Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 02 Mar 2017
Overview:
War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.
Purpose of Post:
We are recruiting for a second Regional Programme Officer (RPO) for the Africa team, who will work under the supervision of the Regional Programme Coordinator. The Africa regional desk will consist of two Regional Programme Officers. The role will involve close collaboration with the country teams in the Africa portfolio and other UK-based Regional Programme Officers. The post-holder will play a central role in the day to day project and operational support responsibilities to several countries allocated from the Africa portfolio. The regional portfolio currently includes Central African Republic, DRC and Uganda. Approximately 50% of the work will be assisting field teams with donor reporting, and project management. The RPO will provide critical support to Programme Managers ensuring all reports are clear, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner, and that learning is at the core of the projects we implement. Around 20% of the time will be spent on ensuring desk level support to proposal development for institutional donors (research background sections, drafting, certifications etc.). A further 20% of the work will be spent on ensuring effective internal communications between the Programmes team and the rest of War Child, with an emphasis on ensuring that fundraising teams get adequate information to support their needs, and that advocacy priorities are informed by programmes experience and evidence. Finally, 10% of the role will make sure of the effective administration of regional desk requirements (filing, shared drive management). The position will be UK based although there will be occasional opportunities to travel to the country programmes the RPO supports, to provide reporting and project implementation operational support; subject to security considerations.
How to apply:
- Visit https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/regional-programme-officer-%28africa%29 for the full Job Description and War Child Application Form.
- Application deadline is 11:59pm on 2 March 2017. and applications must be sent to recruitment@warchild.org.uk or the War Child office by this date. Please note CVs will not be accepted.