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The African Leadership Centre (ALC) was established in Kenya in June 2010 as a joint initiative of King’s College London and the University of Nairobi. The ALC is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women for 2017/2018. This Fellowship is an intellectual and financial award to those who are able to portray convincing demonstrable or potential capacity to bring about intellectual, policy or other change in their field.

The Fellowship is a postgraduate non- degree programme, and does not lead to an academic qualification. Since October 2011 the ALC, King’s College London and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, have delivered the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women in partnership.

The ALC aims to build a new community of leaders generating cutting edge knowledge on peace,security and development. To this end, the ALC undertakes to do the following:

The Fellowships bring together African women in the early stages of their careers to undertake a carefully designed training programme in conflict, security and development. This training is followed by an attachment to an African Regional Organisation or a Centre of Excellence to acquire practical experience in the field of peace and security. It is intended that this project will train African women to develop a better understanding of African peace and security issues, in order to increase their participation in conflict management processes and other areas of security concerns for Africans.

• Candidates must be female citizens of African countries.
• Successful candidates must hold valid travel documents prior to acceptance.
• Candidates must have knowledge of, or experience of women’s rights, gender and development issues.
• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to contribute to work on peace and security in Africa.
• Candidates must demonstrate commitment to the core values of the programme:
• Independent thinking;
• Integrity;
• Pursuit of Excellence; and respect for all forms of Diversity
• Candidates must have a relevant institutional base and be endorsed by an organisation with which they have been involved for at least two years. Exceptional candidates without such organisational ties may be given special consideration.
• Candidates must have a demonstrable plan for how to utilise knowledge gained in the Fellowship upon return to their countries and/ or organisations.
• Candidates must hold a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with an equivalent level of professional experience.
• Candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English

Fellowship Worth:

• Successful Fellows will have the status of full-time students on the post-graduate non-degree progra mme at ALC/King’s College London.

• Funding

  This is a fully funded* opportunity, not including any visa application and processing costs. Funds will be made available to the Fellows to cover tuition, subsistence in the UK and Africa, and travel expenses related to the programme in both phases.

  While funding will be made available to pay for accommodation, successful applicants are expected to find their own accommodation both in the UK and Africa. Fellows are strongly advised to make all necessary accommodation arrangements prior to

  taking up their positions on the Fellowship Programme.

How to Apply:

• Applications will be accepted Online at the following link:
• Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women. The deadline for applications is 23:59 hrs, Sunday 30thApril 2017. The following documents are required, before your application will be considered complete:
• A letter of application detailing your relevant experience and qualifications.
• A supporting statement no longer than 1,000 words, detailing why you think that this programme is important and future plans for engagement with peace and security issues.
• 2 letters of recommendation (To be received directly from the Referees by the deadline of 23:59hrs, Sunday 30th April 2017.)
• Recent curriculum vitae.
• Two writing samples (maximum 3000 words each).

• ALC encourage all applicants to submit their applications early to avoid delays and failure to submit because of technical challenges.