Position within the Organisation
The position manages the Rwanda programme and contributes to the work of the larger Great Lakes team working on regional programmes. The rest of that team consists of the Senior Regional Representative of Eastern and Central Africa (ECA), the Regional Representative for the Great Lakes, a Great Lakes Programme Officer, the Burundi Senior Programme Manager, and the DRC Country Representative.
The Senior Programme Manager is a member of the Programme Management Unit which manages and implements Interpeace’s active and ongoing programmes around the world. The Programme Management Unit is led from the Headquarters office in Geneva, although team members are based in various locations including in Eastern and Central Africa, West Africa, Europe and the MENA region.
The Senior Programme Manager reports to the Senior Regional Representative for ECA. For this position to be effective, the Senior Programme Manager will draw on support from Programme Management Unit colleagues in the region and at Headquarters as well as working closely with the Programme Development and Operations teams.
Purpose and General Overview
The Senior Programme Manager is responsible for the effective and timely delivery of Interpeace’s peacebuilding programme in Rwanda. S/he provides overall leadership and strategic direction to the programme necessary to enable Interpeace to implement its mandate through relationships and activities that are implemented either by Interpeace itself or by Interpeace working collaboratively with partners..
The Senior Programme Manager represents Interpeace and is responsible for the management of relations with government agencies at senior and working level, donors, international and local organisations, networks and the media.
S/he is also responsible for managing the programmatic activities within the pre-agreed programme budget and funding allocation, and is expected to pursue opportunities to grow and sustain the programme further.
Duties and responsibilities
Strategic Engagement:
Programme Management
Representation
Interpeace communication policy
Management – institutional coherence
Staff Management
Qualifications
Candidates with relevant qualifications, experience, a tertiary degree, and fluent in English and French, are invited to apply.
Relevant experience and qualifications may include:
Education
Experience
Competencies
Interpeace Competencies
Qualified candidates are invited to submit a complete curriculum vitae and a letter of interest to eca@interpeace.org.
“Senior Programme Manager – Rwanda”** MUST BE included in the subject line of the application email to be considered.
Please note that due to high volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.
For more information about Interpeace, its values and working principles, please visit the Interpeace website www.interpeace.org.
The deadline to apply is 12 December 2019
Interpeace values diversity among its staff and aims to achieve gender equality both through gender parity at all levels of the organisation and promoting a gender dimension in all its work. We welcome applications from women and men, and those with disabilities.
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