Programme Director
Life & Peace Institute / Läkarjobb / Uppsala
2008-09-17
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The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre for peace research and action. In its peacebuilding programmes, LPI’s objective is to work with civil society actors involved in conflict transformation, from both a theoretical and practical perspective, with special emphasis on faith-based organisations. The head office, located in Uppsala, Sweden, supervises the national offices in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo. New national offices in Ethiopia and Sudan are expected to open during 2008.
We are now looking for a Programme Director to lead our newly created Programme Unit. The post is based at LPI’s head office in Uppsala, but the post-holder will have the possibility to travel extensively to our field programmes.
Main responsibilities
Co-responsible for reaching LPI’s strategic objectives and work towards the organisations 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
At least ten years experience from peace-related work
Academic degree in peace and conflict research, conflict management, political science or other relevant field.
Native level fluency in English, fluency in French
Extensive experience of working with conflict transformation, research and capacity-building
International experience and ability to work with persons from a variety of cultures and religious outlooks
Experience in fundraising and proposal writing
Proven leadership and teambuilding skills
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
Capacity to represent the institute in a public arena.
Availability for international travel
Since this is a new position a final job description is still to be completed. For further information on this post, please contact: Ulla Vinterhav at
ulla.vinterhav@life-peace.org . More information about LPI is also available at our website:
www.life-peace.org.To apply: Please send CV and cover letter no later than September 20th 2008 to: “Applications�, Life & Peace Institute, Sysslomansgatan 7, SE-753 11 Uppsala, Sweden or by e-mail:
applications@life-peace.org .
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified.
Publiceringsdatum2008-09-17Arbetstider och omfattningVisstidsanställning 6 månader eller längre
Heltid
The position is fulltime, for two years, subject to funding.
ErsättningFast lön
To be negotiated.
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2008-09-20
Ansökan kan skickas till e-postadress:
applications@life-peace.orgFöretagLife & Peace Institute
AdressLife & Peace Institute
Sysslomansgatan 7
75311 UPPSALA
KontorsadressSysslomansgatan 7
KontaktuppgifterTelefonnummer: 018-169778
E-postadress:
ulla.vinterhav@life-peace.org Jobbnummer 313320
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