Join the Movement: Programme Officer Role Empowering Youth Peacebuilders

The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is in search of a devoted Programme Officer to help the improvement and implementation of the Investing and Partnering with Youth for Peace (IPYP)initiative. This place gives a novel alternative to contribute to a multi-stakeholder platform centered on advancing youth-led peacebuilding efforts.

About the IPYP Initiative

The IPYP initiative, housed at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, goals to:

• Enhance useful resource mobilization and foster partnerships with the non-public sector to help youth-led peacebuilding initiatives.
• Strengthen collaboration and coordination amongst stakeholders to extend funding in younger peacebuilders.

The Programme Officer will play a pivotal position as venture coordinator, contributing to the initiative’s success by specializing in key outcomes:

1. Developing fundraising partnerships to create a micro-donation fund for youth-led peacebuilding.
2. Strengthening data administration and partnerships inside the peacebuilding sector.

Key Responsibilities

The Programme Officer’s major duties embrace:

• Strategic Planning and Monitoring: Developing and updating venture methods, plans, and budgets whereas monitoring outcomes and reporting progress.
• Coordination and Communication: Managing communications with the IPYP Steering Committee, organizing quarterly conferences, and making ready agendas and minutes.
• Partnership Development: Building and sustaining relationships with stakeholders, together with governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, and the non-public sector.
• Outreach and Fundraising: Supporting efforts to safe funding for each IPYP core actions and particular portfolio tasks.
• Research and Analysis: Conducting analysis to help IPYP’s micro-donation venture and growing insurance policies, instruments, and frameworks.
• Governance and Frameworks: Strengthening IPYP’s governance buildings and growing monitoring, analysis, and studying frameworks.
• Logistics and Administration: Planning and implementing occasions, managing the IPYP web site, and overseeing communications supplies reminiscent of blogs, studies, and publications.
• Ad-Hoc Support: Assisting with occasional duties associated to the Foundation’s broader programmatic work.

Qualifications

The preferrred candidate ought to possess:

• A Master’s diploma in a related subject (e.g., social or political science, worldwide relations, peace and battle research) or equal expertise.
• At least 5 years of related work expertise, together with duties reminiscent of fundraising, communications, partnership administration, and programme coordination.
• Demonstrated expertise in fundraising, particularly with the non-public sector.
• Excellent communication abilities in English, each written and oral.
• Ability to work professionally and independently in a fast-paced worldwide setting.
• Flexibility, creativity, and the capacity to collaborate successfully in a group setting.
• Willingness to journey internationally for project-related actions.

Merits

Additional {qualifications} embrace:

• Knowledge of the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda or expertise working with youth peacebuilders.
• Familiarity with influence investing or revolutionary financing.
• Experience working with multi-stakeholder establishments.
• Proficiency in extra languages.

Reporting and Collaboration

The Programme Officer will report back to the Programme Director of the Foundation’s Peace and Security Team, with steering from the Programme Manager on Peace and Security.

• Internal Relations: Collaboration with the IPYP group, different programme groups, the communications group, and administrative workers.
• External Relations: Engagement with companions and consultants related to IPYP’s goals.

Employment Terms

• Location: Uppsala, Sweden (minimal 60% workplace presence required).
• Contract: 11-month, time-limited place with the risk of extension based mostly on funding.
• Salary: Negotiable based mostly on settlement.
• Work Permit: Candidates should have or safe a piece allow in Sweden previous to employment.
• Collective Agreement: Covered by the Foundation’s Fremia settlement for salaried staff in civil society.

Application Process

Candidates ought to submit:

1. A cowl letter (max. 1 web page).
2. A CV.

Email purposes to recruitment@daghammarskjold.se, utilizing the topic line: “Programme Officer – IPYP”.

• Format paperwork as: FirstName_LastName_CV and FirstName_LastName_CoverLetter.
• Deadline: Friday, 27 December.

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