AREA COORDINATOR , SOUTH SUDAN

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  • Added Date: Friday, 06 September 2019
  • Deadline Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
1. Summary and Objectives of the Position
SIHA is currently recruiting for an Area Coordinator who will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the SIHA project beginning currently in South Sudan, some of the projects will be around conducting of local-level advocacy, awareness, and education activities. Specific project documentation will be made available to the Area Coordinator upon agreement to this contract. The Area Coordinator will be SIHA’s main contact point for all elements of the projects occurring in and around South Sudan in addition to being involved in regional activities as requested by the SIHA Secretariat.
2. Key Responsibilities
SIHA anticipates that the Area Coordinator’s focus will be on meeting the following core responsibilities:
  1. Ensure efficient and effective implementation of project tasks;
  2. Monitor activities implemented in the field, ensuring effective outputs;
  3. Provide financial management, ensuring transparency and accuracy in financial reporting;
  4. Refine and monitor the project implementation timeline, suggesting modifications as necessary;
  5. Work closely with SIHA’s local-level partners in the project, supporting them in the implementation of the project or as otherwise requested by the SIHA Secretariat;
  6. Uphold donor and SIHA reporting requirements in reference to the project;
  7. Ensure adequate stakeholder connections are established in South Sudan, and that project activities can be safely shared with these key figures;
  8. Facilitate for the planning of all SIHA public and stakeholder events;
  9. Facilitate the conduct of any and all necessary SIHA research work in South Sudan.
3. Candidate Key Competencies
In order to fulfill the role of Area Coordinator, SIHA envisions that the Area Coordinator will possess the following core competencies:
· Graduate-level degree focusing on International Human Rights, Law, International Relations, Humanitarian Aid, Development Studies, or a related field. Students currently enrolled in graduate programs/dissertation writing can be considered;
· Familiarity, with aspects of proposal writing, project/program management best practices, and the development of reporting templates;
· Understanding of current Horn of Africa context, particularly in references to challenges facing women and girls in terms of access to justice, human security, upholding of human rights, and social and economic well-being;
· Possessing a strong sense of initiative and ability to manage a significant workload;
· Experience with human rights instruments, State obligations in upholding human rights standards, and willingness to familiarize oneself with domestic law in horn Countries that either supports or counteracts the upholding of human rights standards;
· Sense of creativity and interest in exploring the links between grassroots activists (local scale) and broader human and women’s rights initiatives (international/global scale), with an ability to gauge how best the former can inform and guide the latter.
To Apply
Interested Candidates are asked to provide their current CV and Cover Letter and Expression of Interest in applying and relevant experience/expertise, to SIHA’s Human Resources Department humanresourcesiha@gmail.com by 20th of SEPTEMBER 2019. Please enter “Application Materials: SIHA Network: SOUTH SUDAN AREA COORDINATOR” in the subject line.

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