising for emergency preparedness and response work in the region.
  • Salary: £45 489 per annum
  • Location: Jordan
  • Programmes Directorate
  • Closing date for applications: 27 Nov 2014
  • Evaluation Project Manager
  • Are you a specialist in evaluation of training?Do you want to play a key role in developing our training organisation. And do you want to join an energetic team in a global training organisation and take the evaluation of our trainings to another level?
  • Closing date for applications: 5 Dec 2014