Project Officer job at Saferworld

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Project Officer job at Saferworld

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Background:
Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people-we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for- profit organisation operational in 10 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Across Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda, there are intersecting challenges of violent conflict which leads to insecurity and loss of life; patriarchal structures which increase women’s risk of gender- based violence and exclude them from decision-making; and climate change which has reduced access to arable land and to water, created biodiversity loss, and heightened food insecurity. In response to this, Saferworld and seven local partners will intervene to strengthen locally-led solutions to intersecting peace, gender, and climate challenges in the borderlands of Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan.
From February 2024, Saferworld will lead a Consortium consisting of local NGOs from Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda as part of a project named “Strengthening Locally-led solutions to intersecting peace, gender and climate change challenges in the borderlands of Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. The overall objective of the project is to enhance human security and gender equality by addressing transboundary conflict and the effects of climate change through strengthening locally-led solutions to intersecting peace, gender, and climate challenges across the three countries.

Job Purpose:
The Project Officer will support the effective delivery of the project ‘Strengthening Locally-led solutions to intersecting peace, gender and climate change challenges in the borderlands of Uganda’, and will be responsible for the regular day-to-day implementation, documentation, and operations of project activities.
The Project Officer will hold the overall responsibility for the planning, implementation and delivery of the project, provide technical expertise, coordination and monitoring of the overall programme.
The Project Officer will work closely with partners to ensure delivery of key project deliverables.

Key areas of responsibility:
• Work with the Project Consortium Manager to ensure the effective delivery of the project and take responsibility for the regular day-to-day implementation, documentation and operation of project activities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships in support of Saferworld’s work in Uganda.
• Ensure regular liaison and information sharing across the organisation.
• Undertake ongoing monitoring and evaluation and reporting on the project’s work.

Roles and responsibilities:
Support the effective delivery of the project and take responsibility for the day-to-day implementation, documentation and operation of project activities:
• Work with the Project Consortium Manager in coordinating work with partners to deliver timely and high-quality activities, including training, consultation, research and analysis.
• Ensure the delivery of training, including designing. facilitating or co-facilitating where necessary.
• Build and maintain strong relations with staff in partner organisations who are working on project implementation. Ensure timely completion of internal reporting requirements and contribute to the completion of donor reports Contribute to the development and regular revision of project work plans for Saferworld staff and partners. Monitor project budgets on a monthly basis in coordination with colleagues to ensure optimum expenditure of funds and timely and accountable financial reporting by local partners.
• Build and maintain effective relationships in support of Saferworld’s work in Uganda:
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with project partners.
• Contribute to the strengthening of Saferworld’s coordination with other civil society organisations, national and international peacebuilding actors in Uganda.
• Represent Saferworld at external meetings, and promote lessons learnt from the organisation’s work.
• Ensure regular liaison and information sharing with other parts of Saferworld
• Contribute to cross-organisational learning and sharing. including drafting pieces for the weekly internal news. Ensure effective communication of project activities, results and lessons learnt within Saferworld, including contributing to organisational outcome harvesting workshops and biannual reporting.
• Support ongoing monitoring and evaluation and reporting on the project’s work
• In collaboration with the Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator, monitor the impact of Saferworld’s work in Uganda and participate in regular debriefings and lesson learning sessions with Saferworld and partners. Ensure critical project reflection and reviews take place on regular basis to inform decision making, and that learning informs wider Saferworld community of practice, including within the Saferworld gender team.
• Maintain a database of project outcomes.
• Coordinate staff and donor monitoring visits and evaluations as appropriate.
• Write timely and accurate activity reports and support the Project Manager in the drafting of donor reports.
• Capacity strengthening, movement building, and advocacy
• Work with local partners to map and identify existing Transboundary CSO Forums across Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda, and where these do not exist in target areas, seek to establish new forums.
• Support community groups, local partners to develop of common strategies to address threats to pastoralism and other gendered climate/conflict issues which cut across administrative boundaries.
• Support local and national government officials, local partners to facilitate consultations with communities for local/county/sub-national/national authorities and the private sector (including SMEs and women-owned businesses) on the development or improvement of policies and frameworks for effective and inclusive natural resource management and green innovation.
• Build organisational contacts at all levels and represent
• Saferworld & the project/consortium in relevant networks and fora at different levels.
• Funding, budgets and administration
• Support the identification of funding opportunities and establishment/maintenance of relevant donor relations. Draft project donor and other reports as necessary. Prepare budget forecasts for ongoing projects and funding proposals.

Knowledge, qualifications and experience Person specification:
Knowledge and qualifications:
• A recognised Honours degree in peace and conflict studies, social sciences or development studies.
• A good understanding of peace, governance, and conflict sensitivity, and an active interest in the workings of civil society:
• Knowledge and experience of working on gender-sensitive programming would be an advantage;
• A good understanding of conflict sensitive programming is desirable.

Knowledge in budgeting, forecasting and reporting Experience:
• 3-5 years’ experience working on peace and/or governance issues in a non-governmental organisation
• Demonstrable experience of project administration, planning and implementation
• Experience with peacebuilding and natural resources/land- related projects would be an advantage
• Experience in designing and facilitating workshops and seminars is desirable.

Skills:
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• Ability to relate sensitively to diverse groups
• Self-driven and able to deliver results with minimum supervision
• Good report-writing skills with excellent written and spoken English
• Demonstrable interpersonal and team working skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and use of internet for research
• Skills in participatory approaches to research and programming.

Personal qualities:
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations, government bodies and officials, and international donors
• Commitment to and compliance with Saferworld’s safeguarding principles
• Commitment to respect and value equality and diversity, and understanding of how this applies toown area of work Commitment to own continuing personal and professional development
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of Saferworld Flexibility in traveling and working in challenging situations with unpredictable working hours;

Other requirements
• The position will be based in Kampala with frequent travels to project sites or any other locations within or outside Uganda.

Job application procedure

Please visit http://www.saferworld.org.uk/jobs/jobs  and submit your CV and cover letter to HR at jobs@saferworld.org.uk (Ref: ADA PO-Kampala)
Deadline for applications: 20th January 2024 5.00 pm. We will only get in touch if you have been shortlisted

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