Closing date: July 2, 2021
Background
Interpeace is an international organization for peacebuilding that supports locally led peacebuilding initiatives around the world. Interpeace tailors its approach to each society and ensures that the work is locally driven. Together with local partners and local teams, Interpeace jointly develops peacebuilding programmes and helps establish processes of change that connect local communities, civil society, government and the international community.
As a strategic partner of the United Nations, Interpeace is headquartered
in Geneva, Switzerland and has offices around the world.
For more information about Interpeace, please visit www.interpeace.org
Position
within the Organization
The Programme
Support Officer is a member of the Programme Management Unit
which manages and implements all of Interpeace’s active and ongoing programmes
around the world. The Programme Management Unit is led from the Headquarters
office in Geneva, although team members are based in various locations
including in East and Central Africa, West Africa, Europe and the MENA region.
The Programme Support Officer reports to the Country Representative
Burundi.
Purpose
and General Overview
The Programme Support Officer supports the follow up and the context
analysis in the country where Interpeace operates. S/he supports Interpeace to
implement its mandate in collaboration with the Country Representative and
supports the collaboration with the finance officer on financial aspects, such
as budget monitoring.
The duties of the Programme Support officer cover 3 areas:
- Strategic
Engagement
- Programme
Management & Development
- Management
– institutional coherence
Duties
and responsibilities
Strategic
Engagement
- Supports
all areas of implementation as directed by the Country Representative
Programme
Management and Development
- Supports
in drafting and developing of concept notes, proposals and donor reports
- Supports
the programmatic management of the partners organizations to ensure that
they implement the programmes in a professional, coordinated and relevant
manner
- Supports
local partners in all aspects of project implementation, including
planning and conducting participatory action research, setting up and
supervising dialogue spaces, conducting advocacy activities at local,
provincial and national level
- Supports
the M&E Officer in the monitoring and elaboration of programmatic results
and impact
Management
– institutional coherence
- Support in
the coordination, with the Great Lakes Representative on programmatic
implementation as required and is directed by the Program Officer with
other units of the organization
- Supports
operational activity implementation
- Collaborates
with the finance officer to ensure that each partner’s annual and
quarterly budget forecasts are developed on the basis of the activities
agreed in the planning and within the budgetary limits and ensures the
funds are used to achieve the expected objectives and in a cost-effective
manner (cost ratio and results achieved)
Qualifications:
Education
- Advanced
degree in peace-related studies, social or political science or other
relevant fields
Experience
- 1-2 years
of experience in peacebuilding, political and/or developmental work with
increasing responsibility
Competencies
- Understanding
of current thinking on peacebuilding issues and methods; and demonstrable
ability to anticipate emerging needs and integrate them into priority
programme setting
- Practiced
organizational and planning skills; and has some knowledge of project
cycle management including using project planning and management tools
- Strong
writing and communications skills in English and
French is required
Interpeace
Competencies
- Collaboration
and Weaving
- Communication
- Drive for
results
- Adaptability
and Continuous Learning
- Respect
for Diversity
Success
factors
- Strong
commitment to supporting local peacebuilding initiatives and to the values
and working principles of Interpeace
- Excellent
social and inter-cultural skills, outstanding communication skills to a
variety of stakeholders from different backgrounds
- Creative
team player with a commitment to inclusiveness and consensus building
- personality
with tact and a high adaptation capacity
- Identifies
with and is committed to Interpeace’s core values and working principles
Interpeace values diversity among its staff and aims at achieving greater
gender parity in all levels of its work. We welcome applications from women and
men, including those with disabilities.
How to
Apply
Interpeace values
diversity among its staff and aims to achieve gender equality both through
gender parity at all levels of the organisation and the promotion of a gender
dimension in all its work. We welcome applications from women and men, and
those with disabilities.
Qualified candidates are
invited to submit their application to recruitment-eca@interpeace.org no later
than July 2nd 2021. “Programme Support
Officer, Burundi ” MUST BE included in the subject line of the application
email to be considered.
The application must
include:
- A complete curriculum vitae
- A letter of interest
- An acknowledgement letter, answering the following
questions:
- Have you ever been criminally convicted or subject
to any criminal or administrative penalty by any competent authority? If
yes, please specify:
- Have you ever been terminated or separated (e.g.
contract termination, dismissal, non-renewal) or subject to any
disciplinary measure or sanction by your employer for fraud, harassment,
sexual harassment, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse?
- Have you ever resigned while under investigation
or during disciplinary proceedings?
And confirming the
following declaration of understanding:
I confirm the accuracy
of the information provided, with the understanding that Interpeace will
conduct reference checks to verify relevant information.
I understand that if any
false or misleading information is provided in my application, or any material
fact suppressed, I may not be employed, of if I am employed, I may be dismissed.
Please note that due to high
volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.