Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 10 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Company Description
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER (EDC)
Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.
EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.
EDC is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Project Description
Started in January 2019, the USAID Let’s Read Project is a 6-year, $48.9 million project in the five target provinces of Eastern, Muchinga, Southern, Northwestern and Western Zambia that works to improve reading outcomes for approximately 1.4 million children attending Grades 1-3, providing appropriate teaching and learning materials; continuous professional development; and tracking learner performance through standardised assessments as a means of supporting the Ministry of Education’s Primary Literacy Programme (PLP) reading interventions in Zambian public and community schools.

Job Description
EDC is seeking to for the position of Office Assistant/Janitor for its provincial office to be based in Western Province. Under the supervision of the Finance and Administration Officer (FAO), the Office Assistant/Janitor will provide a wide range of cleaning and maintenance support to the provincial office to ensure the office a clean, healthy, and safe office environment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities will include but not limited to:
• General office maintenance i.e. conducts daily cleaning of inside office space including sweeping and mopping of floors, dusting of furniture, etc.,
• Maintain office exterior, parking areas and garden and report any matters that require maintenance or repair.
• Maintain the office store room and record stock cards for all stationery, including requesting for stock replenishments on stationery and staff refreshments.
• Perform basic administrative tasks, answer phone calls; attend to visitors; scan documents; photocopying and bind documents.
• Responsible for fueling and general cleaning of the generator and notifying the supervisor of any problems or maintenance issues.
• Prepare and maintain generator fuel log to track fuel usage patterns to ensure fuel purchases and consumption are consistent and report any unusual patterns.
• Assist with office events includes preparing the conference room for meetings and ensuring furniture and materials are in place.

Qualifications
• Grade 12 (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
• English literacy and numeracy
• Basic ICT/computer Skills
• Two (2) years’ experience in a similar position

Additional Information
Language:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of (and proficiency in) the language of Silozi, language highly preferred.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

Job application procedure
To Apply: Use smart recruiters link or Send your application letter and updated Curriculum to Zambiajobs@edc.org  no later than May 20, 2023. Please include the position title in the subject line. NOTE, this is a local recruitment and preference will be given to applicants residing in the District.
Note that this position has got no relocation allowance and local applicants are encourage



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