| JOB NAME |
DEVELOPMENT WORKER (M/F/D) TO ADVISE ON STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
POSTED BY: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
REF:GIZ 39
Date Published:Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Date of Expiration:Sunday, May 12, 2019 EXPIRED
RECOMMEND THIS JOB ON FACEBOOK
|
|
|
| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 Kenya | KENYA/ KAKUMA in Kenya |
| INDUSTRY |
| Development Agency
|
| JOB TYPE |
| Full-Time |
| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Job-ID: P1533V750
Location: Kakuma
Assignment period: 06/01/2019 - 05/31/2021
Field: Peace, Security and Emergency
Type of employment: full-time
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Support to Refugees, Especially Voluntary Returnees, and Host Communities in Kenya project operates in and around the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County, which is home to some 185,000 refugees, mostly from South Sudan. The objective of the project is to improve the living conditions of the refugees and of the local population. The project’s fields of activity include improving income opportunities for refugees and the local population in a gender-equitable way, improving the quality of food, fostering peaceful conflict transformation, strengthening medical care and improving water supply and sanitation. The third of these fields of activity focuses on strengthening mechanisms for peaceful conflict transformation and for dealing with sexual and gender-based violence.
YOUR TASKS
1. Supporting the county administration in harmonising the peace infrastructure
2. Working with local partners to design and hold training courses with a focus on women, peace and security
3. Contributing to campaigns aimed at preventing sexual and gender-based violence
4. Expanding mediator training to include a focus on gender
5. Supporting the involvement of women in mechanisms for conflict resolution
6. Developing the project’s ‘do no harm’ system
|
| REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB |
YOUR PROFILE
1. University-level degree in peace and conflict research, political science, sociology, development studies or a comparable study programme
2. Several years of professional experience in designing training courses with a focus on women, peace and security
3. Experience of providing advice on peaceful conflict transformation
4. Proven experience and expertise of working as an advisor on gender
5. Intercultural skills and a structured way of working in conflict contexts
6. Fluent business German and English (C2)
7. You are a citizen of Germany or another EU Member State.
LOCATION INFORMATION
Place of residence: Kakuma, Kenya.
Climate: Kakuma is an extreme location and is hot all year round (with average temperatures between 22°C and 32°C).
Health care: Although doctors are available locally, medical care is not of a European standard.
Shops and services: Shopping and leisure opportunities are very limited.
Accessibility: There are regular flights between Kakuma and Nairobi.
Family: The place of assignment is not suitable for applicants with a family.
Security: The security situation requires increased vigilance. Special safeguards and precautions apply for GIZ staff. The GIZ security measures must be complied with at all times. Please also consult the country-specific information issued by the German Federal Foreign Office.
NOTES
The start of the contract may be postponed by one to two months.
GIZ’s Development Service welcomes applications from candidates who have completed
vocational training and/or a degree and who have at least two years of relevant professional experience. Candidates must also be citizens of Germany or another EU Member State.
Please note that we can only accept and process applications received via our e-recruiting system.
After receiving confirmation that your application has been completed, please check your spam/junk folder regularly, as emails from our e-recruiting system are classified as spam by some providers.
|
|
English 
FRENCH
