Programme Manager (South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia) at Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)

Programme Management   

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key actors including relevant government and justice actors, donors, NGOs, partners and other relevant groups in the East Africa region. 
• Deliver the project(s) in accordance with proposals, budgets, MEAL methodologies, LAW policies and procedures and donor regulations.
• Lead on risk management.
• Lead and coordinate policy, research, legal and advocacy efforts.
• Develop and lead the implementation of LAW’s work with victims and survivors of human rights violations and abuses, including gender-based violence, through building and following up on strategic litigation cases, building the capacity of lawyers and legal actors, creating and implementing corresponding advocacy strategies.
• Monitor and support the work of partners and build their capacity, delivering technical assistance, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and security, safeguarding and other relevant skills.
• Prepare budgets and oversee programme expenditure, and implementation of expenditure plans.
• Coordinate with LAW’s Senior Management Team, and other programme managers as required. 

Fundraising

• Develop a fundraising strategy to identify opportunities to ensure the sustainability and expansion of programmes.
• Ensure timely and quality narrative reporting to donors and compliance with donor grant requirements and LAW policies and procedures.
• Lead on concept notes, proposals and donor reports.

 People Management  

• Lead the Africa team effectively ensuring high calibre staff are recruited and retained.
• Foster an enabling environment for innovation and high performance, ensuring staff are appropriately supervised, develop work plans and engaged in training and development. 
• Manage network of technical experts and their consultancy agreements.
• Ensure the Africa offices are compliant with all relevant legal requirements relating to employment law as well as safety, security, health and safety regulations. 

 Advocacy and Communications

• Devise an advocacy strategy and design products that can be shared with both internal and external stakeholders, based on evidence gathered from the programmes.
• Design and organise trainings, workshops, roundtables and other events.  
• Contribute to LAW’s advocacy tools, including factsheets and annual reporting.
• Any other tasks relevant to the position as requested.  

About You

•  A master's degree in law, or human rights.
• Qualified lawyer with 5 years demonstrated experience working in international humanitarian law, human rights law, justice and accountability, criminal law, or refugee law.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience representing vulnerable individuals in legal aid services and working on cases of sexual and gender-based violence.
• Demonstrated experience in a similar project management position, including planning, design, M&E, and budget management.
• Track record of management skills and experience to lead and motivate a geographically dispersed team.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.
•  Excellent organisational skills, with ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines.
• Proven track record and experience in developing and implementing advocacy strategies.
• Demonstrated experience fundraising and implementing legal and protection projects in complex or conflict-affected environments and liaising with donors. 
• Experience conducting international crimes investigations/prosecution and interviewing vulnerable victims and witnesses, and/or experience providing or coordinating the provision of legal aid to gender-based violence victims and survivors in the national or international legal system. 
• Experience working in humanitarian contexts, preferably with displaced populations.
• Understanding of protection and displacement issues in the East Africa context.