Programme Officer

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Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 15/01/2025
  • Location: Malaysia
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
The Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) is a non-profit women’s NGO with a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ARROW has been working since 1993 to champion women and young people’s sexual and reproductive rights in partnership with women’s rights organisations, youth-led and youth-serving organisations, and NGOs working on gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights. ARROW occupies a strategic niche in the Asia-Pacific region and globally as a South-based, feminist, and women-led organisation that focuses on the equality, gender, health, and human rights of women.



ROLE OF THE POSITION

The role of the Programme Officer is to co-ordinate the effective planning, implementation and evaluation of ARROW’s programme and project activities including reports to ARROW’s funders and to ARROW and to provide substantial contributions to publication outputs. The role also includes developing and sustaining partnerships for the area of work responsible for. The consultant also has to coordinate and facilitate timely and accurate responses to advocacy opportunities at the regional and global levels. The consultant to contribute to the overall growth and effectiveness of ARROW’s programme in achieving its long-term objectives through assisting in programme meeting and other activities.


Requirement for the Position

  • 4 -8 years of relevant experience, including experience in multi-country project management at the regional level.
  • Degree or equivalent standard of education in development, public health, gender and women’s studies, social science or any related field.
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills (fluency in English is essential; knowledge of other UN languages and key Asia-Pacific languages a plus).
  • Strong research and analytical skills, and the ability to summarise and simplify complex information into an accessible form, such as position statements, outcome documents, campaign statements and advocacy briefs for social change.
  • Ability to develop and deliver trainings related to advocacy and/or research.
  • Passion for, commitment to, and strong understanding of sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, as well as women’s rights and gender studies, human rights and/or related fields; in particular, expertise on universal access to SRHR and on religious fundamentalisms’ impact on SRHR is highly desirable.
  • Knows how to use a rights and justice framework, and is familiar with commitments made within international human rights instruments such as but not limited to ICPD PoA, Beijing Platform of Action SDGs, CEDAW and UPR.
  • Has worked in and has knowledge of the socio-cultural-economic-political context of the Asia region, particularly in these countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • Good ICT skills – word, excel, power point, online and social media – needed; skills in publishing, video editing and photography a plus.

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