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Position 1: Agriculture and Natural Resources Manager (Grade 10).

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and implement efficient and effective management systems the Agriculture and Natural Resources department.
• To supervise operations against poaching and illegal mining activities daily.
• To check hunting operations of the CAMPFIRE programme.
• To compile hunting permits and hunting returns.
• To update land use plans and resettlement, village records.
• Prepare annual departmental budget for submission to the relevant Council committee.
• Control expenditure of the department provided for under IRBM.
• To attend all land dispute issues, enforce Council by-laws and monitor stray cattle sales.
• To issue mining permits and capture mines data.
• Prepare monthly reports for submission to the Chief Executive Officer, relevant Committee or Council.
• Supervise staff in the department and implement Council resolutions relevant to the department
• Perform any other duties related to Council as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

Requirements

• Be aged 35 and above.
• An Environmental Science degree.
• Masters degree and relevant professional courses are an added advantage.
• High computer literacy.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Clean Class 4 Driver’s Licence.
• No criminal record.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

POSITION 2:   Social Services Officer (Grade 9)

Reporting to the Social Services Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the coordination of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene activities in the district.
• Assist in the coordination of disaster management activities in the district.
• Monitor all NGO activities in the Council’s area of jurisdiction.
• Prepare monthly financial statements of expenditure for donor funded programmes in liaison with the Social Services Manager.
• Monitor and implement the departmental budget.
• Ensure statement of expenditures are sent to relevant departments or organisation as per stipulated time.
• Supervise operations of Council clinics and Schools
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Be aged 25 and above.
• A degree in Development Studies, Psychology, Local Governance or any other relevant Social Science degree.
• At least 2 years post qualification experience in local authority environment.
• A clean record of service within the Local government fraternity.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Position 3:  Planning Assistant (Grade 6)

Reporting to the Planning Officer.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation of layouts for business centres, rural service centres, and growth points.
• Assisting in the development control of the whole district.
• Inspection of infrastructure in the district
• Enforcement and prohibition orders preparation
• Any other tasks as assigned from time to time

Requirements

• Must be a holder of at least a Diploma in Rural and Urban Planning.
• Be aged 25 and above.
• At least 2 years post qualification experience in a similar role.
• A clean record of service within the Local government environment.
• A clean Class 4 Driver’s Licence is a must

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Position 4:  Administration Assistant: Transport, Inventory and Asset, Management– (Grade 6)

Reporting to the Administration and Human Resources Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain asset registers up to date
• Maintain fuel requests, fuel stocks and inventories registers
• Maintain vehicle registers and ensure log books are up to date
• Maintain stock registers up to date
• To maintain and update records of all Council and staff matters.
• Perform other duties as assigned from time to time

Requirements

• A Social Science Degree
• At least 2 years post qualification experience.
• At least 25 years and above.
• No criminal record.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Position 5: Administration Assistant / Receptionist (Grade 6)

Reporting to the Administration and Human Resources Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Attending to telephone calls and to all clients promptly
• Typing all Council documents
• To maintain up to date the staff attendance register
• Assist all clients as required
• Maintain front office ambiance
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Be aged 25 and above.
• 5 O levels including English Language
• At least diploma in Social Sciences
• At least 2 years post qualification experience in a similar position.
• A clean record of service within the Local government environment

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Position: Procurement Clerk (Grade 6)

Reporting to the Procurement Officer

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Receiving authorised purchase requisitions for log into the procurement document movement control sheet.
• Sending Request for Quotations RFQs to approved suppliers.
• Compiling of Evaluation reports for tenders and RFQs
• Generating of purchase orders according to the set criteria
• Sending purchase orders and or supply contracts for authorisation
• Ensuring that all duly signed purchase orders are sent to the suppliers on time.
• Expediting deliveries
• Compiling of procurement reports, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Performing any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Be aged 25 and above
• At least a diploma in Purchasing and Supply or equivalent
• At least 2-years’ experience in a similar position.
• A clean record of service within the Local government environment
• A clean Class 4 driver’s Licence is a must.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Interested persons are to send clearly marked application letters (with attached detailed CVs, identity documents including birth certificate, academic qualifications and professional qualifications) to the undersigned in sealed envelopes or email as given not later than 9 December 2022.

The Chief Executive Officer

Hurungwe Rural District Council

1. O. BOX 46

Magunje

Email address: [email protected]

“As much as 15 truckloads of gemstones could depart from a community at any given time, yet this might not benefit the country in any way as they are shipped out illicitly. What we remain with is environmental degradation as there are no returns for the council. However if we address this, we will be able to improve the standards of living for our communities and improve infrastructure in the district. We also need to look at the value chain and establish viable market linkages. As council, we are also going to establish a gemstone value Centre to improve the value of our diamonds,” he said.

_(Bulawayo)_ The little-known Gemstone subsector is in quandary as it has no specific legal or policy framework to guide operations therein, _Humanitarian Eye_ has learnt.

Speaking at the ongoing Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba, in a side session on illicit flows in the gemstone mining sector, researcher Farai Mutondori said the Minerals Marketing Authority of Zimbabwe (MMCZ)  committed to developing a legal framework for the sector early this year. *However nothing has materialized to date.*

He further noted how women miners were being marginalised in the sector owing to a myriad of challenges including financial constraints, gender discrimination and infidelity fears.

“Gemstone mining by nature discriminates against women as it is capital intensive. Furthermore, women are marginalized as they are deemed weak when it comes to physical manpower. Even if they overcome all these challenges, there are fears of infidelity from their partners which prevents them from participating in the sector. Gemstone are primarily sold at Karoi hotel, very few men would allow their wives to go to a hotel to sell gemstones,” he said.

Speaking at the same event, Zimbabwe Miners Federation National Executive Secretary, Privelage Moyo said gemstones are currently being sold for a song in Zimbabwe as there is no clearly defined value chain

“The value of our stones is still at the mercy of the purchaser as there is no defined local market in Zimbabwe whereby our miners may have access to market indicative prices. Due to lack of a legal framework and markets, the environment creates a haven for unscrupulous traders who have been fleecing the foreign and local buyers with fake gemstones, some being synthetics,” he said

Moyo said the sector urgently needs skills training and gemology laboratories so as to be at par with the international colored stones industry..

In a plenary discussion, female gemstone miner, Blessing Hungwe hailed ZELA and AAZ for exposure and training on gemstone mining and urged the Organisations to redouble their efforts for the benefit of all women in mining.

Magunje MP, Cecil Kashiri said he would push for a gemstone mining policy, he also called for comprehensive prospecting of gemstones in the country so as to attract investors.

Hurungwe North MP, Ability Gandawa said women need tailor-made flexible financing with adequate grace periods to spur their operations as they cannot borrow from local financial institutions that are too demanding.

Responding to an announcement that the Zimbabwe School of mines is currently developing a gemology center in Mutare, Extractives consultant Motive Mungoni urged the school to take the training center to Hurungwe where it is needed most.

Most of the gems are found in Mashonaland West around Hurungwe and Karoi. If you look at the geology in Mutare, it is mostly rough diamonds, gem-quality diamonds are few and scattered all over the country. So I would suggest that the school be strategically moved to Mashonaland West,” he said.

Hurungwe District CEO, Luke Kalavina lamented the illicit trade of gemstones in the sector as truckloads are departing the country with no returns realized.

“As much as 15 truckloads of gemstones could depart from a community at any given time, yet this might not benefit the country in any way as they are shipped out illicitly. What we remain with is environmental degradation as there are no returns for the council. However if we address this, we will be able to improve the standards of living for our communities and improve infrastructure in the district. We also need to look at the value chain and establish viable market linkages. As council, we are also going to establish a gemstone value Centre to improve the value of our diamonds,” he said.

Background 

Time immemorial   the Hurungwe community was experiencing diverse problems such as poor sanitation, very long distances (10 km on average) in search of water supplies,high incidence of diseases and limited horticultural  activity and other off season farming activities. Evenmore, some remote areas could not afford hiring the respective equipment for borehole drilling and hence the presence of dry holes and dry areas. Clinics and schools were not spared from the dry spell and a large demand for the inadequate precious resource meant that some of the services could not function up to set standards.

Community gardens

The emergence of the Drill rig plays a pivotal role in addressing these issues and in development of the community. To date 10 boreholes have been drilled in wards and officially opened. The erection of community gardens is an ongoing process that has been initiated by the drilling of boreholes.These community gardens serve as education centers and also as collective revenue creation pools. Prior to 2020 rains,small farmers were running the risk of going out of business as dams ran dry and municipal water restrictions tightened. In this regard, to the previously incapacitated society, community and household boreholes mean that they do not have to adhere to municipal water restrictions and they are free to use as much water as required.

Distance relief

At Least four sub-centers for every one of the 26 wards in Hurungwe are benefiting from the borehole initiative and this cuts the previously very long distances to an approximate 1km radius on average. This means that each household can equally access water within plausible means. Equally worth noting is the fact that livestock can also access water from the borehole station where pseudo cattle troughs have been constructed.

Longterm investment

“These projects are in line with the National Development Strategy that encourages purchase of equipment and infrastructure development”- Hurungwe Rural District Council C.E.O.Mr Luke Kalavina.

The drill rig has a sinking capacity of 200 metres,and hence residential boreholes are the way of the future. As an asset that uses less energy to extract water than it does to obtain drinking water from a tap,a residential borehole is an investment that can last up to 20 years and longer.

Towards attaining town status

Hurungwe Rural District Council continues to aim towards the prerogative of attaining town status and this is inclusive of improved sanitation and sustainable resource management. In light of this ,the Rural District Council has engaged partners like CTDO and Danchurch Aid that are enhancing borehole water by bringing in tapped and solar piped water schemes.Evenmore ,the water refurbishment programs have sprawled to schools whereby the rural district council in conjunction with the Government are running Water Sanitation and Hygiene In Schools  Projects (WINS) in partnership with Unicef.This will then capacitate public services like clinics and schools in the interest of delimiting long distances and costs that may come with that.

Hurungwe Rural District Council continues to harvest appraisals for its use and disbursement of devolution funds towards developments that were being delayed by financial constraints. The Rural District Council has purchased a backhoe that is currently being used in the construction of Karoi-Binga road. This communication line will reduce the distance to Victoria Falls by nearly 300 km from the current estimated 1600 km. This will expose the district to a hive of commercial and tourism activity along that route. The council has also set up solar powered street lights using devolution funds and they were officially opened on 19 October 2021 by the Mashonaland West Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution,Honourable Mary Mliswa Chikoka.

Prices 

There are two options:

1. USD$1600 for 40metres and USD$40 for every additional metre after 40metres. This includes drilling and Casings only.
2. USD$1000 for hiring equipment excluding fuel casings. Client to supply fuel and casings.

Please note: All the above prices do not include sitting. Sitting is to be done independently by the client. The client must pay for a permit to ZINWA before the borehole is drilled.

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