Position Description:
Profesionales en Talento SRL. Is helping its client, ICCO Regional Office, South America To look for 8 PROGRAMME OFFICERS specialized in FAIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRATIZATION AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION, ACCES TO BASIC SERVICES The Programme Officers (PO) are responsible for the relation between ICCO and partners, programme coalitions and other alliances in the region. He/she works in a multidisciplinary team in direct cooperation with the Finance Officer (FO) and reports to the Regional Manager in the Regional Office. The Programme Officer needs to have an educational background and relevant working experience with one or more of the specific thematic fields described in more detail below.
Main tasks: • Identify and facilitate and/of support programmes and programme coalitions by applying the 4 ICCO strategic roles in the programmatic approach: strategic financing, advocacy and lobby, capacity building and brokerage. • Actively promote co-responsibility by strengthening local ownership and capacity by supporting development processes with respect for own decisions and governance mechanisms. • Strengthening partner organizations. • Contribute to strategic policy development and to the development of the thematic plans in the region. • Provide input to the financial planning, budgeting, performance, monitoring, capacity development and risk management of projects and programmes. • Assess programme- and project proposals and prepare funding decisions. • Review reports of partner organisations and follow up of recommendations. • Control, evaluate and monitor ongoing contracts between ICCO and local partners. • Contribute to learning and linking and coordinate research and knowledge • Contribute to fundraising opportunities
Thematic profile: • Relevant educational background in one or more of the thematic areas • Minimum of five years relevant international / regional experience, handling a portfolio of development programmes. • Good knowledge of the economic, social and political situation and relevant issues in the region as well as good knowledge of development issues, social changes, trends in political, social and economic processes and North-South cooperation. • Experience with multi-stakeholder processes and institutional donors. • Advanced knowledge of and experience with programme and project analysis, assessment and formulation, including accountability requirements. • Knowledge and experience of PME systems of projects and programmes. • Excellent language skills in English and Spanish, and depending on portfolio, also, Portuguese. • Negotiation-, networking-, facilitation- and communication skills. • Ability and willingness to work with people of different backgrounds and to contribute constructively to a working environment based on mutual respect and trust. • Affinity with the ecumenical character of the organisation • Prepared to travel frequently (up to 50%) in the region. Please send your application letter, CV (in Spanish and English) of maximum of 4 pages before the 19th of January 2010 by e-mail to ofertas.laborales@talento.com.bo.
Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted. Please include 3 references and Salary Expectations
Please indicate in your application letter, when you apply for a post of PO, which thematic fields (max two) you have your professional background and experience in, describing your interest, motivation and capacities in the thematic area as well.
All positions are based in La Paz, although we need to come to a decision, whether some of the positions which cover Brazil will be shifted to Brazil in the future. All positions will start from the 1st of April 2010 onwards.
The interviews will be held in the second half of February.
