The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law (RWI) is an independent academic institution
established in 1984. The mission of the Institute is to promote
universal respect for human rights and humanitarian law by means of
research, academic education, and institutional development. The vision
of the Institute is to be a centre of excellence meeting the highest
international standards in all its fields of operation, contributing to
the development of societies based on a human rights culture. In
addition to research and academic education programmes, RWI has since
1990 been implementing a wide range of human rights capacity
development programmes for institutions in developing countries, mainly
with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida). The Department of International Programmes manages and
coordinates RWI’s human rights capacity development programmes and
projects. The Department consists of three units, whereof one deals
with thematic work and the two other have geographic areas of
responsibilities covering Asia, and Europe and the Middle East and
North Africa, respectively. RWI’s thematic unit largely focuses on
programmes and projects with National Human Rights Institutions.

Summary: RWI is currently seeking candidates immediately for a position as Programme Officer, based
in Lund, Sweden, working with the component on support to academic
institutions forming part of the Institute’s regional human rights
capacity development programme in Asia. The position is temporary for
one year covering the current programme officer’s maternity leave, and
is expected to start in mid-March.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Programme Officer’s primary responsibilities are to ensure that
RWI’s programme activities focusing on support to academic institutions
in Southeast Asia are planned, implemented and followed up on so as to
achieve expected results enhancing the overall impact, quality and
coordination of the regional Asia programme. In accordance with
relevant templates and guidelines and reporting to the Head of the Unit
for Asia, the Programme Officer’s tasks would include:

• Initiating and maintaining regular
  contact, as well as participating in meetings in Sweden and Southeast
  Asia, with relevant academic institutions, authorities,
  organisations, donors, etc.
• Drafting and monitoring programme budgets and work plans;
• Drafting agreements and contracts with partner institutions and external consultants;
• Regularly assessing and monitoring programme results;
• Staying informed of relevant programme developments;
• For completed activities, preparing
  narrative reports to analyse the results of the respective
  programme activities carried out;
• Preparing annual progress reports to analyse the results of the programme
• Assessing new programme
  opportunities within the mandate of RWI, and when relevant drafting
  proposals for new programmes;
• Participating in the work of other
  Units of the Department as necessary and as agreed by the Head of Unit,
  performing the same tasks as above.

The position will involve periodic travel to
programme sites in Southeast Asia to facilitate the implementation of
project objectives, and to assess and report on project developments
and results. At times, the workload can be high.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years of relevant
  professional experience in programme management, with a demonstrated
  ability to prepare project proposals and administer budgets;
• Strong knowledge of international
  human rights law, including university degree with preferably a
  specialisation in international human rights law or related fields;
• Strong knowledge of and relevant
  experiences from programme work concerning Southeast Asia and preferably
  experience of working with academic institutions.
• Strong experience of results based management and monitoring and evaluation tools;
• Demonstrated organisational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work independently, take initiatives and prioritise work tasks;
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and complete tasks within given timeframes;
• Proven skills to work in teams and generate innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
• Fluency in English is required;
• Cultural sensitivity and judgement; and
• Sound knowledge of means and methods of Swedish and/or other international development cooperation.

Application procedure: To
apply for this position, please send cover letter and detailed
CV/resume in English as well as copies of relevant certificates by
e-mail to: linda.hiltmann@rwi.lu.se.

RWI is an equal opportunities employer and
welcome all applicants regardless of sex/gender, disability, ethnicity,
religious belief, sexual orientation or age.

The application deadline is 8 February 2012. RWI
will review applications as soon as they are received and might
interview relevant candidates before the deadline for application.
Interested applicants are therefore encouraged to submit their
applications as soon as possible.

For further information on the position please contact Andreas
Ljungholm, Head of Unit, +46 (0) 46 222 12 07.
(andreas.ljungholm@rwi.lu.se), or Amelie Sällfors Ewing, Programme
Officer, +46 (0) 46 222 1232, (amelie.sallfors_ewing@rwi.lu.se).