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Job Title:    Project Officer – (Justice,
Peace, Rights, and GBV)

Organisation: Hope
Alert Network for Development and Local Empowerment (HANDLE)

Duty Station: 
Uganda

 

About US:

Hope Alert Network for Development and Local Empowerment (HANDLE) is a
National Non-Governmental Organization operating in Uganda since 2009. HANDLE
works towards ensuring a world in which war- affected communities are rehabilitated,
communities are economically empowered, and equal opportunity observed between
men and women in service delivery. The organization implements its programme in
five districts of Northern Uganda and three districts  of West Nile: Lamwo, Arua, and Adjumani.

 

About EUTF Grant:

HANDLE Uganda has been awarded a three-year EUTF grant in a consortium
with BRAC and International Refugee Rights Initiative (IIRR) to implement a
project titled “Strengthening Safety, Protection and Peaceful Co-existence for
Women and Youth in the refugee hosting districts of Lamwo, Adjumani, and Arua.”
The design of action is such that the activities and outputs will result in the
action’s Specific Objective of “increase access to justice and peaceful
co-existence among 15,000 refuges and host communities, and lead to the overall
objective of “Contribute to safety, protection, and wellbeing among refugees
and host communities.” To contribute, HANDLE wishes to recruit a qualified and
competent officer who can develop, organize, and execute a wide range of
activities to influence policy according to the scope of our programmes and
specific results-oriented projects.

 

Job Summary:  The Project
Officer – (Justice, Peace, Rights, and GBV) will be based in the Lamwo field
office and s/he will be responsible for ensuring that the day- to-day field
operations and functions are performed following HANDLE’s policies and
procedures. The position will report to the Programme Manager and work with the
various officers within the Organization to ensure the proper implementation of
SPACE’s activities and to produce quality reports for submission within the
consortium. S/he will be responsible for ensuring that the project meets its
targets and deliverables on-time and within the authorized budget and other
project documents. S/he will also be responsible for the successful planning,
implementation, and coordination of the SPACE Project.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

Strategic and Programme Development

·       
Lead in
the planning and implementation and reporting of the SPACE Project.

·       
Contribute
to internal discussions on thematic issues particularly on justice, rights,
peacebuilding, and conflict resolution

·       
Contribute
to further develop, and deepen understanding of justice, rights, peacebuilding,
and conflict sensitivity thematic issues and approaches.

·       
Participate
in sector project concept and proposal development based on the identified need

Project Implementation

·       
Support
the Project Coordinator/Manager in planning, development, and implementation of
the SPACE project

·       
Carry
out project beneficiary identification through a consultative community process

·       
Organize
and facilitate dialogue meetings, workshops, and forums with government
representatives, civil society, and communities in efforts to prevent violent
conflict and promote cooperative approaches to peace, justice, security, and
conflict resolution

·       
Support
partners to mainstream cross-cutting issues, among them, gender and youth and
protection issues in their initiatives

·       
Support
capacity development of partners involved in project implementation through
innovative capacity building approaches

·       
Arrange
for regular meetings with partners to review and reflect on progress and
results to identify, mitigate challenges, and lessons learned for improved
programme delivery

·       
Responsible
for accurate narrative reporting against agreed objectives and results
frameworks

·       
Participate
in and contribute to quarterly and other scheduled programme performance review
meetings

·       
Participate
in the research survey by HANDLE or partners by collecting, analyzing, and
submitting relevant data and reports.

·       
Management
of project budget and expenditure to avoid over or under expenditure.

·       
Perform
all other job-related tasks as assigned by the Programme Manager

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate must hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Project planning and
management, social sciences, development studies, or related field.

·       
Five years
of work experience in non-profit organizations including as project officers,
preferably consortium projects.

·       
Demonstrated
knowledge of concepts related to Justice, Peace, Gender-based Violence (GBV),
and Human rights issues.

·       
At least
2 years of hands-on experience working in the refugee settlements

·       
Experience
in Programme learning, coordinating information-sharing, or awareness-raising
activities within the refugee setting

·       
Prior
work experience with vulnerable women, girls, and boys children from highly
complex conflict- affected communities

·       
High
degree of resourcefulness, flexibility, and adaptability

·       
High
level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify
underlying principles/fact

·       
Excellent
computer skills, including effective working skills with MS Word, Excel, and
email required

·       
Good
interpersonal skills to be able to relate to people of diverse backgrounds

·       
Attention
to detail to be able to scrutinize information documents before decision making

·       
Planning
and organizing ability to be able to accomplish tasks, file and retrieve
information

·       
Excellent
verbal and written communication skills in English and local languages within
the refugee settlement.

·       
Strong
report writing skills and ability to produce and analyze reports within the set
milestone

·       
Ability
to respond promptly to different requests and meeting deadlines.

 

Desired Personal Attributes:

·       
Ability
to work independently as well as demonstrated teamwork and team-building
skills.

·       
Willingness
to work under stress and a heavy workload.

·       
Ability
to form good relationships with colleagues and partners.

·       
Fluent
in local languages spoken in the refugee settlements of Lamwo, Adjumani, and
Arua

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their application letters together with curriculum vitae (maximum of 4 pages),
names and contacts of three referees to ronald.okello@handle-uganda.org and
copying ronny.kajaga@handle-uganda.org Please indicate the position title in
the subject header. Kindly DO NOT send your certificates at this stage.

 

Deadline: Saturday 6th February
2021 by 5:00pm

 

NB: The application will be reviewed on a rolling
basis.

 

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