Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Summary: The Transitional Justice Specialist is familiar with current and emerging thinking, policy, interventions, trends, and practice in the fields of transitional justice in northern Uganda. The Specialist understands and guides how key stakeholders can be engaged to achieve healing, peace, justice and reconciliation for survivors of war. The Specialist provides input into the strategic direction of the project, and will be responsible for project-related tasks in Uganda, in particular partner and stakeholder engagement, providing support and guidance to program implementation, development, design, and strategy.

The position works in close collaboration with the Ugandan program team (comprised of colleagues based in Uganda and at CVT headquarters, and including staff in operations, finance, M&E, and development) in the development of project partnerships throughout northern Uganda, developing the annual program implementation workplan, and managing the performance against objectives and indicators. S/he will also connect with other CVT transitional justice initiatives globally.

Organization: CVT is an international nonprofit dedicated to providing trauma healing services to survivors of war and other violations. CVT works toward a future in which these violations cease to exist and victims have hope for a new life. CVT is headquartered in Minnesota, USA with offices in Africa and the Middle East. We work locally, nationally and internationally through programs that provide trauma rehabilitation, conduct technical assistance and capacity building to human rights activists, civil society organizations, and local service providers around the world who can prevent and treat gross human rights abuses, and advocate for human rights and an end to gross human rights violations.

Job Responsibilities:
30% Transitional Justice Strategic Leadership
• Ensure CVT programming reflects an up-to-date understanding of local and national context, donor trends, needs and gaps, and who does what and where. This includes helping to identify and prioritize emergent conflicts to address and vulnerable populations to assist.
• Use previous or expert knowledge in transitional justice to help conceptualize, design and lead the project strategy, approach, interventions (including justice pathways and social cohesion programming), and implementation, as well as internal CVT Uganda staff capacity building.
• Provide technical leadership in efforts to promote project innovation and coordination

30% Partnership Development and Community-Building
• Lead efforts to identify and develop strategic partnership opportunities and a comprehensive partner network in collaboration with the in-country leadership team
• Serve as a focal point for project events, including commemorations, observances, exchange visits, information sessions, program monitoring visits, and workshops/conferences.
• Coordinate efforts to identify potential partners to expand CVT’s network, develop criteria for and establish formal and informal collaborations, and to increase appropriate referrals
• Represent the organization with national and local government officials, donors, and media, and at external transitional justice coordination mechanisms, conferences and other fora.
• Support positive relationships between transitional justice stakeholders

25% Project Management
• Serve as technical and project lead on key objectives of a transitional justice initiative that builds on CVTs’ 13+ years of experience in torture survivor rehabilitation in northern Uganda
• In collaboration with the M&E Officer, monitor performance against project goals based on the development of annual implementation workplans
• Contribute to project approval processes and reporting
• In collaboration with M&E, contribute to the design, improvement, and maintenance of program data systems
• Manage assigned budgets in accordance with CVT Finance Policies and Protocols, including expense projections, tracking, monitoring, and reconciliation
• Support the development and monitoring of project implementation plan and timeline

5% Fundraising and Program Development
• Identify and propose new opportunities related to transitional justice within Uganda and the region that are aligned with CVT’s mission, objectives, and partnerships
• Assist in the development of prospective program budgets, workplans, timelines, and other supporting documents for grant modifications and applications

5% Risk Management
• Act as risk management focal point for in-country activities as requested.
• Contribute to project risk analyses, risk level determination, and threat matrices as requested.

5% Other Duties
• Participate in other department and organization-wide activities, meetings and trainings. Complete administrative responsibilities. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations

• BA degree required international development, transitional justice, peace studies or related fields.
• Five years of experience in relevant management and supervisory experience in an international or Ugandan non-governmental organization.
• Three years of experience in Transitional Justice field

Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
• Advanced degree in international development, transitional justice, peace studies, or related fields.
• Experience working in mental health and psychosocial programs

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)
• Required: Familiarity with private, US government, UN and multi-lateral funders.
• Required: Demonstrated success in all areas of program management, including donor proposal development, implementation, project monitoring and evaluation.
• Required: Flexibility, adaptability and sensitivity to working in a complex environment.
• Required: Strong participatory leadership skills.
• Required: Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
• Required: Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills.
• Required: Excellent skills in organization, attention to detail and time management.
• Required: Fluency in English.
• Required: Commitment to the ethical and sensitive implementation of project activities, including a commitment to confidentiality, diversity, equity, and inclusion, quality service provision, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (including online)
• Required: Ability to consistently promote and represent a humanitarian and human rights understanding of their work internally and externally, including promoting acceptance of differences and non-discrimination.
• Required: Commitment to and role modeling of human rights approach including: maintaining respect regarding any sensitive issues such as religion, minority or political affiliation and treating colleagues equally regardless of differences. Strong commitment to serve beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless their religion, gender, disability, minority affiliation or political background.
• Required: Luo language skills

Supervisory Responsibilities:
None

Internal Collaboration: (Uganda)Field Representative, Associate/Psychotherapist Trainers, Psychosocial Counselors, M&E team, HR Manager. (Headquarters) Grants Accountant, Program Manager, Program Coordinator, Clinical Advisor for Mental Health, Evaluation and Research Lead.

External Collaboration: Donors and funders, government representatives at both a regional and national levels, transitional justice partner organization leadership and networks, humanitarian assistance networks, mental health service provision networks.

Work Environment:
• Under normal conditions, work will be completed in a typical office environment with off-site meetings
• Remote working from home when necessary due to public health conditions or other reasons
• Regular work week is Monday through Friday
• Time spent on the computer is approximately 65%

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, walk and climb stairs; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift and carry heavy supplies. This position requires car travel up to 6 hours per one-way journey.

Travel: Ability to travel to a variety of locations within Uganda, and potential ad hoc travel internationally, including travel to CVT’s US Headquarters and/or regional travel.

Note: Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and 3 professional references to
CVTGuluHiring@gmail.com  including the job title in the subject line of your email.
Applications will be accepted through December, 28th 2022.

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