About Restless Development
Restless Development is a global non profit agency. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most as well as running a growing global Youth Collective.
We know young people have the power to solve the challenges we face in our world, but they are being ignored and overlooked. We are the agency that works with young people so they can lead in solving those challenges. Whether that means supporting communities to end child marriage or prevent HIV, we work with young people to change their lives and the lives of people in their communities.
Our programmes are genuinely life-changing, but can’t do any of this without talented, creative individuals at every level of our organisation.
Our approach to Safeguarding
Restless Development considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults to be an organisational imperative with primacy over the success of programmes or strategic objectives. We recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we expect all of our staff, volunteers and partners to ensure we protect the communities in which we operate from harm and abide by our Safeguarding Policy.
About the role
We are seeking a dynamic and talented Zambian to fill the role of Administrative Assistant to ensure the highest standards in performance and accountability are achieved across the agency. Based in Lusaka (with regular travel to other operational locations including to Suppliers), you will ensure our team is delivering the highest standards of Procurement.
Working under the leadership of the Assistant Operations and Procurement Coordinator, you will also be expected to drive your own performance to meet or exceed the targets set against our strategy and business plan.
The successful candidate is expected to be highly systems and processes oriented, ensuring that up to date information is available, analysed and acted upon by the Leadership Team to address the level of risks and challenges to the performance of the business unit.
Skills and experience
Essential
- Graduate-level degree in relevant field of Supply and Purchasing, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in monitoring Procurement risks, and workplan forecasting against plans and targets.
- Proven success in cultivating relationships with external stakeholders such as Suppliers.
- Commitment to Restless Development’s values and mission see website.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Excellent IT skills, especially Excel, Power-point, and Word.
- Be results oriented and forward thinking, with demonstrated analytical skills.
Desirable
- Experience in collecting and analysing data.
- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques.
- Experience of oversight of multiple teams and units.
- Proven success of remotely managing field offices.
Person Specification
The Individual must be results orientated, highly self-motivated and have demonstrated analytical skills and ability to communicate effectively. The successful candidate will thrive in a multicultural environment as part of a rapidly growing and developing organisation and be personally committed to Restless Development’s mission and values.
Educational Background
Minimum: Graduate-level degree in relevant field of Supply and Purchasing, or equivalent work experience.
Please send a completed application form to zambiajobs@restlessdevelopment.org by [16th November, 2024] indicating Subject as “APPLICATION_YOUR NAME_ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT”.
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First round interviews are scheduled to take place on a date to be advised.
Restless Development is an Equal Opportunities employer and seeks to recruit, retain and develop staff from all sectors of the community and will ensure that no applicant or staff member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, caste, race, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, HIV status, disability, or any other factor that cannot be shown to be relevant to performance.
