Salary: Competitive terms and conditions will be offered
Based: Bukavu (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Closing date: 20. January 2010
Starting date: ASAP
PROGRAMME OFFICER – Democratisation & Peace Building: Great Lakes Area
About ICCO and Kerk in Actie
ICCO is the Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation and Kerk in Actie is part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. Together they provide financial support and advice to local organisations and networks throughout the world that are dedicated to improving access to basic services, stimulating sustainable economic development and advancing peace and democracy. In the Central-East Africa region, ICCO works in Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, DR Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. ICCO has exclusively retained Mission Talent to conduct this recruitment.
Duties & Responsibilities
The main responsibility of the Programme Officer is interaction with the partners and programme coalitions in one country of the region. The programme officer reports to the Regional Manager and works in a multidisciplinary team in direct cooperation with the Finance Officer. S/he will identify and facilitate multi-stakeholder programmes by applying 4 ICCO strategic roles in the programmatic approach: strategic financing, advocacy and lobby, capacity building and brokerage.
* Support programme coalitions to jointly develop and implement programmes
* Assess programme- and project proposals
* Review audit reports of projects and follow-up of recommendations
* Provide input to the financial planning, monitoring, capacity development of programmes and projects
* Control, evaluate and monitor ongoing contracts with local partners
* Co-ordinate with other relevant actors in the region
* Contribute to learning, linking and coordinating research and knowledge
* Contribute to strategic policy development and to the development of the regional plan
* Contribute to fundraising opportunities.
Requirements:
* Relevant educational background and a thorough understanding of democratization and peace building in the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi.
* Advanced knowledge of programme and project formulation, accountability requirements.
* Experience with funding of programmes and projects
* Experience with multi-stakeholder processes and institutional donors
* Excellent language skills in English AND French
* Relevant experience of assessment and analysis of project/programme plans.
* Negotiation, networking, facilitation and communication skills.
Please send your relevant CV, clearly stating how you meet the requirements, with PO-DP-DRC in the subject line to Katja: africa@missiontalent.com
Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
For more information on ICCO’s programmes please visit www.icco.nl or for Mission Talent: www.missiontalent.com
