Updated 18 April 2012

Position
Health and Education Manager

The World Federation of KSIMC, an International Community and Relief Charity NGO requires a Manager to join their team and take a lead on the Health and Education Action Plan. Your main focus will be to Plan, Develop, Lead, Co-ordinate, Implement and Report on our Health and Education Projects and Initiatives.

Whilst being a core part of the team you will also be required to build effective working relationships with internal staff, volunteers and our partners as well as provide leadership and direction for projects to move the charity forward.

In order to work with our Partners you will need to be Multi Lingual with the abilty to communicate in English and Urdu and be willing to travel to visit projects and areas in which we are working.

Application Process
Please send CV and Cover Letter to secretariat@world-federation.org or by post to The World Federation of KSIMC, Wood Lane, Stanmore, HA7 4LQ

Deadline
8 May 2012

Salary
Dependant on Experience

Vision Statement
The World Federation exists to achieve the pleasure of Allah SWT by developing spiritual and vibrant communities serving humanity.

Mission Statement
The World Federation enables its member institutions to promote the values and practices of the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Faith for the spiritual and material well being of humanity at large.

Core values of The World Federation
• Serve with simplicity, sincerity, tenacity and patience
• Strive for excellence in all fields especially in education
• Enable and facilitate all community endeavours
• Engage grassroots
• Prevent duplication and support local efforts and innovations
• Respect others at all times

Accountable to
Secretary General
Department and Project Managers

Job Purpose
• Responsible for managing and delivering the Health and Education Remit of The World Federation
• Provide leadership and direction to Health and Education Projects
• Deliver the health and Education Action plan
• Communicate with our partners
• To keep excellent records
• Co-ordinate between Staff, Volunteers and Partners
• To ensure regular publicy of projects and ongoing work.
• Ensure “penny accounting” and reporting from our Partners
• To travel and visit projects and provide detailed reports.
• To expand projects and identify, and develop new projects
• Work smartly and efficiently to identify synergies between projects
• Produce regular reports

Hours
35 hours per week with flexibility on some evenings and weekends on a need to need basis

Location
Head Office - Stanmore, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Essential
The applicant should have:
• experience of working and collaborating with others
• excellent written skills in English
• ability to communicate verbally in Urdu
• ability to use Microsoft Office
• Confident in the use of Email
• able and willing to travel

Desirable
The applicant should have:
• ability to communicate in other language used in the indian sub-continent
• experience working in the Humanitarian Relief and Not For Profit Sector

General Skills and Abilities

Organisation
Well organised, plans ahead and highlights problems in advance.
Never allows a deadline to be missed.

Interpersonal
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal with a number of different types of people.

Teamwork
Able to collaborate with others and contribute as part of a high performance team in order to achieve a common goal.

Communication
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to present a clear analysis of issues and provide recommendations to solve problems.
Maintains appropriate lines of communication,
Keeps the team and the hierarchy informed of all important developments.

Initiative
Able to see the ‘bigger picture’ and to realise the implications of one’s actions.
Possessing a proactive approach and attitude to one’s duties; sees tasks through to
completion.

Technology
Able to understand and use technology to better achieve the aims of the team.

Commitment
Sees a task through to completion, is not phased by obstacles.

Responsibility
Able to take responsibility for own actions, can demonstrate rationale behind decisions.

Leadership
Is able to successfully lead others and inspire confidence in the team.