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ABA ROLI Senior
Program Officer, WAGE

 

 

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) seeks a Senior Program Officer for its Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) Program. WAGE is a global consortium implementing programs to advance the status of women and girls. Led by ABA ROLI, in close partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Grameen Foundation, and Search for Common Ground (SFCG), WAGE works to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations in target countries to improve the prevention of and response to gender-based violence; to advance the women, peace, and security agenda; and to support women’s economic empowerment. WAGE provides direct assistance to women
and girls, including information, resources, and services they need to succeed as active and equal participants in the global economy. WAGE also undertakes collaborative research and learning to build a body of evidence based on promising practices in these thematic areas.

The WAGE Senior Program Officer reports to the WAGE Program Director and will contribute to all aspects of the program including the development and review of documents, drafting and processing contracts, budget monitoring and financial compliance, managing partner, donor, technical advisor and consultant relations, maintaining
DevResults and monitoring and evaluation plans and drafting communication
materials. In addition to providing high-quality contributions including to decision making for the effective implementation of program activities, the Senior Program Officer, who will be part of the Global Programs Division, is expected to support other ABA ROLI global programs as needed as well as contributing to the development of new programs and initiatives.

 

Principle
Duties / Job Responsibilities

 

·    Support program director in providing
oversight to ensure that ABA ROLI and program teams meet obligations under
initiative-specific awards.  

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Contribute to the drafting and
review of programmatic documents and deliverables (one pagers, blogs, MEL
plans, workplans, safeguarding action plans, quarterly reports etc.)

·        
Convene bi-weekly or monthly in
initiative-specific check-in meetings for select programs.

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Ensure compliance with the
branding requirements for all initiatives.

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In coordination with the Senior
Technical Advisor for Gender and Inclusion, provide oversight to ensure that
programs are reflecting gender action plan findings in their work and being
responsive to issues of diversity and inclusion. Monitor the implementation of
the gender action plans. 

·        
Contribute to various aspects of
the WAGE Learning Agenda.

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Coordinate data collection across
partners and update M&E plans on a quarterly basis; review reported program
deliverables against approved workplan/M&E plan.

·        
Coordinate revisions to MEL plans
and work with teams to adapt programming as needed based on key learnings.

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Assist program team lead to track
program deliverables against approved workplan/M&E plan targets/
deliverables.

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Coordinate core partner meetings
with consortium members.

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Prepare weekly, monthly and
quarterly donor reports.

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Prepare core partner subgrants and
amendments and contracts for services and manage processing of these
submissions internally, including coordination with ROLI general
counsel.  

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Oversee procurement processes to
ensure they are in line with ABA procurement rules. 

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Review subaward financial reports,
cash on hand requests, and other expense reports and ensure open communication
with core partners and ROLI finance; submit wire requests and field office
expense reports for signature.

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Reconcile expense reports and
process in-kind forms.

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Develop and maintain financial
monitoring tools, review program financials (projections, general ledgers and
pipelines).

·        
Prepare outreach pieces, social
media content, and other WAGE communications documents for all initiatives.  

 Perform other related duties as required.

 

Basic
Qualifications & Interests

 

·        Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college
or university or equivalent work experience.

·        At least four (4) years of work experience in
a program management capacity.

·        Previous work experience in a not-for-profit,
association, and/or NGO setting.

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

·        
Degree in international
development, gender studies or a relevant social science discipline.

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Interest in and
commitment to rule of law, democracy and governance, gender equality, social
inclusion and the empowerment of women and girls.

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Previous experience
working for an international organization.

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Regional
experience in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and/or Central Asia.

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Experience maintaining
effective communication and coordination across a range of countries with
diverse program activities and implementation timelines.

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Awareness of USG
policies and strategies focused on gender and justice sector reform issues.

• Experience tracking complex budgets with varying
  earmarks, developing, and monitoring projections with implementing
  partners, monitoring drawdowns in line with pipeline trackers, obtaining
  USG approvals, and following USG reporting and financial compliance
  requirements.
• Experience supporting monitoring, evaluation and
  learning (MEL) plans including tracking progress towards indicators and
  intermediary results.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability
  to work effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders.

·        
Strong research,
writing, analytical, knowledge management, and communication skills.

• Effective time management and a strong
  ability to multi-task, adapt and manage competing priorities in a
  fast-paced environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills and
  familiarity with social media.
• Ability and willingness to be an effective
  team player.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

 

The American Bar Association is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with the American Bar Association please call 312-988-5188.

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