Program Officer, Sudan

Location: Khartoum, Sudan

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Summary

Solidarity Center seeks a Program Officer (Level II) to work in its field office in Khartoum providing programmatic, financial, and administrative support for the organization's worker rights initiatives. This individual will assist and advise the Field Program Specialist and Regional Program Director on various aspects of program design and implementation.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of international relations including trade unions and socio-economic and political developments in the U.S. and Sudan
• Trade union experience (highly desirable)
• Ability to work independently and complete assignments with limited supervision
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to work and interact easily with a wide variety of people
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international relations, labor relations or related fields and/or five years equivalent work experience
• Good communication and writing skills.
• Computer literacy in word processing and simple spreadsheets.
• Fluency in English and Arabic

Supervisor: Field Program Specialist, with guidance from the RPD

Specific Duties:

1. Write/edit proposals, reports, letters, and other correspondence.
2. Conduct issue research.
3. Furnish the Field Program Specialist or designee with financials and narrative reports under program activities.
4. Assist the Field Program Specialist or designee in the design and in implementation of program activities.
5. Manage logistics for the Field Office in Sudan.
6. Monitor and report on trade union and labor relations in Sudan.
7. Assist the Field Program Specialist or designee in the implementation of other program activities with Sudan union partners, as required (e.g., conferences, exchanges, development of publications, etc.)

This position is open only to Sudanese citizens or permanent residents with a valid work permit for Sudan. The Solidarity Center offers competitive salaries based on experience and generous benefits but will not provide housing, a relocation allowance, or support for a candidate to obtain a work permit for this job.

The Solidarity Center cultivates the values of diversity, equality, and inclusion among its staff and partners. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under applicable law. Candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to apply for this position, please contact us at information@solidaritycenter.org.

Organization

Solidarity Center is a non-profit organization launched by the AFL-CIO in 1997 with the aim of tackling the enormous challenges faced by workers in the global economy through supporting the building of strong, democratic, and independent trade unions. Operating in over 60 countries via a network of 24 field offices, we work with unions and community groups worldwide to help people stand up for their rights and improve their living and working standards. Education and training programs in human and worker rights, union skills, advocacy, occupational safety and health, economic literacy, civic and voter education are coupled with institutional support including research, legal support, and organizing assistance that help workers and their unions play an essential role in proactively influencing public policy and so achieve equitable, sustainable and democratic development within their own societies.

Solidarity Center and its union partners strive for the inclusion of democratic values and respect for worker rights in global trade and development policies as well as the practices of international financial institutions. Our programs raise public awareness about the abuse of the world's most vulnerable workers. Above all, our programs help the world's workers secure a voice in the developing global economy, and thus in their own future.