Program Officer
Position: Program
Officer (1)
Deadline: June 8, 2020
Salary: Rs. 40,000 per month
Job Description
This position will be mostly engaged in updating Nepal monitor's data before 2016 to make it compatible with the new structure in which extensive variables are recorded for each incident, and congruent with the remapped federal boundaries of Nepal. It will be the most senior of three new positions created to address our backlog of pre-2016 data and will involve responsibility for supervising two other staffs.
Updating the data set
will entail:
§ Writing
short summary descriptions for each report in Nepali and English
§ Coding
different variables for incidents by following the coding guideline
§ Mapping
old VDCs location to their corresponding local units formed in Federal Nepal
§ Conducting
follow-up with District Focal Persons on local newspaper reports to verify
incidents with district focal persons and local journalists
§ Supervising
program interns to undertake data update
§ Performing
quality check on coding and language in reports
§ Contributing
to the draft of summary reports and analysis conducted using the wider NMP
dataset
§ Assisting
in monthly collation of data-set
§ Performing
other tasks as required
Ideal candidate's
profile
Experience
§ Bachelor’s
degree in journalism, social science or other relevant fields and at least 3
years of work experience in relevant field(s)
§ At
least two years' experience in conflict analysis, violence monitoring, and
human rights
§ Some
background in journalism/law is an advantage
Skills& Qualities
§ Excellent
understanding of Nepal’s Socio-political dynamics
§ Excellent
command over both English and Nepali language with experience in editing and
proofreading documents
§ Proficient
in Nepali text entry using Preeti and/or Unicode
§ Strong
analytical skills, able to bring new ideas into the organization
§ Extremely
detail-oriented
§ Willing
to work in a complex sociocultural environment
§ Strong
interpersonal skills and enjoy to work as part of a team
§ Able
to work independently with minimum supervision and meet deadlines
Please note, under the
current conditions these positions will be home based until further notice. A
reliable internet connection will be necessary to accommodate this. COCAP will
cover reasonable expenses for the monthly cost of internet for the period of
the job contract that is carried out under lockdown. These posts are only open
to citizens of Nepal. Interested candidates are required to send their CV and
application with names and contact details of two referees by email to: vacancy.cocap@gmail.com
. The deadline for application is June 8, 2020.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be informed for further selection process. The selection
process will be held online under the current condition.
Women, Dalits,
Janajatis, Madhesis, People with disabilities, COCAP Volunteers and other
minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to
Kathmandu based candidates.
(Source: http://www.cocap.org.np/opportunities
)
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