Programme Director

Location: Uppsala, Sweden Closing date: 20 September 2008 Starting date: Starting date according to agreement The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre for peace research and action.In its peacebuilding programmes, LPI's objective is to work with civil society actors involved in conflict transformation, from both a theoretical and practical perspective, with special emphasis on faith-based organisations.The head office, located in Uppsala, Sweden, supervises the national offices in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.New national offices in Ethiopia and Sudan are expected to open during 2008.We are now looking for a Programme Director to lead our newly created Programme Unit.The post is based at LPI's head office in Uppsala, but the post-holder will have the possibility to travel extensively to our field programmes.Main responsibilities Co-responsible for reaching LPI's strategic objectives and work towards the organisations mission and vision.Lead the work in the Programme Unit with a focus on both Conflict Transformation and Research Politically and strategically manage and coordinate the work of the field programmes Manage the staff in the Programme Unit and Resident Representatives in the field programmes Play a key role in upholding and further developing donor relations including fundraising, reporting and giving policy advice to key stakeholders.Stay abreast with developments in the area of the international conflict resolution.Be 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 Engage in external networking and promotion of LPI Participate in the strategic work of the advisory Senior Management Team of LPI.Qualifications and expectations Proven management experience from an NGO working with peace and conflict or related issues At least ten years experience from peace-related work Academic degree in peace and conflict research, conflict management, political science or other relevant field.Native level fluency in English, fluency in French Extensive experience of working with conflict transformation, research and capacity-building International experience and ability to work with persons from a variety of cultures and religious outlooks Experience in fundraising and proposal writing Proven leadership and teambuilding skills Ability to manage and prioritise the workload Well developed contacts within academic, ecumenical, interfaith, development, governmental and peace-related networks Strong interpersonal- and communication skills, both written and spoken Demonstrated technical capacity in programme design tools, developing and implementing monitoring systems; familiarity with evaluation methodologies Capacity to represent the institute in a public arena.Availability for international travel Since this is a new position a final job description is still to be completed.More information about LPI is also available at our website: www.life-peace.org. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified.