Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Programme Support Officer for the Great Lakes
Reporting to: Programme Manager for the Great Lakes
Location: Kigali or Goma
Application closing: 27 February 2022
Grade: L3S1
Unit: Programme Management

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 Great Lakes Programme Manager and works closely with the M&E office, the Great Lakes Regional Representative, and the finance and admin manager.

Purpose and General Overview
The Programme Support Officer supports the design, day-to-day planning, and implementation of the Interpeace Great Lakes programme, particularly the YouthLab Project and the Great Lakes Cross-border Dialogue project. S/he assists all areas of programme implementation as directed by the Programme Manager.

Duties and responsibilities
Programme Management and Development
• Assists in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Great Lakes programme, including the elaboration of project related documents (such as activity plans, activity requests, activity reports, audio-visual documentation of projects, external events, etc.)
• Assists with the review of the programme documents (research reports, annual narrative reports, training and conference materials…) developed by Interpeace or by the programme partners,
• Assists local partners in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project activities,
• Assists the Programme Manager and Programme Team in logistics preparations and reporting,
• Contributes to the development of the programme’s yearly objectives and work plan.
• Assists in the drafting of internal, monthly and annual reports.

Management – institutional coherence
• Assists in drafting outgoing correspondences, concept notes and Terms of References,
• Prepares minutes for programme’s meetings,
• Drafts monthly updates of the Great Lakes programme based on the reports received from local partners,
• Liaises with the Communication Team in preparing social media contents, success stories and web stories that capture key programme outputs and outcomes,
• Schedules and maintains the Team meetings calendar as guided by the Programme Manager,
• Provides additional support to the Interpeace Great Lakes team as called upon,
• Contributes to the programme and the organisation’s learning activities/processes.

Representation
• Focuses on Track 3, by supporting the Programme Team in maintaining working level relationship with local project partners and donors,
• Schedules and maintains the meetings calendar with donors and programme partners.

Qualifications:
Candidates with relevant qualifications, experience, a tertiary degree, and fluent in both English and French, are invited to apply.
Relevant experience and qualifications may include:

Education
• Tertiary degree in peace-related studies, Administration, Project Management, social or development studies or other relevant fields;
• Demonstrated experience in peacebuilding, political and/or developmental work;
• Experience and ability to work successfully as part of a diverse and multicultural team, integrating a gender perspective into tasks and activities, and
• Proven capacity to collaborate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Competencies
• Understanding of current thinking on peacebuilding issues and methods and demonstrable ability to anticipate emerging needs and integrate them into priority programme setting;
• Organizational and planning skills;
• Basic knowledge of project cycle management including of project planning and management tools;
• Knowledge of Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Kirundi and/or Luganda would be an asset;
• Advanced speaking, writing and communications skills in both English and French is required.

Interpeace Competencies
• Collaboration and Weaving
• Communication
• Drive for results
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning
• Respect for Diversity


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications to recruitment-eca@interpeace.org  on or before 27 February 2022, 23:59 pm, Kigali time. “Programme Support Officer, Great Lakes” 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. 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. Please note that due to high volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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