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Life Peace & Institute Jobs
Location: Africa.
Job Title: Programme Advisor, Kenya Reporting to: Programme Manager Kenya Based: Nairobi with approx. 40% travel to Kenya and Somalia Duration: 4 years The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre that supports and promotes nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation through a combination of research and action that entails the strengthening of existing local capacities and enhancing the preconditions for building peace.Job purpose: Your responsibility is two-fold: 1. You are responsible for supporting the implementation of the Kenya Programme; 2. You are responsible for the design and implementation of Organisational Development (OD) plans for LPI’s Partner Organisations (PO) in Kenya and Somalia. Key tasks and responsibilities Supporting the implementation of the Kenya Programme: You support the planning, implementation and reporting of all programme activities.You support projects with POs and monitor compliance with contractual responsibilities.You ensure that all data concerning the programme are filed in both hard and soft copies in an orderly and centralised system.You make yourself available in order to support POs on issues that are relevant to the success of the programme. Organisational Development: You lead the assessment of POs’ administration, finance and programme capacities and produce written assessment reports for decision making by the Programme Manager Kenya and the Programme Manager Somalia.You write one OD plan for each PO in Kenya and Somalia, encompassing all programme, administration and finance dimensions. You coordinate the implementation of the OD plan, including management of activities, outsourcing and budget control. In collaboration with the Programme Advisors - Monitoring & Evaluation, for Kenya and for Somalia, you monitor progress towards OD expected results and apply adjustments in order to maximise effectiveness and efficiency.Work Relationships: Resident Representative, Administration and Finance Unit, Partners in Kenya and Somalia, Programme Advisors, Head Office in Sweden, Third parties as needed. Skills and qualifications required: Professional experience project work in peacebuilding and/or development fields.Professional experience in Organisational Development.University degree in management, education, development studies or other relevant field. Master’s preferred, Bachelor with relevant skills and experience (5+ years) may be considered.Good analytical writer (English).Fluency in Swahili language is a requirement, Somali language would be a plus.Demonstrated interest in peacebuilding and organisational development, experience in NGO programme work a strong asset.Able to travel to field locations in Kenya and South-Central Somalia.Balanced, mature personality with developed diplomatic skills, able to cope with working in stressful environments.Eager and flexible mind, willing to acquire new skills on the job.The candidate does not require a work permit to work in Kenya.To apply: Send a one-page letter detailing your qualifications and interests in the subject area and a full CV to applications.lpi.nairobi [at] gmail.com. Please state "Programme Advisor - Kenya" as a reference in your letter of application. The deadline is May 18, 2012, at 16.00 EAT. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Job Title: Programme Advisor - Monitoring & Evaluation (Kenya) Reporting to: Programme Manager Kenya Based: Nairobi with approx. 40% travel to field locations in Kenya Duration:4 years Description your tasks and responsibilities: You support programme and project design, including applications to donors. In particular, you are in charge of developing project assumptions, writing chains of results, log frames and detailing how the monitoring & evaluation will be done.You keep track of the expected results of the Kenya programme - by monitoring progress towards expected results through data collection on an annual basis and more regularly through observation - and you inform the Programme Manager Kenya (PMK) through reports so that she can make decisions to adjust and maximise the effectiveness of the programme. You lead contingency planning by: identifying critical assumptions in programme and projects; assigning probabilities of being right about the assumptions and ranking their importance; tracking and monitoring the programme and projects; setting the ‘triggers’ that will activate the contingency plan; and specifying alternative response options. You provide the PMK and other LPI staff with information that is timely, relevant, easy-to use and cost-effective - the information they need to make timely and well-informed strategic and operational decisions.You train partner organisations on all aspects of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), this means that you design training packages and deliver them. In doing so, you ensure that the capacity lies in the institution and not only in persons, so that staff rotation will not impair the partner organisation’s capacity to do M&E.You accompany partner organisations in monitoring and evaluating the projects contracted by LPI, in order to build their capacity and, at the same time, ensure the quality of the monitoring processes and reports produced.You participate in LPI’s overall development of the PME&L toolkit.You support the implementation of the Kenya Programme, based on need and as assigned by the PMK.You build and maintain good relations with LPI’s partner organisations.You execute other tasks assigned by the PMK. Your line manager is the Programme Manager, Kenya. You need to maintain work relationships with all LPI staff in Nairobi, the Partner Organisations in Kenya, the PMEL advisor in Uppsala and third parties as needed. Skills and qualifications required: Professional experience (beyond academic course work) in project management, monitoring & evaluation of peace building and/or development work.Experience in the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.University degree in management studies, social studies, education or development studies. Master’s preferred, Bachelor with relevant skills and experience (5+ years) may be considered.Strong reporting skills in English language.Fluency in Swahili language is a requirement.Balanced, mature personality with developed diplomatic skills, able to cope with working in stressful environments.Eager and flexible mind, willing to acquire new skills on the job.The candidate does not require a work permit to work in Kenya.To apply: Send a one-page letter detailing your qualifications and interests in the subject area and a full CV to applications.lpi.nairobi [at] gmail.com. Please state "Programme Advisor - Monitoring & Evaluation, Kenya" as a reference in your letter of application. The deadline is May 18, 2012, at 16.00 EAT. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Job title: Programme Advisor - Research (Somalia) Reporting to: Programme Manager Somalia Based: Nairobi with approx. 40% travel to Somalia Duration: 4 years Purpose of the position: You ensure that the research produced by LPI and its Partner Organisations (POs) adheres to quality and ethical standards. Key tasks and responsibilities: You provide accompaniment and on-the-job research training to POs on the ground, in Somalia.You provide technical support to POs in research design, implementation and reporting. More specifically:Developing research protocols,Conducting desk-based research: collecting documents, analyzing information, reporting,Conducting field-based research: collecting primary data (qualitative and quantitative), using conflict transformation methods (including PAR), conducting qualitative analysis (computer-based: Excell, NVIVO, SPSS), producing research reports.In collaboration with the Programme Advisor PME&L, you monitor partners’ progress in developing research capacity, according to the criteria set forth in the Partner Organisation’s Organisational Development plan.You provide any other support to Somalia Programme and POs as required and in accordance with your technical expertise.Work Relationships: Resident Representative, Administration and Finance Unit, Partners in Somalia, Programme Advisors, Head Office in Sweden, Third parties as needed. Skills and qualifications required: Professional experience (beyond academic course work) in qualitative research and analysis.University degree in Social Sciences (Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work...), Education or Development Studies. Master’s preferred, Bachelor with relevant research skills and experience (5+ years) may be considered.Good analytical writer (English).Fluency in Somali language is a requirement, Arabic would be a plus.Demonstrated interest in peace research, experience in NGO programme work a strong asset.Able to travel to South Central Somalia frequently.Balanced, mature personality with developed diplomatic skills, able to cope with working in stressful environments.Eager and flexible mind, willing to acquire new skills on the job.The candidate does not require a work permit to work in Kenya.To apply: Send a one-page letter detailing your qualifications and interests in the subject area and a full CV to applications.lpi.nairobi [at] gmail.com. Please state "Programme Advisor - Research, Somalia" as a reference in your letter of application. The deadline is May 18, 2012, at 16.00 EAT. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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