Organisational Development Adviser
Closing Date: 08 January 2025
Category: Youth Engagement & Community Development
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 the Teitoiningaina (National Catholic Women's Association of Kiribati), then read on, as we have an exciting opportunity in store for you!
Our Partner Organisation - Teitoiningaina
Teitoiningaina, the National Catholic Women’s Association of Kiribati, represents over 35,000 women across the country. The organisation is dedicated to empowering women in their roles within families, communities, and the church. It aims to reduce poverty, enhance food security, and build climate change resilience, while promoting Christian values, peace, and family stability. Key strategies include providing training in nutrition, cooking, sewing, and handicrafts, alongside financial literacy, marketing, and family healthcare programmes. Join this meaningful volunteer role and help support women’s empowerment and well-being in Kiribati.
The Assignment
This assignment is a partnership assignment between VSA, and Teitoiningaina.
Teitoiningaina, the National Catholic Women’s Association of Kiribati, seeks a volunteer to assist in updating its strategic plan. The current 2016-2019 plan requires clear mission and vision statements, defined thematic areas, and strategies for human and financial resource sustainability. The revised plan should include a robust monitoring and evaluation framework to track outcomes and align with Kiribati’s 20-Year Vision Development Plan (KV20) 2016-2036 and the Kiribati Development Plan 2020-2023. This effort is crucial for engaging development partners and securing support. Teitoiningaina partners with Caritas New Zealand (CANZ) to deliver the He Oranga Taurikura Kiribati programme, which promotes community health, climate resilience, and sustainable food security. This role is a chance to contribute to lasting positive change in Kiribati.
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:
The Country
The Republic of Kiribati (‘kee-ree-bus’), formerly the Gilbert Islands, is a Micronesian country comprising 32 atolls and one raised phosphate island (Banaba), spread across all 4 of the world's hemispheres. Kiribati has a population of just under 120,000, half of whom live in the densely populated
capital of South Tarawa.
The average height of the atolls is just over 2 metres above sea level, making Kiribati highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
The mwaneaba (community house) is traditionally the centre of community life where community discussions, council meetings and celebrations occur and important decisions are made.
Apply Now!
Apply for this amazing opportunity through our website. For more information on this assignment, email volunteer@vsa.org.nz.
To review the full assignment description please copy and paste the below link into your browser:
If you are on the VSA website, please click on the download assignment description tab above.
Please note: The VSA office will be closed from midday on 20th December, and our recruitment team will be unavailable to review applications or respond to queries about this assignment until we reopen on 6th January 2025. You’re welcome to submit your application during this period, and we’ll review it as soon as we return.
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 the Teitoiningaina (National Catholic Women's Association of Kiribati), then read on, as we have an exciting opportunity in store for you!
Our Partner Organisation - Teitoiningaina
Teitoiningaina, the National Catholic Women’s Association of Kiribati, represents over 35,000 women across the country. The organisation is dedicated to empowering women in their roles within families, communities, and the church. It aims to reduce poverty, enhance food security, and build climate change resilience, while promoting Christian values, peace, and family stability. Key strategies include providing training in nutrition, cooking, sewing, and handicrafts, alongside financial literacy, marketing, and family healthcare programmes. Join this meaningful volunteer role and help support women’s empowerment and well-being in Kiribati.
The Assignment
This assignment is a partnership assignment between VSA, and Teitoiningaina.
Teitoiningaina, the National Catholic Women’s Association of Kiribati, seeks a volunteer to assist in updating its strategic plan. The current 2016-2019 plan requires clear mission and vision statements, defined thematic areas, and strategies for human and financial resource sustainability. The revised plan should include a robust monitoring and evaluation framework to track outcomes and align with Kiribati’s 20-Year Vision Development Plan (KV20) 2016-2036 and the Kiribati Development Plan 2020-2023. This effort is crucial for engaging development partners and securing support. Teitoiningaina partners with Caritas New Zealand (CANZ) to deliver the He Oranga Taurikura Kiribati programme, which promotes community health, climate resilience, and sustainable food security. This role is a chance to contribute to lasting positive change in Kiribati.
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:
- Experience in developing strategic plans and policies
- Management experience, preferably within an NGO
- Understanding of organisational operations across a broad range of functions, e.g finance, human resources, procurement.
- Strong communications, consultation and mentoring skills
- Proven experience in successful grant sourcing OR good knowledge of the grant sourcing process.
The Country
The Republic of Kiribati (‘kee-ree-bus’), formerly the Gilbert Islands, is a Micronesian country comprising 32 atolls and one raised phosphate island (Banaba), spread across all 4 of the world's hemispheres. Kiribati has a population of just under 120,000, half of whom live in the densely populated
capital of South Tarawa.
The average height of the atolls is just over 2 metres above sea level, making Kiribati highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
The mwaneaba (community house) is traditionally the centre of community life where community discussions, council meetings and celebrations occur and important decisions are made.
Apply Now!
Apply for this amazing opportunity through our website. For more information on this assignment, email volunteer@vsa.org.nz.
To review the full assignment description please copy and paste the below link into your browser:
If you are on the VSA website, please click on the download assignment description tab above.
Please note: The VSA office will be closed from midday on 20th December, and our recruitment team will be unavailable to review applications or respond to queries about this assignment until we reopen on 6th January 2025. You’re welcome to submit your application during this period, and we’ll review it as soon as we return.
We are looking for a volunteer with:
- 12-month volunteer assignment based in Kiribati
- Flights, accommodation, and living expenses provided
- Learn about a new culture while sharing your own skills and experience.
VSA covers flights, accommodation, insurance and some expenses. A living allowance is also provided.
Does volunteering with one of the largest and most experienced agency in international development interest you?