RESPONSIBILITIES

The Officer’s responsibilities include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Identify, assess and manage contributions in the above-mentioned field in accordance with procedures provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
• Support conflict sensitive mainstreaming in the entire contribution portfolio;
• Engage in policy dialogue with the cooperation partners;
• Participate in consultations and coordination with donor groups for the advancement of peaceful and inclusive societies;
• Participate in all regular activities of the regional section and the Embassy, including planning, monitoring and reporting, as well as other issues when required;
• Contribute to Sida Peace and Security Network and the dissemination of knowledge and information on peaceful and inclusive societies;
• Organize capacity strengthening initiatives for program staff on conflict sensitivity, peaceful and inclusive societies.

The tasks to be undertaken require a certain amount of travel, mainly within Africa, as well as coordination with colleagues at Sida HQ in Stockholm and at other Swedish Embassies in Africa.

Job Requirement

Required qualifications:

• Documented academic degree in, minimum at masters level, with direct relevance for the thematic areas covered;
• Fluency in English (both oral and written);
• Extensive experience of working with computer programmes, applications, and systems.

Required work experience:

• At least five years documented experience of work related to peaceful and inclusive societies, preferably in a regional/continental context; and
• At least five years documented experience of programme management and donor-funded programmes and projects in a development cooperation context, including partnership engagement.

Additional qualifications considered as merits are:

• Proven capacity to work independently, take leadership of processes, manage programmes and budgets, create relevant professional networks and to conduct dialogue and negotiations with partners and colleagues;
• Being a team-player, both internally and externally, with good communication skills;
• A results-oriented approach to work as well as practical experience from Results Based Management (RBM);
• Solid experience from the field of conflict resolution, peace and security, both targeted programs and mainstreaming , in Africa, including a good understanding of regional policy and legal framneworks;
• Experience from institutional capacity building programmes and/or African regional integration & cooperation programmes in other thematic areas;
• Experience of work with or within multilateral institutions or regional economic communities such as AU, AfDB, EAC, COMESA, ECOWAS, SADC, IGAD, and the UN system;
• Experience of working with gender and conflict, and the WPS and/or YPS agendas;
• Experience in risk assessment and anti-corruption;
• Good command of French (both oral and written);
• Swedish language skills.