Programme Manager at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, (Stiftelsen Dag Hammarskjölds Minnesfond), is a non-governmental organisation established in 1962 in memory of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. It aims to advance dialogue and policy for sustainable development and peace. The Foundation is not a grant-giving institution, and is autonomous and unaffiliated with any political, religious or ideological groups. Its work is guided by respect for and alignment to the principles outlined in the UN Charter.

The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees. The work of the Foundation is carried out by a permanent Secretariat based in Uppsala. The work of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is anchored in its Statutes and guided by a Strategic Framework with three thematic areas to focus its engagement. The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is a values-based organisation, and its employees should share its vision and ideals and understand what it means to work in and represent Hammarskjöld’s legacy in an international context. The working language is English. For more information about the Foundation see:

Organisational Setting

Dag Hammarskjold Foundation is a “think-and-do-tank” with a focus on effective multilateralism with the UN at the center. The Foundation works in the legacy of the second Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld to advance dialogue and policy for sustainable development and peace. The Foundation works with the UN, its Member States and other key stakeholders required to make the UN’s work effective, transparent and accountable.

The main roles of the Foundation are as producer of evidence-based knowledge, facilitatator of key stakeholder dialogues and trainer of multilateral leaders.

We recognise that development action must result in change where it is most needed – at local and country level ­and that it must be driven by local actors with support from multilateral stakeholders. Therefore, we work to actively link global policy and implementation through analysis and facilitation, exchange, learning and inclusive dialogue.

As a small organisation the Foundation strives to balance clarity and predictability of work, with agility, responsiveness and relevance in delivery. All staff have a focus in one project area and should be prepared to support others. The priorities and distribution of tasks and designated human resources are agreed in the Annual Work Programme, approved by the Board of the Foundation.

Description of the position

The Programme Manager will work on the Foundation’s core programmatic activities as laid out in the Strategic Framework 2022­2025 and the Annual Work Programme in place. The position will have a focus in supporting the Foundation’s capacity to formulate and implement work related to the following issues:

• Accountability and change related to the UN’s work on peacebuilding and sustaining peace including reforms to the Peace and Security pillar and a particular focus on the work of the Peacebulding Architecture.
• Advancing implementation of agreed Member State and UN commitments on peace and security, and strengthening related policy.
• Advancing effective and quality financing for peacebuilding and prevention.
• Advancing implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Implementing the Foundation’s Strategic Framework through development and coordination of activities and projects on Peace and Security.
• Managing and coordinating programmatic work, including planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning of the assigned projects and activities.
• Coordinating the multi-stakeholder group Investing and Partnering with Youth for Peace.
• Organising and facilitating seminars and meetings in relation to assigned projects(s).
• Authoring and editing of material (articles, policy papers, reports) related to the assigned projects.
• Ensuring that programmatic operations and activities adhere to policies and guidelines of the Foundation.
• Participating and representing the Foundation in official meetings.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (eg social or political science, global studies), or similar qualifications otherwise acquired.
• Minimum of 10 years work experience relevant to the mandate of the position.
• Experience applying UN human rights norms and principles, including a human rights based approach.
• Professional experience in project and programme management, implementation and support from working with the UN system or civil society engagement with multilateralism, UN reform, the 2030 Agenda and development cooperation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required. Proficiency in Swedish and other languages are desired.
• Ability to maintain professionalism, creativity, and enthusiasm while working in a fast-paced international environment with limited supervision.
• Detail-oriented skills and the ability to take initiative to develop activities and programmatic work.
• Open-mindedness, flexibility, the ability to be a good team player, and an understanding of the work of a values-based organisation.
• Willingness and ability to participate in limited international travel.

Merits

• Field experience from multilateral and bilateral development cooperation.
• Experience with the Youth, Peace and Security agenda.
• Experience from working with private sector engagement for sustainable development or peacebuilding.

Reporting and Relations:

· The Programme Manager will report to a Programme Director.

· Internal: Support to staff engaged in programmatic work. Collaboration takes place mostly within project teams, but the Programme Manager will also work closely with the Communications Team and administrative staff.

· External: Collaboration with partners and external consultants as relevant to programmatic work.

Terms of employment

· The Programme Manager will be based at the Foundation’s office in Uppsala, Sweden.

· The Foundation has a collective agreement through Fremia, for Salaried employees in civil society

· Salary upon agreement