Programme officer, ENCISS, Sierra Leone

The goal of the ENCISS programme is to strengthen citizens’ voice and to improve accountability. Our vision is to see an active and engaged civil society capable of articulating citizens’ demands and an effective and accountable state. ENCISS is funded by UKaid from the UK Government’s Department for International Development and the European Union and is managed by Christian Aid.

Based in Freetown, you will be responsible for supporting and managing ENCISS partnerships in Freetown and its surroundings; you will ensure effective disbursement of funds to ENCISS grantees. You will be responsible for monitoring grantees, reviewing grant proposals, reviewing narrative and financial reports from grantees in line with ENCISS grant management procedures.

To apply for this post you should have significant experience in community development and relevant experience of programme appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development with partners, and incorporation of gender methodologies into programmes and projects. You should also have an understanding of advocacy, campaigning and lobbying; experience of facilitation, training and networking, together with knowledge of financial control procedures. You should be familiar with Programme Cycle Management, approaches and tools and have an understanding of partnership approaches to development.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions. Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Team work

Tell us about a time when you realized that you needed to involve other members of your team in order to achieve a shared objective.

What objective was involved?
How did you come to realize that other team members needed to be involved?
How did you go about involving others?

Attention to detail

Describe a multi-faceted project that you worked on, or a complex report that you wrote.

What quality control or review mechanism did you put in place?
How did you incorporate that feedback into the final product?
To what extent did this process improve the final product?

Delivering goals and objectives

Describe a project you supervised that required your setting goals, timelines and expected results.

What project goals and deliverables did you recommend?
What steps did you take to ensure your goals, timelines and deliverables were realistic?
How did you ensure that the proper quality of work was maintained?

Communication and interaction

Describe a situation in which you had a disagreement with your direct supervisor.

What action did you take?
How was the disagreement resolved?

We value everyone who works for us, so we offer a wide range of rewards from generous leave to a competitive benefits package to make sure you have the perfect work/life balance.

Download the role profile (69 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed International application form to: encissrecruit@christian-aid.org quoting the reference number below.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted when the interview date(s) will be communicated.

Job reference: SL/ENCISS/PO/12-01

Closing date: Tuesday 20 March 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.