Violence is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving a world without poverty. Nearly two thirds of the world’s poorest people live in countries severely affected by violence, conflict and state fragility. Violence is the leading cause of death among women aged between 15 and 44. Christian Aid believes this is unacceptable. We also believe it can change. We need you to help us change it.
This is an exciting opportunity to help Christian Aid increase our impact for women and men affected by violence. We have a long track record working on issues of violence and peace. From Afghanistan to Sudan, from the Middle East to Colombia, our partners support communities affected by armed conflict and seek to tackle the root causes. Around the world, we work to challenge sexual and gender-based violence, to promote accountability and justice and to build peaceful alternatives to violence. Our new strategy, Partnership for Change, brings all these strands together into a new priority for the organisation – Tackling Violence, Building Peace.
You will provide advice and support to Christian Aid staff teams and partners across Africa, Asia and Latin America, working with them to turn the strategy into reality. You’ll enable them to learn from their own experience, from other Christian Aid programmes and partners and from good practices in the global development, humanitarian and peacebuilding communities. Y ou’ll help them strengthen their programme and policy work to maximise their impact on violence and peace.
You’ll ensure that programme learning feeds into a deeper organisational understanding, articulating Christian Aid’s distinctive contribution to tackling violence and building peace and supporting credible and effective international advocacy on key issues
You’ll have the technical knowledge, networks and credibility to provide relevant, useful support on issues of violence and peace to programmes and partners. You’ll also bring excellent facilitation skills and the ability to discuss challenging issues sensitively and encourage innovative and creative responses. Most important will be your ability to build strong relationships across the organisation, fostering a shared commitment to meeting the challenge we have set ourselves of achieving real differences in the lives women and men affected by violence and conflict.
Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions. Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.
Deliver results
Describe a situation where you built your understanding of a complex and dynamic social, political or cultural environment and developed an appropriate intervention in response.
How did you decide what information to gather/analyse and how did you ensure that your analysis and decisions were fit for purpose?
Strive for Improvement
Describe a situation where you identified significant weaknesses or gaps in a programme aimed at bringing about social or cultural change. How did you find a better solution and how did you engage different stakeholders in this new solution?
Communicate effectively
Describe a situation where you supported non-specialist colleagues to understand and engage with a new or ‘difficult’ technical approach. How did you ensure that your communications were clear and useful for your audience? How did you help them to identify the key messages/benefits of the new approach?
We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, an interest-free season ticket loan and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
If this post is UK based, non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK. If the post is based in an international location (Africa, Asia or Latin America) then the post holder will require a valid work permit for the respective location. Please make clear on your application which locations you could work in and confirm your eligibility to work there.
Download the role profile (111 KB pdf)
To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed UK & Ireland application form to: recruitment@christian-aid.org (quoting the reference number).
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Job reference: 376/OK
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 3 December 2012
Interview date: 18 December 2012
Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
