Programme Coordinator – South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia

Programme Coordinator – South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia

LAW is an independent, non-profit organisation comprised of human rights lawyers working in fragile and conflict-affected areas in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. We have a particular focus on gender equality and sexual and gender-based violence, rule of law and accountability, and transformative justice, working to bring justice to those who need it most.

LAW’s portfolio includes multiple ground-breaking cases, which utilise creative legal strategies on behalf of victims and survivors from some of the most challenging contexts, representing more than 1000 clients. Our ground-breaking work has received international media coverage, including in the New York Times, the Times of London, the Guardian, Al-Jazeera, BBC News, France24, The Independent, Voice of America, Huffington Post and Foreign Policy.

LAW’s ground-breaking work has been included in a number of UN and Member State government reports and has received international media coverage, including in the New York Times, the Times of London, the Guardian, Voice of America, BBC News, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post and Foreign Policy.

LAW’s South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia Programmes

In South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia, we represent survivors and victims of human rights violations, including gender-based violence, in groundbreaking case files. We work closely with national partners and lawyers on domestic and international litigation, on implementing survivor centered approaches to transitional and transformative justice, and on advancing gender equality through legal aid and legislation.

MORE ABOUT THIS POSITION

Where? The position will be based at LAW’s office in Nairobi, Kenya. Only candidates with the right to work in Kenya will be considered.

Duration? This position is funded and available for 12 months on a full-time basis with the possibility to be extended subject to funding.

Salary: Competitive rates of pay apply.

More detail: You are a team player, passionate about advancing rights, protection, and justice for vulnerable communities with optimism, and problem-solving skills.

Role Overview:

The Programme Coordinator will ensure implementation of evidence-based interventions in LAW’s Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan programmes, while ensuring a gender-sensitive and trauma-informed approach. The post holder will perform duties in accordance with the responsibilities outlined below:

Programmatic

• Oversee, support, and coordinate with the project team to ensure high quality programming with gender-sensitive and trauma-informed approach.
• Proactively engage with national, humanitarian and other relevant stakeholders to advance the programme’s goals and informed protection delivery especially for GBV survivors.
• Support capacity building and training of LAW’s network of civil society organisations and identify avenues for innovative learning opportunities.
• Conceptualize, coordinate, and undertake participatory research, surveys, for the implementation of evidence-based programming.
• Monitor project activities, in collaboration with management, and coordinate, follow up, support and collate accurate and timely reporting by the partners.
• Organise regular strategy and coordination meetings, internal and with partners.
• Coordinate and submit monthly reports on indicators and short narrative report to the Programme Manager and the Grants Manager.
• Ensure the programme activities are in line with LAW policies and procedures including. security, code of conduct and safeguarding.
• Provide operational support to the programme to ensure planning, financial monitoring, M&E, safeguarding and other support is available for implementation.
• Develop SOPs, and implementation of physical/digital security and safety procedures.

Advocacy and Communications

• Support the implementation of the advocacy strategy and design products that can be shared with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in coordination group meetings and workshops to identify avenues for knowledge-sharing and coordination for interventions, especially on GBV prevention.
• Support LAW hosted events: liaising with panellists, preparing concept notes, agendas, flyers, and circulating all to participants.
• Coordinate and ensure that website and social media content related to the programmes is up to date.

Fundraising

• Draft concept notes to expand LAW’s programmes.
• Lead the drafting and review of donor reports.
• Draft donor briefings with visually appealing stories to highlight LAW’s impact of projects.

People Management

• Support the programme team effectively, ensuring high-calibre staff are recruited and retained.
• Develop work-plans, which ensure training and development opportunities.
• Support the Programme Manager and HR to ensure LAW is compliant with all relevant legal requirements relating to employment law, safeguarding, security, health and safety.

Legal

• Research support in preparing legal documents.
• Support in designing and delivering trainings and briefings on topics related to LAW’s programmes, and design related informative tools.
• Provide regular updates and analysis on key contextual developments.

Any other duties as specified by the Programme Manager or LAW’s Senior Management Team.

About you:

• The right to work in Kenya;
• Bachelor’s degree in law, human rights, international law or related field.
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience, with a focus on international criminal law, or international human rights law, or refugee law.
• Experience managing projects and programmes in the humanitarian and development sector and in project planning, design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience working with vulnerable individuals is essential, with experience working with victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
• Experience working with national civil society organisations in fragile contexts where civic space is restricted.
• Experience working across insecure or conflict-affected and fragile environments and demonstrated understanding of protection challenges within the region.
• Proven knowledge and experience in implementing protection interventions, interviewing at-risk communities and gender programming is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in.
• Experience of managing variable workload, attention to detail and meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills in English.
• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Active listening and analytical skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• Ability and skills to establish positive relationships with various stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, and strong technical literacy.
• Travel to the regions will be required.