Organisation: Saferworld
Reports to: Head of East
Africa
Africa
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya
Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya
Salary: £35,000 – £41,000
gross per annum
gross per annum
About US:
Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to
prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with local people
affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security. We do this
by supporting effective policies and practices through advocacy, research and
policy development, and through supporting the actions of others. We have a
strong thematic focus to our conflict prevention work prioritising: people’s
security and access to justice services; gender norms that cause and perpetuate
violent conflict; the impact of external conflict drivers including weapons
flows; conflict-sensitive political, economic, development, and security engagement;
and inclusive and accountable governance and peacebuilding processes.
prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with local people
affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security. We do this
by supporting effective policies and practices through advocacy, research and
policy development, and through supporting the actions of others. We have a
strong thematic focus to our conflict prevention work prioritising: people’s
security and access to justice services; gender norms that cause and perpetuate
violent conflict; the impact of external conflict drivers including weapons
flows; conflict-sensitive political, economic, development, and security engagement;
and inclusive and accountable governance and peacebuilding processes.
About ARC programmes:
Saferworld has recently been awarded three five-year grants to
implement programmes funded under the Government of the Netherlands Addressing
the Root Causes of Conflict (ARC) instrument in both East Africa and Pakistan.
Saferworld is committed to learning and adaptive programming, and to sharing
that learning widely, and the ARC Learning Manager will play an instrumental
part in achieving this. The ARC Fund has a common results framework, and each
programme has its own framework that feeds into this. Saferworld has committed
to annual assessments of progress, to sharing its knowledge and learning with
other ARC grantees, and to disseminating this through its management of the
Dutch Knowledge Platform on Security and Rule of Law (KPSLW).
implement programmes funded under the Government of the Netherlands Addressing
the Root Causes of Conflict (ARC) instrument in both East Africa and Pakistan.
Saferworld is committed to learning and adaptive programming, and to sharing
that learning widely, and the ARC Learning Manager will play an instrumental
part in achieving this. The ARC Fund has a common results framework, and each
programme has its own framework that feeds into this. Saferworld has committed
to annual assessments of progress, to sharing its knowledge and learning with
other ARC grantees, and to disseminating this through its management of the
Dutch Knowledge Platform on Security and Rule of Law (KPSLW).
Job Summary: The Learning Manager – Addressing the
Root Causes of Conflict (ARC) programmes will stimulate greater understanding
and debate about people-focused security and justice work and to demonstrate
how this approach can make a difference to the lives of people most affected by
conflict and insecurity, reduce their levels of fear, and point the way to
policy changes that will improve state-society relations. There will be a
significant emphasis on learning from programming designed to challenge the
gender norms that generate insecurity and conflict. The incumbent will take lead in the development and implementation
of a learning strategy across the ARC programmes that supports a
cross-organisational agenda and links to programmes and policy staff throughout
the organisation. This will include consulting on the design and planning of a
five-year programme of work with key staff, coordination of learning activities
and outputs, management of a MEL budget-line, and creating and sustaining
effective relationships with relevant internal and external actors. The main
focus of the role will be the ARC projects in East Africa in liaison with
colleagues in Pakistan.
Root Causes of Conflict (ARC) programmes will stimulate greater understanding
and debate about people-focused security and justice work and to demonstrate
how this approach can make a difference to the lives of people most affected by
conflict and insecurity, reduce their levels of fear, and point the way to
policy changes that will improve state-society relations. There will be a
significant emphasis on learning from programming designed to challenge the
gender norms that generate insecurity and conflict. The incumbent will take lead in the development and implementation
of a learning strategy across the ARC programmes that supports a
cross-organisational agenda and links to programmes and policy staff throughout
the organisation. This will include consulting on the design and planning of a
five-year programme of work with key staff, coordination of learning activities
and outputs, management of a MEL budget-line, and creating and sustaining
effective relationships with relevant internal and external actors. The main
focus of the role will be the ARC projects in East Africa in liaison with
colleagues in Pakistan.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Take
lead in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of
a learning strategy for the ARC programmes, and ensure learning is widely
shared. - Coordinate/develop
methodologies and systems for evaluation to capture learning from our
work, based on country results and the overall ARC results
framework and ensure Saferworld has the right tools and guidance to
support learning. - Actively
promote a culture of active learning within Saferworld’s methodology,
building and sustaining links across policy, programme and core
teams. - Routinely
analyse policy issues relevant to designated country teams’ programming
areas, including assessment opportunities to enhance impact - Develop
and maintain an innovative dissemination and feedback approach that
reaches out to active knowledge networks, think tanks, policy
influencers, and regional decision-makers, and successfully bridges
programme and policy practitioners. - Manage
the budget for the learning components of the ARC programmes, in consultation
with Country Managers
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The
applicant should preferably hold a relevant university degree; MA or
equivalent professional experience in a relevant field - Previous
exposure and experience in developing and implementing strategies and
platforms for learning – organisational, programmatic, and policy-oriented
– in a conflict-affected/development-focused setting - Prior
programmatic experience in using outcome-focused approaches to show
impact in contexts that are volatile, conflict-affected or experiencing
protracted conflict - Proven
experience of innovative thinking to engage staff and partners to become
active learners and evaluators of their work - Previous
exposure and experience providing remote support to colleagues and
partners - Experience
of participatory field research, preferably in a
conflict-affected/development-focused setting - Experience
in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically East and Horn of Africa - Excellent
analytical skills, and ability to translate practical experience into
learning and policy research into practice - Ability
to convey ideas clearly and succinctly, create good practice
guidance, and produce influential products for a range of audiences, from
partners to donors - Strong
group facilitation and training skills and understanding of how these
skills can be applied to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of
learning platforms - Excellent
interpersonal skills and ability to support and engage with highly
experienced staff - Proven
skills in prioritising and balancing multiple competing tasks, projects,
and deadlines - Excellent
communication and fluency in both written and spoken English - Budget
management and use of Excel - Show commitment to work with colleagues, partners, and donors on an
equal basis - Commitment
to the values and principles of Saferworld - Flexibility
to travel (up to 2 months a year) sometimes in unstable, conflict-affected
areas
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
a complete application form, download
here and send to Marie Aziz at [email protected]
a complete application form, download
here and send to Marie Aziz at [email protected]
Deadline: 2nd April 2017
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