Programme Director
Life & Peace Institute / Organisationsutvecklarjobb / Uppsala
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Job title: Programme Director, Temporary assignment
Closing date: 31 January, 2012
Starting date: April 2012
The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre that supports and promotes non-violent approaches to conflict transformation through a combination of research and action that entail the strengthening of existing local capacities and enhancing preconditions for building peace. The head office, located in Uppsala, Sweden, supervises the national offices in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Sudan. A new national office in Ethiopia is expected to be opened if possible.
We are now looking for a Programme Director to temporarily lead our Programme Unit while our present director is on maternity leave. The post is based at LPI's head office in Uppsala, but the post-holder will have to be able to travel to our field programmes. The position is fulltime, approximately for one year, starting in April to include time for handover.
Main responsibilities
• Co-responsible for reaching LPI's strategic objectives and work towards the organisation?s mission and vision
• Lead the work in the Programme Unit with a focus on both Conflict Transformation and Research
• Politically and strategically manage and coordinate the work of the field programmes
• Manage the staff in the Programme Unit and Resident Representatives in the field programmes
• Play a key role in upholding and further developing donor relations including fundraising, reporting and giving policy advice to key stakeholders
• Stay abreast with developments in the area of the international conflict resolution
• Be engaged in the continuing development of the organisation, its mission and its staff, through the sharing of experience and knowledge, particularly contributing to its institutional learning efforts
• Engage in external networking and promotion of LPI
• Participate in the strategic work of the advisory Senior Management Team of LPI
Qualifications and expectations
• Proven management experience from an NGO working with peace and conflict or related issues
• Proven leadership and teambuildning skills
• Five or more years experience from peace-related work
• Academic degree in peace and conflict research, conflict management, political science or other relevant field
• Excellent command of English, fluency in French
• Experience of working with conflict transformation, research and capacity-building
• Experience of working in a conflict/post-conflict situation and ability to work with persons from a variety of cultures and religious outlooks
• Experience in fundraising and proposal writing
• Ability to manage and prioritise the workload
• Well developed contacts within academic, ecumenical, interfaith, development,
governmental and peace-related networks
• Strong interpersonal- and communication skills, both written and spoken
• Demonstrated technical capacity in programme design tools, developing and implementing monitoring systems; familiarity with evaluation methodologies
To apply: Please send CV and cover letter, no later than 31 January 2012 by e-mail to:
applications@life-peace.org .
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified.
Publiceringsdatum2012-01-10Arbetstider och omfattningVisstidsanställning 6 månader eller längre
Heltid
ErsättningFast lön
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2012-01-31
Ansökan kan skickas till e-postadress:
applications@life-peace.orgFöretagLife & Peace Institute
AdressLife & Peace Institute
Eddagatan 12
75316 UPPSALA
KontorsadressEddagatan 12
Uppsala
KontaktuppgifterTelefonnummer: 018-66 01 30
Faxnummer: 018-693059
E-postadress:
ulla.vinterhav@life-peace.org Jobbnummer 1124685
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