Project Coordinator Sudan at Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)

The post holder will perform duties in accordance with the responsibilities outlined below:  

Programmatic 

• Monitor project activities, in collaboration with management, and coordinate, follow up, support and collate accurate and timely reporting by the partners.
• Organise regular strategy and coordination meetings, internal and with partners.
• Oversee collection of MEAL data and information from partner activities, including success stories and photographs
• Coordinate and submit monthly reports on indicators and short narrative report to the Programme Manager and the Grants Manager.
• Ensure the programme activities are in line with LAW’s gender sensitive and trauma informed approaches as well as security, code of conduct and safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Provide operational support to the programme to ensure proper implementation financial and M&E planning.
• Support capacity building and training of LAW’s network of civil society organisations and identify avenues for innovative learning opportunities.
• Conceptualize, coordinate, and undertake participatory research, surveys, for the implementation of evidence-based programming. 

Fundraising

• Support the drafting of concept notes to expand LAW’s programmes.
• Lead the drafting and review of donor reports.
• Draft donor briefings with visually appealing stories to highlight LAW’s impact of projects.

Advocacy and Communications

• In coordination with the Legal and Advocacy Advisor, support the implementation of the advocacy strategy and design products that can be shared with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in coordination group meetings and workshops to identify avenues for knowledge-sharing and coordination for interventions.
• In coordination with the Legal and Advocacy Advisor, ensure that website and social media content related to partner activities is up to date.

Legal

• Research support in preparing legal documents.
• Support in designing and delivering trainings and briefings on topics related to LAW’s programmes, and design related informative tools.
• Provide regular updates and analysis on key contextual developments. 

Any other duties as specified by the Programme Manager or LAW’s Senior Management Team.

About you:   

• The legal right to work in Kenya.
• Bachelor’s degree in law, human rights, international law or related field.
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience, with a focus on international criminal law, or international human rights law, or refugee law.
• Experience managing projects and programmes in the humanitarian and development sector and in project planning, design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience working with vulnerable individuals is essential, with experience working with victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
• Experience working with national civil society organisations in fragile contexts where civic space is restricted.
• Experience working across insecure or conflict-affected and fragile environments and demonstrated understanding of protection challenges within the region.
• Proven knowledge and experience in implementing protection interventions, interviewing at-risk communities and gender programming is preferred.