Human Rights Programme Officer

Location      : NDC Main Office - Al Ram

 

Established in 2006 as an independent non-profit nongovernmental organization, the NGO Development Center (NDC) provides financial and technical support to CSOs through its various programs and grant-making schemes. The Human Rights Programme is one of NDC’s main programmes.

The overall objective of the Human Rights Programme is to contribute to the effective realization of adherence to human rights (HR) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in Palestine. To that end the Human Rights Programme will provide financial support to civil society organisations working towards achieving the overall objective.

The Human Rights Programme Officer will be the focal person for the Human Rights Programme and will be responsible for the overall coordination of the Program and will ensure the achievement of its objectives.  S/he will be based at NDC main office in Al-Ram, and will be required to travel throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem; and will maintain direct contact with the NDC Gaza team working on this programme. The Human Rights Programme Officer reports to the NDC Director or his designee.

The post requires high-level expertise in all aspects of project/programme management as well as expert knowledge of human rights, international humanitarian law and gender in the context of Palestine.

• Serve as the focal person with the partner CSOs within the overall management of the Human Rights Programme, working closely and in coordination with the NDC team, as well as represent a valuable resource in the field of human rights, gender equality, and related policy matters.
• Develop detailed periodic activity plans and budgets as required.

• Ensure the flow of information and adequate communication between grant recipient CSOs and NDC; providing recipient CSOs with information and guidance regarding the programme implementation, its policies and procedures.
• Provide support to CSOs on the application process.
• Carry out the appraisal/assessment of applications for grants submitted by CSOs and engage with the assessment team in making recommendations to the Technical Assessment Committee (TAC).
• Monitor grant implementation and ensure adherence to overall programme objectives, CSOs’ strategic plans, work plans, budgets, planned outputs and outcomes, etc.
• Initiate meetings and forums for networking, coordination, sharing of experiences and advocacy among HR/IHL CSOs and attend the different events that are carried out by the partner CSOs.

• Identify, plan and monitor the implementation of technical assistance interventions.
• Identify coordination initiatives, issues and actions among CSOs and other stakeholders in the HR/IHL sector to be taken up in policy dialogue discussions.
• Organize and actively participate in quarterly and annual technical and policy dialogue meetings, including preparing all required documents, taking meeting minutes and following up on actions with regular updates.

• Review and approve grants recipients reports, as well as periodic reports identifying achievements, problems faced and proposed solutions.
• Prepare periodic progress reports, in coordination with the other team members, in addition to the drafting of the annual and end of phase report, in line with the agreed formats.

• Engage external consultants as necessary, prepare Terms of Reference and manage the consultancy assignments and the consultants engaged.
• Prepare concept notes/position papers to respond to emerging needs in the HR/IHL sector and provide conceptual forward planning as required.

• Assume any other related activities as requested by the Director.

• Bachelor degree in a related field.
• High level skills in facilitation, project management, monitoring, supervision and provision of technical assistance.
• Previous experience in coordinating CSOs, particularly in connection to IHRL and IHL programmes.
• High level communication, reporting and analytical skills in English.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Possibility to go to NDC Offices in Al Ram.

• Master’s degree or equivalent in human rights, international humanitarian law, gender, social studies, development, or related fields.
• Expert knowledge of the HR/IHL context in Palestine.
• Proven record in effectively coordinating programmes of similar nature.
• Proven ability to coordinate and follow up multiple projects/programs.
• Arabic knowledge.
• Valid Jerusalem driving license.

 

Type of contract: part-time (50%) consultancy contract.