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Are you interested in contributing to a world where access to healthcare does not depend on economic or geographical circumstances? A world where all people have the right to decide over their own bodies and sexuality. Sida needs a case officer for interventions to strengthen sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR). At Sida, you get to use your skills and make a difference.

About the job

As a Program Specialist on the Unit for Social Development, SOCIAL, you will work independently on health and SRHR interventions carried out in collaboration with multilateral organizations, civil society organizations, authorities, and research institutions. The SOCIAL unit has 15 employees who handle interventions to achieve the goals of Sida's thematic strategies within health, SRHR, gender equality, and education. You will collaborate closely with your colleagues in the unit's health team. The unit's mandate also includes representation and coordinating roles internally and externally. Currently, the unit's operations are in an intensive phase where we are building up our intervention portfolio and developing new types of collaborations. This means you need to work flexibly and independently with a broad range of tasks. You will also participate in the unit's learning and method development.

The GLOBAL division implements the government's thematic strategies and is responsible for operational development cooperation. The division is one of five operational divisions and is one of Sida's largest with approximately 150 employees.

You will work at our office in Rissne, Sundbyberg.

Responsibilities

• Process complex interventions and guarantees according to Sida's intervention management process in collaboration with colleagues and in dialogue with partner organizations, supported by relevant methods and approaches for results-based management, capacity development, and aid effectiveness.
• Contribute to analysis and results reporting, and participate in internal and external knowledge and information dissemination within your own area of work.
• Lead and coordinate work within your own area of responsibility and represent Sida in contacts with cooperation and dialogue partners such as multilateral organizations, other authorities, civil society organizations, and representatives of stakeholder groups.
• Support work with a broad range of common tasks at the unit and division level.

We offer

We offer a workplace with good opportunities for development and a work environment characterized by openness and diversity. You work based on a clear mandate and area of responsibility characterized by trust between you, your manager, and your colleagues.

As an employee at Sida, you work with the world as your workplace, with Agenda 2030 and the government's values as your guide. To be able to respond to the challenges the world faces today and in the future, we need people with different backgrounds and skills.

Qualifications

Education

• University degree/training in areas that the employer deems relevant.

Language

• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Work experience and knowledge

• Long documented experience of international development cooperation.
• Long documented experience of work within one or more of the areas of health systems, health threats, and sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
• Experience of working in low-income countries.
• Documented experience of processing interventions within development cooperation, including budget assessment, financial reporting, audit, and results reporting.
• Experience in representative roles and coordination of processes and working groups.

Functional competencies/skills:

For this role, you need to:

• Take initiative and be proactive.
• Have the ability to prioritize and handle uncertainty and risks.
• Be good at collaborating and creating trusting relationships.
• Contribute to new thinking and innovation.
• Be able to handle resistance, be flexible, and solution-focused.
• Have the ability to lead dialogue and create consensus.
• Be able to contribute to and absorb knowledge and evidence.
• Be able to leverage diversity and different perspectives.

For this role, the following are meritorious:

• Language skills relevant to Sida.
• Experience of innovative interventions and resource mobilization within development cooperation.
• Experience of working at a Swedish authority.
• Experience from business or civil society within the health sector.

Good to know

The position is a permanent employment with immediate start. Probation period applies.

Sida offers the possibility of remote work to some extent if it works for the operations.

When contacting us, please refer to ref.no. 129/26.

Further information about the content of the position is provided by Maria Tegborg 08-698 54 67 or Pia Engstrand 08-698 50 87.

Any questions about conditions and other union matters should be directed to union representatives at Sida for Saco: mailto:[email protected] and ST: mailto:[email protected].

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About Sida

Sida – The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - is an administrative authority that works on behalf of the government and the Riksdag to create conditions for better living conditions for people living in poverty and oppression. Our work should contribute to achieving the Riksdag's goals and the government's direction for Swedish aid.