Location: Bangladesh or Nepal
Deadline: 1 November 2018
Salary range: A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience.
Job Purpose:
Contribute to and lead aspects of Asia’s programming and programme development, including providing technical and mentoring support to in-country programme teams and external partners.
Provide expert advice and capacity-building on gender-sensitive and –trans-formative conflict, security and justice programmes, working with civil society, governments and corporate actors as relevant.
Contribute to the development of Safer-world's research and advocacy on key areas of policy expertise, including gender peace and security; conflict-sensitive development; and/or security and justice.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Strategic planning, programme development and integration
Contribute to the development and implementation of Strategic Plan 2017-2021, and in particular to the implementation of the strategies on Gender, Peace and Security, Security and Justice and/or Conflict Sensitivity, in close partnership with the Asia country programmes.
Identify and build synergies between policy plans/strategies being developed by advisory colleagues at HQ and the plans and strategies of regional/country programmes.
Work closely with country programmes in the design and development of fundraising proposals for future work across the region, ensuring that conflict sensitivity and gender sensitivity is fully integrated into each.
Contribute to the design, monitoring and evaluation of policy, advocacy and communications work and the feeding of relevant lessons into ongoing strategy development and programme design by working with other advisory colleagues in London.
Internal/external technical support
Offer expert training and capacity building to staff and partners and support them in gender-sensitive or –trans formative programme development and implementation. Proactively seek opportunities to build relationships with advisory colleagues at HQ in the development and dissemination of organization approaches to conflict and gender sensitivity in all aspects of our programming in Asia. This will include joint training, mentoring, accompaniment and support across the region.
Provide policy advice and technical assistance as appropriate to the Asia country programme teams.
Organisational learning, monitoring and evaluation
Work with other members of the policy team, regional advisers, and the Organisational Development Unit to further strengthen processes for cross-organisational learning on gender, peace and security, security and justice and/or conflict sensitivity.
Participate in (or lead) learning exercises on particular issues relating to gender, peace and security, security and justice and / or conflict sensitivity.
Participate actively in and strengthen internal M&E systems.
Policy research and advocacy
Develop, manage and implement research activities that advance organization’s understanding of key policy challenges and responses relating to relevant areas of work, particularly with regard to gender, conflict, security and justice.
Write good quality briefings, policy papers and training materials aimed at donor governments, international institutions, parliamentarians and journalists; conduct presentation and facilitate training sessions as appropriate.
Promote organization’s priority issues through liaison with relevant officials in government, security agencies and the judiciary, international institutions, parliaments, NGOs and the media and represent organization and partners in national and international events (in partnership with the Global Policy and Advocacy team).
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge
A post-graduate degree in international relations, conflict/peace studies or a similar discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
Experience
A minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience, and demonstrable knowledge and understanding of gender, as well as broader peace and security, security and justice, conflict sensitivity, and/or conflict prevention, including the relevant international discourses, policies and actors.
Proven experience in gender-focused programming, preferably in conflict-affected contextsProven experience in conducting high quality social research on issues related to conflict, security, justice, gender equality and/or governance, and knowledge of relevant research methodologies
Experience of working on conflict, gender equality, security, justice, human rights and/or governance issues in at least one, preferably two contexts in South or South East Asia Experience of working with national governments, international organisations, the corporate sector and/or large multi-mandate development NGOs, in particular in conflict-affected and fragile contexts, would be an advantage .
Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Fluency in written and spoken English, and preferably one other language
Proven ability to work alongside, and to learn from, a wide range of people, including Southern partners (governments and civil society organisations)
Creativity, flexibility, self-motivation and the ability to prioritize workloads to meet deadlines.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Location: Bangladesh or Nepal
Probation:There will be a probationary period of the three months
Holidays:28 days holiday a year in addition to relevant public holidays
Salary range:a competitive salary commensurate with skills and experienceHours:The standard working week is 37.5 hours.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit application to: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
Deadline for applications:1 November 2018
(Email available to members/Subscribers ONLY)
Salary range: A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience.
Job Purpose:
Contribute to and lead aspects of Asia’s programming and programme development, including providing technical and mentoring support to in-country programme teams and external partners.
Provide expert advice and capacity-building on gender-sensitive and –trans-formative conflict, security and justice programmes, working with civil society, governments and corporate actors as relevant.
Contribute to the development of Safer-world's research and advocacy on key areas of policy expertise, including gender peace and security; conflict-sensitive development; and/or security and justice.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Strategic planning, programme development and integration
Contribute to the development and implementation of Strategic Plan 2017-2021, and in particular to the implementation of the strategies on Gender, Peace and Security, Security and Justice and/or Conflict Sensitivity, in close partnership with the Asia country programmes.
Identify and build synergies between policy plans/strategies being developed by advisory colleagues at HQ and the plans and strategies of regional/country programmes.
Work closely with country programmes in the design and development of fundraising proposals for future work across the region, ensuring that conflict sensitivity and gender sensitivity is fully integrated into each.
Contribute to the design, monitoring and evaluation of policy, advocacy and communications work and the feeding of relevant lessons into ongoing strategy development and programme design by working with other advisory colleagues in London.
Internal/external technical support
Offer expert training and capacity building to staff and partners and support them in gender-sensitive or –trans formative programme development and implementation. Proactively seek opportunities to build relationships with advisory colleagues at HQ in the development and dissemination of organization approaches to conflict and gender sensitivity in all aspects of our programming in Asia. This will include joint training, mentoring, accompaniment and support across the region.
Provide policy advice and technical assistance as appropriate to the Asia country programme teams.
Organisational learning, monitoring and evaluation
Work with other members of the policy team, regional advisers, and the Organisational Development Unit to further strengthen processes for cross-organisational learning on gender, peace and security, security and justice and/or conflict sensitivity.
Participate in (or lead) learning exercises on particular issues relating to gender, peace and security, security and justice and / or conflict sensitivity.
Participate actively in and strengthen internal M&E systems.
Policy research and advocacy
Develop, manage and implement research activities that advance organization’s understanding of key policy challenges and responses relating to relevant areas of work, particularly with regard to gender, conflict, security and justice.
Write good quality briefings, policy papers and training materials aimed at donor governments, international institutions, parliamentarians and journalists; conduct presentation and facilitate training sessions as appropriate.
Promote organization’s priority issues through liaison with relevant officials in government, security agencies and the judiciary, international institutions, parliaments, NGOs and the media and represent organization and partners in national and international events (in partnership with the Global Policy and Advocacy team).
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge
A post-graduate degree in international relations, conflict/peace studies or a similar discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
Experience
A minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience, and demonstrable knowledge and understanding of gender, as well as broader peace and security, security and justice, conflict sensitivity, and/or conflict prevention, including the relevant international discourses, policies and actors.
Proven experience in gender-focused programming, preferably in conflict-affected contextsProven experience in conducting high quality social research on issues related to conflict, security, justice, gender equality and/or governance, and knowledge of relevant research methodologies
Experience of working on conflict, gender equality, security, justice, human rights and/or governance issues in at least one, preferably two contexts in South or South East Asia Experience of working with national governments, international organisations, the corporate sector and/or large multi-mandate development NGOs, in particular in conflict-affected and fragile contexts, would be an advantage .
Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Fluency in written and spoken English, and preferably one other language
Proven ability to work alongside, and to learn from, a wide range of people, including Southern partners (governments and civil society organisations)
Creativity, flexibility, self-motivation and the ability to prioritize workloads to meet deadlines.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Location: Bangladesh or Nepal
Probation:There will be a probationary period of the three months
Holidays:28 days holiday a year in addition to relevant public holidays
Salary range:a competitive salary commensurate with skills and experienceHours:The standard working week is 37.5 hours.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit application to: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
Deadline for applications:1 November 2018
(Email available to members/Subscribers ONLY)