For over 25 years we have been bringing together communities torn apart by violence and mistrust, helping people resolve their differences. We connect the views of people on the ground with political processes, and share learning so others can find alternatives to violent conflict.

Job purpose

• The Programme Officer will provide programmatic, financial, logistical and partners support primarily to the East and Central Africa Programme (ECAP) and to the rest of Africa programme teams and partners as necessary. The post-holder plays a key role in liaising with partners across the areas in which we work, and in supporting the team in Bangui, Nairobi, Kampala and London on programme activity implementation, fund raising and proposal development, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), and donor and partners reporting requirements.
• The Programme Officer will also contribute to the programmes’ strategy, learning, security and keeping people safe to ensure integrity and sustainability of Conciliation Resources’ peacebuilding work in Africa. The Programme Officer is expected to undertake travel within ECAP and where possible to the other Africa programme contexts.

The Programme Officer will report to the ECAP Director (based in Kampala).

Person specification 

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French
• Experience of supporting financial management including experience in preparing budgets, monitoring organisational and partner expenditure and supporting financial reporting
• Experience of working in a role that supports project design, implementation and on-going support for processes of reporting, planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Experience of working with databases, handling diverse sources of information and maintaining accessible filing systems
• Strong organisational skills including planning, developing, implementing and maintaining administrative systems
• Experience of revising and contributing to the drafting of substantive reports
• Experience of supporting partners on joint delivery of work.
• Experience of supporting implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects
•  Experience of working in an administrative and support position to a team.
• Understanding of and interest in peacebuilding and conflict transformation processes
•  Experience of undertaking supervised research work
•  Experience of working in a multicultural environment
•  Willingness to work irregular hours occasionally and to undertake some international travel
•  Appreciation of issues of confidentiality, and cross-cultural and political sensitivity
•  Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges
•  Ability and willingness to travel to areas affected by conflict
•  Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages, databases, email, internet
•  Right to live and work in Kenya