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Job Title:       Fellows’ Liaison Officer (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Rotary Peace Center

Duty Station: Makerere, Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Director

About US:

This is the first Rotary Peace Center on the African Continent. It is the seventh Rotary Peace Center in the world that offers Postgraduate Diploma in Peace-building, Conflict Transformation, and Development hosted by the Makerere University Peace and Conflict Studies Program (PCS). Up to 40 fellowships are awarded annually for the Professional Development Certificate program at the Makerere Rotary Peace Center, Kampala, Uganda.

The Makerere Rotary Peace Center is hosted by Makerere University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Africa. Makerere University is composed of nine colleges offering programs for about 35,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates.

Job Summary:  The Fellows’ Liaison Officer will take charge of the Fellows welfare while on & offsite.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide holistic support to fellows by following up their admissions, visa applications and preparing for their arrival.
• Follow up the study plan progress with planned deliverables and support fellows on bottlenecks- technical and procedural- that may be causing them delays.
• She/he will support the collation of applications for initial eligibility screening.
• Provide advisory services to fellows during preparation of their applications, including responding to queries, technical or procedural.
• Develop a database of admitted fellows.
• Support induction of fellows as well as their settling in.
• Provide continuous technical support to fellows including technical advice during their study period both onsite and offsite.
• Conduct fellows’ follow-up to ensure that they are up- to- date with the milestones and deliverables they have set especially during the period of the Social Initiative.
• Prepare reports and to provide feedback to management on each fellow.
• Trouble –shoot welfare issues that are stalling fellows’ projects including technical implementation issues, and other encumbrances and propose solutions to overcome them.
• Support researchers in developing knowledge products for dissemination of findings
• Maintain a tracking of project performance of all fellows

Key Outputs

• Fellows’ engagement on & offsite Work plan
• Fellows’ support strategy per cohort
• Information Packages to the fellows
• Database of Past, Present and Admitted Fellows
• Report

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies or a Masters of International Relations and Diplomatic Studies
• Additional certificate in a foreign language is desirable (Kiswahili, French or Germany)
• A Bachelors in International Studies or International Relations or a related field.
• Any other additional training is an added advantage.
• Interpersonal relations skills
• Communication skills
• Computer skills
• Website Management
• Project Co-ordination at University research level.
• Integrity
• Honest
• Self-respect
• Commitment

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested should apply with the following documents in a single submission

• Motivation letter
• Updated CV, including two references

Email to: admin.rpc@mak.ac.ug and Copy  makerereuniversitypeacecenter@gmail.com

Deadline: 19th July 2023

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