Coordinator || Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (ZiLAN)

DUE: 10 FEB 2025

Position Announcement: Coordinator
Date of announcement: 15 January 2025: Application Deadline: 10 February 2025
The Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (ZiLAN) invites applications to fill in
the post of Coordinator that has arisen within its Secretariat.

About ZiLAN
ZiLAN was established in 2012. The Membership of the Network comprises organisations
involved in research and policy analysis; NGOs working with farmers; farmers’ representative
organisations; women and youth in agriculture, interest groups, and land reform and agriculture
activists. The members have had informal ties since 2006. In coming together, the members sought
to strengthen their respective capacities, complement each other and amplify their collective voices
to influence land and agrarian policies and programmes in Zimbabwe.

The members of the Network are driven by a shared concern about equity, and social justice in
access to land, its utilization and the sharing of benefits arising from productive activities. The
network is of value for a variety of reasons which include: the utilitarian (access to information,
services, skills, critical mass for advocacy), ideological (solidarity with smallholder farmers and
farm workers, unified voice for civil society organisations) and pragmatic (visibility of issues;
sharing experiences; common lobby platform; among others). In addition to its external focus, a
large percentage of the Network’s activity is devoted to learning about each other’s skills, sharing
knowledge, coaching each other and developing innovation in products and strategies.

Responsibilities and expectations
Under the overall authority of the ZiLAN Steering Committee and supervision of the Sam Moyo
African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS), the Coordinator will be expected to provide
overall leadership and management of the ZiLAN.

Core Responsibilities-.
• Chief Operating Officer of ZiLAN responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations
of the Trust and implementation of such policies as may be adopted by the Steering
Committee;
• Liaising with donor agencies, relevant government departments, development partners
and membership of ZiLAN;
• Organise network activities which include research, training and policy dialogue activities
and compile minutes of the same;
• Organising and preparing agenda for Steering Committee Meetings and to serve as its
Secretary;
• Ensure that ZiLAN operates in compliance with Deed of Trust regulations and law relating
to governance of Trusts.
• Preparation and implementation of long term strategies;
• Preparation of Donor reports and Annual reports for ZiLAN;
• Development and implementation of fundraising plans and mobilizing resources for
ZiLAN projects;
• Develop quarterly newsletter and manage social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook etc)
for ZiLAN;
• Writing research reports;
• Serve as official spokesperson for ZiLAN;
• Develop and maintain content for the ZiLAN website.

Academic/ Technical Competencies/Qualifications:
Applicants must:
• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences; A Masters degree will be an added
advantage.
• Have at least three years working experience with civil society in the land and agrarian
sector in Zimbabwe;
• Be experienced in fundraising, resource management and preparation of donor reports.
• Demonstrate high level of maturity and able to work independently with minimum
supervision.

Other Relevant Skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Excellent computer experience in using Microsoft office applications;
• Good planning and organisational skills;
• Efficient and well organised personality, and;
• Demonstrate ability to work to tight deadlines;
• Use of social media (Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp) for development work.

TO APPLY
The candidate should provide the following documents.
i. A letter of application responding to the core responsibilities;
ii. A detailed Curriculum Vitae; and
iii. Three reference letters.
The application should be submitted not later than 10 February 2025 via email to:
[email protected] and copied to [email protected] highlighting Coordinator position in
the subject line.
All applications will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted. Remuneration for the post will be disclosed to the shortlisted candidates.
FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY!!!!
The ZiLAN Trust reserves the right not to appoint any of the applicants for the post.
ZiLAN is an equal opportunity employer.