Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a registered local NGO with its head office in Abuja FCT. (WEWE) is soliciting for individuals to fill job vacancies for a 5-year USAID funded project called "Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN)" Project for Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers States.
WEWE is earnestly looking for individuals who are highly skilled, intelligent, hardworking and exceptional in their field. WEWE is currently soliciting for individuals who have God’s calling on their lives to help widows and orphans, individuals who have a passion for vulnerable children and who are ready to join the WEWE family to help WEWE/USAID achieve its project vision ‘To make Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers State the best place to live in Nigeria for over 340,000 vulnerable children and 68,000 vulnerable households.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: OVC Improvement Volunteer
Locations: Abuja, Awka, Anambra State, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Imo State
Job Description
- Are you an unemployed graduate?
- Are you are currently working in a different sector and you are interested in working in the development sector, on a USAID funded project, specifically focused on orphans and vulnerable children?
- Are you Intelligent and have high grade point average, second class upper or first class from a polytechnic/College/University?
- Are you highly skilled, talented, naturally gifted, very hardworking, upwardly mobile and upcoming, yet humble and God fearing?
- Are you ranking top of your field and have won ‘significant prizes’, such as merit awards, employee of the year in your current or previous organization and have significantly contributed to your organization’s successful performance with documented evidence to prove this? (Applicants should list their awards and prizes in their CV for easy of references).
- Were you the best student in your class or NYSC with evidence to prove this? Evidence such as a certificate and corresponding professional referees who can confirm this.
- If your answer is yes to any of the aforementioned questions, WEWE strongly encourages you to apply for the volunteer position in Abuja, Awka, Anambra State, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Imo State.
Qualifications and skills
- A minimum of a university degree in any Science or Social Science course
- Strong research and evaluation skills
- Extremely strong computer skills
- Strong analytical skill
- Very strong report writing skills
- Fluency in both written and oral English required and ability to speak the local language of the region is desirable.
Application Closing Date
29th October, 2015.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive CV and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job to:
[email protected] Please indicate the title of the post applied for in the subject line of the email.
Note: Volunteers will NOT receive salaries. However, every selected volunteer will be given a monthly transport allowance of NGN 40,000 (forty thousand Naira) only. All selected volunteers will be expected to own their personal laptop as WEWE will not provide laptops for Volunteers.