Volunteer with VSA

Change your scene and become a VSA Volunteer and share your experience, knowledge, and skills to transform the lives of many. Work with our partner organisation to create a fair future for all. 
 
VSA will organise and fund, flights, visas, insurance, accommodation, living allowance and utilities while on assignment. 

Please note VSA Volunteers must be a NZ citizen or permanent resident. 

Volunteering with VSA 
 
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is not your typical volunteering agency, we are committed to building sustainable communities across the Pacific. If you’re an experienced organisational development professional, looking for an extraordinary overseas experience in the Pacific to build into your field of expertise – working collaboratively with Cure Kids Fiji, then read on, as we have an exciting opportunity in store for you!
 
Our Partner Organisation - 

Cure Kids was established over 50 years ago with the mission to improve the health of children in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Cure Kids Fiji is a growing organisation that currently works, and intends to continue working, in partnership with Fiji's health authorities and other key stakeholders to reduce health inequities and improve child health outcomes.

The Assignment

This assignment is a partnership assignment between VSA, and Cure Kids Fiji.  Cure Kids Fiji is under increasing pressure due to its expanding partnerships and the growing workload from project-related activities. For these reasons, Cure Kids Fiji aims to enhance its capacity and capabilities across various areas to address the growth and increasing complexity of the challenges and opportunities it faces. This will ensure that Cure Kids Fiji is well-positioned to meet current and future needs and challenges.

The Organisational Capacity Development Specialist will work collaboratively with Cure Kids and Cure Kids Fiji to identify gaps and key challenges and help strengthen core capabilities across several domains, including operational
management, financial management, and resource management.

The Volunteer

Are you someone who wants to make a difference, have a sense of adventure and like the challenge of being outside your comfort zone?  VSA Volunteers are technical experts who impart their skills and knowledge to the local community. You will need to be flexible, adaptable, resourceful, resilient with a passion for Aotearoa and the wider Pacific community.

We're looking for a volunteer with the following:

• Tertiary qualification in organisational development, business administration, or a related field, and/or significant experience.
  • Experience in project management and operations support, preferably in the health sector or similar social services.
  • Proven strong administration and organisational skills.
  • Experience in organisational development or a related field with a proven track record in developing organisational capacity and capability.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
  • Knowledge of accounting and finance, and MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning).
  • Training, coaching and mentoring skills.

The Country

Fiji includes the other 3 cultural groups called Fijians -Rotuma, Rabi, and Kioa (Rabian and Kioans) were resettled in Fiji after being evacuated from Ocean islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati).

It is a destination attraction for its coral reefs, clear lagoons, and tropical landscapes. Fijian indigenous society is very communal, with great importance attached to the family unit, the village, and the vanua (land). With the introduction of traditions such as Indian and Chinese and significant influences from Europe and Fiji's Pacific neighbours, particularly Tonga and Samoa, these various cultures have come together to create a multicultural national identity for Fiji.
  
Fiji has several development goals they are focusing on as a country such as lowering youth unemployment rates, reducing poverty, reducing child mortality and gender inequality, increasing environmental sustainability, and improving the health and education status of its citizens. 

Apply Now!

Apply for this amazing opportunity through our website. For more information on this assignment, email volunteer@vsa.org.nz.


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We are looking for a volunteer with:

• Full time, 12-month volunteer opportunity based in Suva
• Flights, accommodation, and other expenses covered by VSA
• Change your scene and perspective by sharing your skills and knowledge .