Program Officer –Kajokeji, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Are you an experienced and qualified Program Officer? Tearfund South Sudan has an exciting opportunity for a professional and qualified Program Officer .
The Program Officer has responsibility for implementing Tearfund’s projects and overseeing partner work within the designated region. The PO is responsible for representation to the local authorities and to donors, and for coordination with other NGOs and UN agencies.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Degree and/or equivalent qualification
- At least 3 years’ experience in management of local partners
- Experience with NGO
- Proven disaster management experience
- Proven project and budget management experience.
- Proven people management experience
- Proven security management experience
- Proven experience of managing and capacity building partners
- Working knowledge of good practice standards: SPHERE, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, People in Aid and Red Cross Codes of Conduct.
Skills/Abilities required:
- Fluency in English language
- Organisational and administrative skills
- Negotiation and representation skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Influencing skills
- Capacity Building
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literate
- Ability to lead, participate and facilitate in collective staff prayer and bible studies
- Basic Arabic language ability
- Training and mentoring skills
- Flexibility, multitasking, effective prioritising work, focus of deadlines, focus on details, excellent attention.
Personal qualities required
- Committed Christian who recognises Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour
- Committed to Tearfund’s Mission, Values and Beliefs.
If the above describes you then please have a look at the attached and do apply!
The position is based in Kajokeji– Central Equatoria State, South Sudan.
Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs. The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter terror-terror measure.
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