Program Officer and Mapping Assistant

Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP) is recruiting following positions for its Nepal Monitor Project. NepalMonitor.org is a COCAP protection and conflict prevention initiative, supported by Peace Brigades International (PBI) Germany. 

Position: Program Officer

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Contract Type: Fixed until December 2021, with possibility of extension 

Salary: Rs 45,000 per month

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing regular analytical reports based on the Nepal Monitor dataset and additional research. 
• Prepare thematic reports, briefs and blog entries on violence, conflict, human rights, threats to Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and related fields in Nepal.
• Presentation and dissemination of reports
• Assist in organizing and presenting findings in stakeholder meetings attended by civil society, government, donors and representatives of the international community 
• Conduct research on relevant topics
• Closely follow political dynamics and trends related to peace, conflict and human rights in Nepal
• Assist in further conceptual development of the project
• Support in mapping, coding and translating reports on the NepalMonitor.org platform
• Review national online media and national dailies to check for relevant reports
• Assist in organizing and implementing trainings, workshops and seminars
• Conduct regular analysis of Nepal Monitor’s data and develop graphs, charts and maps for different reports
• Do other works as per necessity

Your profile

• You have a bachelor’s degree in social science, journalism or other relevant fields and at least 3 years of work experience in relevant field(s)
• You are interested in conflict analysis, violence monitoring, and human rights and have experience in empirical research in these areas 
• You have experience in drafting and editing evidence-based reports and advocacy materials with practical recommendations
• You have experience in Data Analysis and Visualization using tools like SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Infogram
• You have experience in conducting robust qualitative and quantitative research and are knowledgeable in a range of methodologies for doing this
• You have good organisational skills and ideally some experience in conducting workshops & trainings
• You have an excellent understanding of Nepal’s socio-political dynamics
• You have excellent English and Nepali skills in speaking, reading and writing
• You are able to type in Nepali using Preeti and/or Unicode.
• You have excellent oral presentation, communication and networking skills and inter-personal ability
• You enjoy to work as part of a team
• You are a citizen of Nepal 

Position: Mapping Assistant

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Contract Type: Fixed until December 2021, with possibility of extension 

Salary: Rs 25,000 per month

Key Responsibilities:

• Review local newspapers sent from the field to check if relevant reports have been mapped
• Map reports – This will entail uploading reports to an online database, coding reports according to a monitoring guideline and translating reports from Nepali to English
• Maintain records of newspapers and file them in proper folders
• Assist in monthly collation of data-set

Your profile:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree/ running in journalism, social science or other relevant fields and at least 1 year of work experience in relevant field(s)
• You have excellent English and Nepali writing skill
• You are interested in conflict analysis, violence monitoring, and human rights
• You are familiar with Unicode Nepali text input
• You are detail-oriented
• You have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy to work as part of a team

The deadline for applying for this position is August 01, 2021. You can apply by sending a cover letter, your latest CV with contacts of two referees to vacancy.cocap@gmail.com

Women, Dalits, Janajatis, Madhesis, People with disabilities, COCAP Volunteers and other minorities are especially encouraged to apply.