Programme Manager (Sudan) at Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)

The post holder will perform duties in accordance with the responsibilities outlined below:   

Programme Management   

• Lead the expansion of the Sudan Programme, developing new objectives and expanding to new locations.
• Lead and coordinate policy, research, legal and advocacy efforts.
• Develop and lead the implementation of LAW’s work with victims and survivors of international crimes and human rights violations and abuses, including gender-based violence, through investigating and building strategic litigation cases,  strengthening the capacity of lawyers and legal actors, creating and implementing corresponding advocacy strategies.
• Support the work of partners and build their capacity, delivering technical assistance, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and security, safeguarding and other relevant skills.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key actors including relevant government and justice actors, donors, NGOs, United Nations, partners and other relevant groups in the region.
• Deliver the project(s) in accordance with proposals, budgets, MEAL methodologies, LAW policies and procedures and donor regulations.
• Lead on risk management.
• Prepare budgets and oversee programme expenditure, and implementation of expenditure plans.
• Coordinate with LAW’s Senior Management Team, and other programme managers as required. 

Fundraising

• Develop a fundraising strategy to identify opportunities to ensure the sustainability and expansion of programmes.
• Ensure timely and quality narrative reporting to donors and compliance with donor grant requirements and LAW policies and procedures.
• Lead on concept notes, proposals and donor reports.

People Management  

• Lead the team effectively, ensuring high calibre staff are recruited and retained.
• Foster an enabling environment for innovation and high performance, ensuring staff are appropriately supervised, develop work plans and engaged in training and development. 
• Manage network of technical experts and their consultancy agreements.
• Ensure the offices are compliant with all relevant legal requirements relating to employment law as well as safety, security, health and safety regulations. 

Advocacy and Communications

• Design advocacy strategies and products that can be shared with both internal and external stakeholders, based on evidence gathered from the programmes.
• Design and organise trainings, workshops, roundtables and other events.  
• Contribute to LAW’s advocacy tools, including factsheets and annual reporting.

Any other tasks relevant to the position as requested by senior management.

About You

• A master's degree in law, or human rights.
• Qualified lawyer with 5 years demonstrated experience working in international humanitarian law, human rights law, justice and accountability, criminal law, or refugee law.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience representing vulnerable individuals in legal aid services and working on cases of sexual and gender-based violence.
• Demonstrated experience in a similar project management position, including planning, design, M&E, and budget management.
• Track record of management skills and experience to lead and motivate a geographically dispersed team.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English and secondary language Arabic is an asset, with the ability to clearly articulate information to various audiences and stakeholders.