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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about the job posting: The job posting is for a Programme Development and Learning Manager position based in Yangon, Myanmar working on designing high quality peacebuilding strategies and programmes, securing funding, and improving monitoring and evaluation. Responsibilities include contributing to the country strategy, developing funding proposals, and organizational learning. Applicants should have experience managing peacebuilding projects, securing donor funding, and project design and evaluation.

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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about the job posting: The job posting is for a Programme Development and Learning Manager position based in Yangon, Myanmar working on designing high quality peacebuilding strategies and programmes, securing funding, and improving monitoring and evaluation. Responsibilities include contributing to the country strategy, developing funding proposals, and organizational learning. Applicants should have experience managing peacebuilding projects, securing donor funding, and project design and evaluation.

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    Programme Development and Learning Manager

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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about the job posting: The job posting is for a Programme Development and Learning Manager position based in Yangon, Myanmar working on designing high quality peacebuilding strategies and programmes, securing funding, and improving monitoring and evaluation. Responsibilities include contributing to the country strategy, developing funding proposals, and organizational learning. Applicants should have experience managing peacebuilding projects, securing donor funding, and project design and evaluation.

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    Programme Development and Learning Manager

    Salary: Competitive salary, plus benefits

    Based: Yangon, Myanmar

    PLEASE NOTE: This position is open only to individuals with the right to work in Myanmar.

    Note: The above are some of the requirements for the job. Please refer to the full job description.

    To apply, please send a completed Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Covering Letter to
    myanmar@international-alert.org. In your application, please indicate the job title of the role you
    are applying for and how you meet each of the criteria of the JD.

    Closing date: October 26th at midnight (Myanmar time)

    Interviews will provisionally be scheduled to take place in the week beginning October 27th 2020.

    While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time,
    this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard
    from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on
    this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All
    applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

    International Alert helps people find peaceful solutions to conflict.

    We are one of the world’s leading peacebuilding organisations, with 30 years of experience laying the foundations for peace.

    We work with local people around the world to help them build peace. And we advise governments, organisations and
    companies on how to support peace.

    We focus on issues which influence peace, including governance, economics, gender relations, social development, climate
    change, and the role of businesses and international organisations in high-risk places.
    JOB DESCRIPTION
    Job title Programme Development and Learning
    Manager
    Reports to Country Director, Myanmar
    Job location Myanmar
    Grade 2.1
    Contract Duration 6- months (with the possibility of extension)
    Employment Status Full time

    Job Purpose

    The purpose of this position is to provide leadership within the Myanmar programme to design
    high quality strategies, innovative programmes and projects and secure funding. This includes
    supporting renewal and growth from our existing programmes and helping to initiate and
    design new business. The post holder will also monitor and improve quality of programme
    delivery through supporting better design, monitoring and evaluation (DM&E) and contribute
    to more effective communication of Alert’s results and impact.

    Duties and Responsibilities


    Strategy and Programme Quality

    • Contribute to country strategy planning in line with International Alert’s global strategy and
    priorities, and help ensure that programme ideas are fundable within the donor
    opportunities available;
    • Stay up to date with and contribute to monitoring and evaluation of existing projects, and
    ensure that the relevant lessons learned are taken into account in future project designs;
    • Develop a marketing strategy and capacity statement for funding proposals and bids to
    institutional donors, commerial contractor, trusts and foundations
    • Ensure that donor reports produced by the Programs team effectively demonstrate the
    impact of International Alerts’ program interventions and are consistently of high quality to
    demonstrate progress and impact of Alerts’ programs.

    Programme Development

    • Work with line manager and regional team, team to develop and co-ordinate specific
    project funding proposals and bids to institutional donors, trusts and foundations.
    • Stay alert to organisation-wide funding opportunities, and support negotiation of
    consortium and framework agreement partnerships, as necessary.
    • Lead and coordinate the project designing process with colleagues and partners; and
    support the development of country-specific fundraising strategies.
    • Submit solicited and unsolicited proposals and concept papers to donors and undertake
    donor liaison on an ongoing basis to monitor submission progress, respond to queries

    Human Resources Department


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    and provide amendments as necessary.
    • Stay alert to funding opportunities other than direct grants from donors eg as a sub-
    grantee or consortium member.

    Organisational learning and development


    • Contribute learning from projects and processes to strengthen the growth and impact of
    Alert’s work more broadly.
    • Lead and/or supervise the development and publication of internal and external learning
    papers and communication pieces;
    • Research and keep track of funding opportunities, providing timely information to support
    the development of new bids within country and the Asia region.
    • Take part in organisational initiatives – task forces, steering groups, etc. – and contribute
    ideas and suggestions more generally when opportunity and need allow;
    • Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management, and participate in
    organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects;
    • Undertake other tasks reasonably expected of her/him.

    PERSON SPECIFICATION

    ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

    Talents

    At Alert, we have introduced Talent Management to our business model as we believe talented
    people are crucial to the success of our work. We believe all individuals are talented and
    success comes in matching the right talents to the right roles. For this role, the skills,
    qualifications and experience listed below are important, but we believe that to be great in this
    job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for working with others to develop, frame,
    communicate and fundraise for programmes that combine conceptual and practical innovation,
    and have a clear and measurable impact on peace.

    A strong technical understanding of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and experience


    working in the sector.
    Understanding of the conflict dynamics in Myanmar
    Experience managing complex projects in the peacebuilding or development sectors, including
    project start up, implementation management and project closure.
    Granduate or post-graduate degree in peacebuilding, conflict studies, gender, development
    studies, international relations or related field.
    Substantial experience securing new funding for peacebuilding or development programmes,
    including developing project concepts and donor relationships; writing proposals and budgets,
    and negotiating contracts.

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    Experience of working with a range of donors (institutional, multilateral, trusts and foundations),
    understanding of diverse donor requirements, and experience of idenfity funding opportunities
    and tracking donor trends.
    Good understanding of project design, including developing theories of change, clear and
    realistic objectives and effective monitoring and evaluation plans.
    Senior level experience in managing individual and team performance.
    Strong financial management experience, including budgeting and overseeing spend.
    Experience facilitating workshops and ideas development, including remotely and with people
    with diverse first languages.
    Fluent written and spoken English; excellent analytic and report writing skills and pursuasive
    oral communicate.
    Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage with a wide spectrum of actors, including
    community members, civil society and donors.

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