Pact Senior Capacity Development Advisor Jobs in South Africa

Pact Senior Capacity Development Advisor Jobs in South Africa

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are challenged by poverty and marginalization.

We serve these communities because we envision a world where everyone owns their future. To do this, we build systemic solutions in partnership with local organizations, businesses, and governments that create sustainable and resilient communities where those we serve are heard, capable, and vibrant. Pact is a recognized global leader in international development.

Our staff have a range of expertise in areas including public health, capacity development, governance and civil society, natural resource management, poverty, fragile states, monitoring and evaluation, small-scale and artisanal mining, microfinance and more.

This expertise is combined in Pact’s unique integrated approach, which focuses on systemic changes needed to improve people’s lives.

Department:

Program Advancement (PADV) - Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future.

The (Integrated) Program Advancement team contributes to this by: Delivering on our promise to global quality and impact via integrated programs; Growing & diversifying our global portfolio integrating the private, public and social sectors; Promoting our work globally to influence the private, public and social sectors.

Position Overview:

The goal of the Southern Africa Regional Human Rights Program (SARHRP) isimprove the recognition, awareness, and enforcement of human rights in the region, with special foci on select rights and a crosscutting emphasis on protecting the region’s most vulnerable and marginalized groups.

SARHRP’s objectives are to: 1) Improve the enabling environment for the promotion and protection of human rights; 2) Strengthen the capacity and engagement of regional and local civil society actors to seek redress for rights violations; 3) Increase public demand for improved rule of law and human rights protection and 4) Foster South-to-South community of practice for knowledge and resource sharing for continued efforts to address human rights violations.

Pact will implement a portion of this overall project, in collaboration with Freedom House, American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI) and Internews.

Pact seeks a Senior Capacity Development Advisor to support the SARHRP from Johannesburg.

The Senior Capacity Development Advisor will be responsible for leading Pact’s contribution to institutional strengthening of civil society organizations (CSOs) and indigenous peoples organizations (IPOs).

The successful applicant will be responsible for the quality of the design and delivery of the program’s capacity development activities and must ensure that such activities are implemented in compliance with all donor, consortium, Pact, and project-specific policies.

The Senior Capacity Development Officer will be based in the Consortium’s project office in Johannesburg, South Africa.

There will be ongoing communication with Pact’s office in Pretoria, South Africa as well as with the headquarters in Washington, DC.

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