Senior Program Advisor

Position Title: Sr. Programs Advisor
Appointment Type: Full-time Consultant
Contract Length: 12 Months renewable contract
Reporting to: CEO
Salary: Negotiable
Duty Station: Erbil, Iraq. Travel to program sites, including KRI and Federal Iraq will be required, based on feasibility and need.
Closing Date: 15 October, 2020

Organizational Background

Peace Paradigms Org. (PPO) is a private consulting company, established to deliver context-specific solutions for peacebuilding actors to achieve holistic and effective conflict mitigation and prevention efforts.

Our work is guided by three core values:

NEUTRALITY: The path towards positive peace is a collective one. We do not side with any actor or agenda and believe the unbiased inclusion of all actors is key to build peace. We trust that all parties to conflict can become peace actors.

ADAPTABILITY: In ever-changing contexts altered by complex dynamics, there is no “one size fits all”. To improve the relevance and the effectiveness of peacebuilding efforts, we believe that community and policy responses need to be driven and informed by localized realities.

HARMONY: The journey to peace needs to be reflective of its end goal. We work collaboratively by bringing together all relevant stakeholders and harmonize peacebuilding efforts with the community needs in order to achieve long-standing societal agreement, wellbeing and ability to coexist by choice.

We strive to achieve the following objectives;
1- To effectively contribute and influence local and national level policy making in Iraq, to be informed by and responsive to community needs and to address the drivers of conflicts at the national and sub-national levels.
2- To increase the impact and effectiveness of peacebuilding interventions in Iraq through context-informed technical support to peacebuilding actors.
3- To increase the organizational and technical capacity of peacebuilding actors and community of practice to enhance programming design and implementation.
4- To inform peacebuilding actors in order to streamline funding, strategies and interventions, as well as to highlight success and lessons learned.
5- To achieve thematic and institutional credibility both internally and externally.

Job Brief

We are seeking to hire a highly experienced Sr. Program Advisor to supervise a multi-program portfolio in Iraq. The Sr. Advisor will be accountable for the delivery and overall success of each program or project. S/he must have a solid background designing and leading successful peacebuilding programs, preferably in Iraq. S/he must have a strategic mindset and be able to lead with passion and persistence.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Contribute in setting programming goals in accordance with PPO’s strategic objectives;

• Take the lead in the design and planning of programs including setting milestones and processes;

• Ensure successful implementation of programs and the achievement of programs outcomes and targets;

• Accountable for program budgets and operations;

• Develop evaluation strategies to monitor and improve performance and determine the needs for improvement and apply them;

• Ensure program operations and activities adhere to legal guidelines and internal policies;

• Contribute in developing new concept notes/proposals
  Required Qualifications and Experiences:

• Master’s degree in Social or Political Science, or a related field from an accredited academic institution, with seven years of relevant professional experience in peacebuilding sector; or

• University degree in the above fields with nine years of professional experience in peacebuilding sector.

• Extensive knowledge of Iraq’s political and social dynamics, issues and challenges.

• Extensive knowledge of conflict drivers/roots of conflict in Iraq.

• Excellent knowledge of key peacebuilding actors in Iraq, as well as peacebuilding programs/initiatives.

• Excellent knowledge of donors’ landscape, including their programming priorities in Iraq overtime.

• Proven ability to write high-level technical products, including but not limited to; success stories, policy papers, program briefings, or other relevant materials.

• Proven ability to lead and improve efficient performance of staff and program implementation.

• Relevant knowledge of dialogue processes, such as; dialogue facilitation, mediation and negotiation.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.