Development of agricultural projects
Youth Employment Service
TASK
The opportunity is to design projects on agricture. YES will concieve while the volunteer will design and give advise on the projects.
Deadline is at least one month after commencement. YES will provide necessary information (statistics, data etc..)for the project.
Number of volunteers: 5BACKGROUND INFORMATION
We want design development projects that will run from 2012-2015, with main objectif to fight youth unemployment, reduce poverty and increase the livelihoods of the rural population .
OBJECTIVE
The project is to seek for grants from funding bodies. The volunteers contribution in designing good projects will enable donors to support hence reduce poverty and increase the livelihoods of the rural population .
Region or country
Cameroon
Development topic
Food and agriculture
Income generation and employment
REQUIREMENTS
Project designing and management skills.
Areas of expertise
Agriculture, forestry and fishery
Languages
English, French
Hours per week
1-5
Duration in weeks
8
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£80000 to £90000 per annum Extras: Expatriate Allowances Manage, Lead, Supervise and coordinate activity of work force (shared and or dedicated), contractors and consultants engaged and operating (full time and/or part time) on projects (all aspects: HSE, Project Controls, Contracts, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning). For resources used from various functional departments: Dual reporting principle (functional reporting to Departments Head, operational reporting to Head of Projects) will be implemented (examples: Project teams responsible for managing Supply Chain Management activities as well as Project Controls activities with resources from functional departments - dual reporting to Department Heads as well as to Project Managers). All Projects managers/engineers (operating on projects) functionally report to Head of projects. Participate as active member of the daily operations meeting and establish a formal working interface process with all other departments. Monitor projects executed by Project Management Team; Approval of key decisions; Initiate gate reviews at end of each phase. Responsible for development of all plans and procedure for projects execution. Standardise project management practices across projects Develop, maintain and deploy project management processes and tools Adhere to segment business, and finance processes. Agree on standards and procedures for cross departmental processes. Strictly follow and implement corporate rules, guidelines and standard Manage, Lead, Supervise and coordinate activity of contractors/consultants/employees taking part in the execution of projects (all aspects: HSE, Project Controls, Contracts, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Be the Company Representative or nominating a Company Representative with reference to administrated contracts. Approve all projects economics (prepared by business development group subsurface) and associated justification for projects generation. Ensure that the proper amount and quality of front-end-loading is achieved on projects during stage 1, 2 and FEED to allow for informed decisions and accurate cost/schedule forecasts to be made. Responsible for projects contracting strategy and implementation: Develop project execution strategies and contracting strategies and responsible for their implementation by Project Teams (Project teams lead ITT, qualification/clarification, recommendation, negotiations processes with Supply Chain Group functional support). Finally approve award recommendations. Responsible for project controls, reporting and for implementation of Project Controls tools (under Project Services department guidelines) leading to regular revision of projects budget and baseline and allowing controlled and accurate monitoring of progress and forecasts. Bachelors Degree Hons or equivalent 