Embassy of Sweden is looking for qualified applicants for the following open positions.
Job Title:
National Program Officer
Job Overview:
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Company’s Scale.
Place of Work: Addis Ababa .
Job Position:
1.National Program Officer
Responsibilities:
The Officer’s responsibilities include, but not are 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:
Qualification:
Education:
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.
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.
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 frame works;
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.
How to apply
Interested applicants, who fulfill the above requirement, can submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to: including details of relevant education and work experience, Names, telephone numbers and addresses of two persons who are willing to provide a reference on your character, expertise and work capacity copies of relevant documents and A one-page letter of application in English, setting out why you consider yourself a good candidate for this particular post with your phone numbers and addresses to ambassaden.addis.abeba.recruitment@gov.se Use ‘ Your Name’ – UM2022/26533/ADDI. as the subject of the email.