Location: Juba - South Sudan
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary: Starting Salary: $34,464
Hours of Work: 37.5 Hours
Closing Date: 19 November 2024
Starting Salary: $34,464
Contract: One-year, fixed term subject to funding (National Position)
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Job Profile
The post holder is expected to lead in ensuring programme effectiveness for CAFOD work under the SSHF -Partner Capacity Building Project. They partners and CAFOD staff are in line with quality standards, with a strong emphasis on strengthening the project on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), partner capacity assessment, monitoring of progress and implementation of capacity strengthening plans, needs assessments, development of monitoring and evaluation plan, ensuring learning and good practice is captured and shared across the wider organisation partners and relevant stakeholders
The post-holder reports to the Partner Capacity Building Lead (PCBL) and is responsible for fostering learning, innovation and good practice. The post will work with project counterparts in other CAFOD and Trocaire offices.
The post holder is expected to undertake frequent travel (approximately 12 weeks per year) connected with ensuring quality standards and the achievement of strategic objectives for the SSHF project.
Key Responsibilities
Lead in programme Effectiveness (50%)
Managing effective relationships with partners: 20%
Internal and external representation: 10%
Systems and Compliance: 20%
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
Your role is responsible for ensuring that the programming work you are accountable for is safe, accessible, dignified and inclusive, providing ongoing support and follow-up to our partners in this area.
Job-specific competencies
Degree in humanitarian or development-oriented social sciences
Professional qualification in M&E and or organisational capacity building
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a similar role with a focus on organisational /local partner capacity building and M&E
Sound understanding of programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems including use of computer software for programme M&E.
Proven experience of delivering programmes through partner organisations within protracted conflict situation and complex emergencies.
Sound understanding of tools for programme effectiveness, impact assessment, partner capacity assessment, monitoring, evaluation, as well as best practices.
Understanding of approaches to ensure accountability in programme work towards intended beneficiary communities and commitment to Core Humanitarian Standards
Experience of implementing results-focused monitoring, evaluation and learning systems, and using results or logical frameworks.
Experience of quantitative/ qualitative data management and analysis.
Experience in data collection methodologies
Experience of strengthening the capacity of local partner organisations/ national NGOs
Delivers work within the context of an agreed programme framework, uses programme cycle management tools effectively.
Good analytical skills, skills in review of documents and report writing in English.
Ability to work and travel in insecure environments and to manage one’s own personal security and the security of our partners
Good understanding of management principles and commitment to good management standards.
Desirable Criteria
Understanding of local partner capacity-building approaches and tools
Experience in working with Church partners.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognizes the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behavior as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
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CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults..