Academic Qualifications and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, International Development or a related field; Master’s preferred
• Relevant experience, working with political stakeholders/international organizations or working on democracy building, elections, political activism and/or community organizing; minimum of  eight (8) years of this experience for the Senior Program Officer, four (4) years for the Program Officer
• Experience with management, development and implementation cycle of programming

Required Skills and Abilities: 

• Have access to a network amongst political stakeholders (without being politically affiliated to any of them), women’s organizations, media and/or civil society organizations
• Comfortable in a multicultural, diverse and gender-friendly workplace   
• High level of interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity to effectively interact with all staff members and political party representatives
• Basic managerial skills; flexible and adaptable at work, when required
• Capacity to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Working knowledge of PC-based word processing and spreadsheet applications and experience with Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, etc.);
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote areas when required
• Demonstrated ability to quickly gather, understand, analyze and contextualize relevant developments in Nepal’s political environment and report on those to supervisors
• Good English and Nepali speaking, writing and translation skills are essential
• Experience with organizing events; able to quickly tackle logistic and administrative challenges; working in a structured and organized manner 

• Proven ability and networks to interact with senior leaders from political parties, civil society and the bureaucracy  
• Have experience with trainings/presentations, and solid public speaking skills
• Have strong critical thinking and strategic planning skills; able to actively conceptualize, interpret, apply, analyze and evaluate information to reach conclusions or form opinions