Programmes Director, SFCG Burundi (Based in Bujumbura, Burundi)

Job Description / Announcement
Search for Common Ground's (SFCG) mission is to transform how individuals, organisations and governments deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. With headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, we design and implement multifaceted programmes that aim to resolve conflict and prevent violence. We seek to help conflicting parties to understand their differences and act on their commonalities.

Search for Common Ground opened an office in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1995. SFCG-Burundi uses community peacebuilding and media activities to facilitate dialogue and reconciliation among Burundians through informing and educating the public on issues of local and national importance, capacity building of journalists and civic leaders, and strengthening capacity for inclusive participation in communities. SFCG accomplishes this through the activities of its main operational tools: Studio Ijambo, the Women's Peace Centre, the Youth Project, and the Victims of Torture Project. Support to SFCG-Burundi is provided from headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels.

Summary of Position
The position will support the Country Director in setting programme and project priorities and long-term strategy, and in supporting their implementation within the overall vision and goals of the organisation. The position is based in Bujumbura, Burundi, with frequent travels to Ngozi, Ruyigi and Makamba and is responsible for supporting the programme there. The position reports to the Country Director, also based in Bujumbura.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership and support on programme implementation in the communities in which SFCG operates



• Ensure that all programmes promote non-adversarial collaborative approaches to social change and that content is relevant to the most critical issues of conflict in Burundi



• In collaboration with the Country Director, develop and implement new projects



• Support the Country Director in strengthening programme strategy and vision



• Build the capacity of programme staff, in collaboration with the Country Director and project directors, by identifying training needs and opportunities for professional and personal development



• Responsible for designing and implementing a monitoring system, within the standards of the SFCG approach and in collaboration with the Institutional Learning and Research Division, to assess and track the impact of SFCG's work in Burundi, including training project directors in monitoring and evaluation



• Liaise between main office in Bujumbura and field offices



• Be directly engaged in the continuing development of the organisation, its mission and its staff, through the sharing of experience and knowledge, particularly contributing to its Institutional Learning efforts.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position-holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key duties.

Qualifications (should include as many of the following as possible):

• 5 years' experience in programme development, design and implementation in crisis countries in the areas of reconciliation, peacebuilding and related fields



• Extensive knowledge of the Sub-Sahara Africa region and current issues



• Knowledge and experience with creative conflict resolution/peacebuilding



• Ability to manage multiple activities and multiple teams



• Experience designing and implementing conflict-sensitive monitoring systems that inform decision making



• Demonstrated technical capacity in programme design tools (e.g. logical frameworks)



• Creative problem solving skills



• Excellent written and oral communication skills



• Fluency in English and French



• Prior training experience

To Apply
Please send a letter of application and resume by December 5, 2005 to search@sfcg.org with the subject heading: Programmes Director, SFCG Burundi. See our web site www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. No phone calls, please.