Development Officer at National Development Agency

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in development studies and/ or Social Sciences.
• Additional studies in programme and/or project management is an added advantage.

Essential Experience

• Exposure to community development or social work.
• Training facilitation.
• Proficiency in the languages spoken in the Namaqua District.
• Valid driver’s licence

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

CSOs mobilisation

• Conduct CSOs mobilisations through community entry and engagement processes for purposes of mapping CSOs needs in a local area.
• Identify CSOs needs, including Cooperatives’ skills, assets, issues and needs for development support.
• Produce CSOs community profiles and needs assessments reports for purposes of developing effective development interventions for local CSOs.
• Provide capacity building and CSOs support interventions to ensuring that local CSOs, including Cooperatives have functional structures and systems to support their operations.
• Conduct CSOs dialogues to foster local based networks and provide platforms for CSOs at local level to plan integrated community development programmes driven by the CSOs.
• Identify resources with the local CSOs including Cooperatives to support their existing community programmes in line with local development needs.
• Assist CSOs, including Cooperatives in formally registration processes with relevant registration body.
• Develop a database of all CSOs including Cooperatives with all relevant information required in the database in the Wards you are responsible for in a district municipality.
• Building links with local funders, donors, government departments and other agencies for partnerships with CSOs including Cooperatives at local level.
• Raise public awareness, through dialogues and public engagements on issues relevant to the community and CSOs including Cooperatives operations in the local area.
• Liaising with interested groups and individuals to mobilise local resources including financial resources to support local CSOs Cooperatives work in the local area.
• Mediating in matters of conflict within the CSOs including Cooperatives and within the CSOs sector in general.
• Planning, attending and coordinating meetings and events for CSOs including Cooperatives and community.
• Providing support to CSOs including Cooperatives that are non-compliant with the registration requirements.
• Participate in the selection, short listing, site visit and adjudication of the national categories and provincial categories for NDA projects awards.

CSOs capacity building

• Identify institutional capacity building needs for CSOs within District Municipality.
• Identify the interventions needed by CSOs including Cooperatives within the District.
• Group and classify CSOs, including Cooperatives, according to the needs analysis and interventions required to improve their capabilities and quality of service.
• Prioritise capacity building interventions required by the CSOs including Cooperatives, according to the needs of the organisations
• Draw Capacity Building Plan (indicating the dates, venue, number of participants and the intervention).
• Train, mentor, incubate and support CSOs including Cooperatives that require institutional capacity strengthening.
• Refer and link CSOs, including Cooperatives that require technical training and support to relevant institutions and conduct follow up to assess progress.
• Manage logistics for all capacity building events; schedules training sessions and ensures facility setup and communication to the participating communities
• Participate in relevant sector education training ensuring that capacity building interventions take place as planned.
• Monitor and evaluate the use, relevance and impact of training materials.
• Continually assess the effectiveness of programs developed and/or administered.
• Ensure compliance to curriculum delivery standards and implement monitoring systems and procedures
• Identify and engage with relevant stakeholders for capacity building.
• Liaise and manage relationships with other capacity building strategic partners involved in capacity building.
• Ensure regular information sharing of the activities of the capacity building programme within NDA
• Ensure that proper record keeping (statistics) are retained and updated regularly and prepare and submit statistical/statutory reporting as appropriate.

Reporting

• Preparing reports and submit monthly reports with portfolio of evidence on time to the Development Coordinator/ District Manager.
• Prepare reports on to capacity building with regard to the implementation of capacity building programmes or operational issues.