Advocates for International Development (A4ID) is the charity that empowers lawyers to use their skills to fight world poverty. Through its pro bono broker, legal education and thought leadership work, A4ID is helping the legal sector to meet its global corporate social responsibility to bring about sustainable development.
About ROLE UK
The Rule of Law Expertise (ROLE UK) programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) under the UK Government Overseas Development Assistance. In recognising the intrinsic link between improved rule of law and poverty reduction, the programme’s overall goal is to contribute towards poverty reduction, accountability and human rights through Rule of Law interventions including, but not limited to, improving policies, laws, institutional capacities, procedures and practices within legal and judicial systems in developing countries.
ROLE UK supports partnerships between the international development and legal pro bono sectors through the delivery of strategic rule of law assignments for the reduction of poverty in developing countries. ROLE UK facilitates assignments utilizing pro bono legal and judicial expertise as technical assistance towards development objectives/outcomes and offers some funding support.
Purpose of Role
ROLE UK is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, independent and confident Programme Officer who will provide direct support to assignment management, delivery, monitoring and evaluation within the Unit. The portfolio of work will be wide, varied and fast moving.
Salary: £30,000
Key Responsibilities
Delivery of international assignments (70%)
- assessing applications and facilitating application processes and criteria, providing technical and project design and delivery support to applicants, working with the wider ROLE UK programme team;
- sourcing legal experts and managing their deployment to DFID priority countries;
- supporting the development of terms of reference for assignments;
- providing a key contact point for communication between ROLE UK and assignment partners, towards building partnerships between key stakeholders;
- contributing to the development and delivery of pre- and post- deployment briefings/trainings;
- overseeing travel, logistical and duty of care arrangements;
- financial management support for ROLE UK assignments and reporting, ensuring accurate budgeting, forecasting, accounting and value for money of ROLE UK assignments;
- reviewing reporting and feedback towards improvement of systems and generation of programme learning;
- drafting of assignment briefs.
Monitoring, evaluation and learning (20%)
- supporting the delivery of ROLE UK’s MEL implementation plan to ensure that assignment data is gathered and reported against logical framework indicators;
- supporting the development of papers and events, which disseminate evidence and lessons learned.
Programme Management Support (10%)
- reporting to the ROLE UK Programme Manager and supporting reporting to Board and DFID;
- supporting the development and maintenance of strong programme management and knowledge management systems and processes.
Person specification
Essential skills and experience
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in international development projects and delivery;
- Experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation processes;
- Critical analysis;
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills;
- The ability to produce accurate reports to deadlines;
- Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of people and on an international basis;
- Developing and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders, including donors, civil society organisations and government representatives;
- Well organised, with the ability to work independently to deadlines, prioritising and managing workload;
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a small team;
- Strong administration and coordination experience;
- IT proficiency including knowledge of MS Office and an ability to learn new software and hardware;
- Commitment to international development and the efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Desirable
- Working experience with DFID;
- A working knowledge of QuickBooks and Salesforce
- A relevant postgraduate degree or equivalent;
- Experience working in international development as well as internationally;
- Experience working within a legal environment.
How To Apply
Click Here to download an application Form.
Completed application forms should be returned to naomi.barnard@a4id.org no later than 09:00 (BST) on Monday 9 July 2018. Applications received after the closing date may be considered at the discretion of A4ID.
Interviews will take place in London on Thursday 12 July 2018.
If you have any queries about the role, please email naomi.barnard@a4id.org.
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