South Africa: Senior Programme Developer - to support mobilisation and organisation in African fishing communities

Masifundise Development Trust

Closing date: Friday, 5 November 2010
Starting date: as soon as possible
Nationality: South African or citizen of an African country

Masifundise is a community orientated development NGO in Cape Town, South Africa supporting fishing communities to mobilise and organise at community level to become strong and democratic role players in local community development. As an expanding organisation, Masifundise is desirous take its 30 years of South African experiences across the borders and work towards empowerment of fishing communities and fair re-distribution and management of the marine and freshwater resources.

Masifundise is seeking to appoint a development organiser with outstanding communication and programme development skills to lead and further develop our programme 'building the capacity of small-scale fishers, on the African continent, to become better organised'. The successful appointee should be a post graduate or equivalent, have at least 10 years of intensive work experience with expertise in one or more of the following areas: political and social development, civil society capacity building, small-scale fisheries, project management, establishing and building networks, and advocacy at national and international levels. Fluent in written and spoken English is essential and language skills in Portuguese and French will be an advantage.

The position will be located in Cape Town, South Africa and South African labour laws will apply.

For further details please contact Naseegh Jaffer at +27 (0)21 685 4549 or at the email address below.

CV, application and letter motivating the application has to be submitted by email to Naseegh Jaffer at [email][email protected] by no letter than Friday, 5 November 2010.