Kvinna till Kvinna recrute un National Project Officer – Women’s Rights Retour vers les opportunités

Kvinna till Kvinna provides support to women rights organisations and women human rights defenders. Kvinna till Kvinna has established operations in the MENA region since 2001 with a regional office in Amman, Jordan, and country offices in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq and currently supports some 50 women’s rights organizations in the MENA region. In 2018, we plan to open a new country office in Tunisia and expand our partnerships with Tunisian women’s rights organisations.

Kvinna till Kvinna is looking to recruit a Programme Officer (with country specific and regional tasks) based in Tunis.

As Programme Officer you are responsible for the following main tasks, variety of independence is depending on the seniority:

• Supporting development and implementation of Kvinna till Kvinna Tunisia country programming;
• Supporting drafting of various baseline documents, donor mapping and mapping of potential partners;
• Maintaining a contextual understanding of organisations and trends within the women’s rights movement within Tunisia and North Africa;
• Making appropriate recommendations on the programme’s progress and further development as requested;
• Conducting general administration and financial procedures in relation to the programme and office start-up;
• Providing support to partner organisations through the project cycle, including i.e. identifying new partners, review of applications, reporting and monitoring and evaluation;
• Supporting capacity building efforts and organising experience exchanges, study trips and networking meetings to enhance quality programming and implementation;
• Carrying out interpretation/translation work when needed (minor);
• Representing Kvinna till Kvinna at official meetings and functions;
• Performing all other tasks in relation to the operations as delegated by the Head of Office.

As Programme Officer you are part of the Field Department and report to the Head of Office Tunis. The assignment may require regional and international travel.

Terms and conditions

Temporary consultant assignment (six month, full-time) with possibility for extension. Start of assignment January 20th, or soonest thereafter.

Please also note that due to the nature of the work only women (legal and/or self-identified) applicants will be considered.