Civil Peace Service (CPS) Advisor (m/f/d) for Peacebuilding in Buea

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  • Job-ID: V000060255
  • Location: Buea
  • Assignment period: 02/01/2025 - 03/31/2027
  • Field: Peace, Security and Emergency
  • Type of employment: full-time
  • Application deadline: 12/06/2024

Job description

The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a programme for the prevention of violence and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. In Cameroon, CPS contributes to nonviolent conflict transformation, violence prevention, and strengthening social cohesion. CPS supports civil society partners in their collective goal-oriented commitment to non-violent conflict transformation, the improvement of social relations through dialogue, and the practice of democratic participation of young people. Measures of psychosocial support to enable people to deal with psychosocial consequences of violence and polarisation are additionally developed with partners and their target groups. As a CPS advisor for conflict-sensitive peacebuilding in Buea, you will be based in the partner organisation CHRDA (part-time) and in a shared GIZ office (part-time). You will be in charge of supporting CHRDA in the development of technical and methodological approaches to peacebuilding, and of deepening the analysis of context, conflicts, actors and potentials for peace for future strategic CPS program design in the South-West Region.

Your tasks

  • Conduct in-depth contextual and conflict analysis to better understand conflict factors and local potentials for peace in the specific context of the South-West Region
  • Design with CHRDA conflict-sensitive approaches for training youth as peacebuilders, and support them in their initiatives, for strengthening social cohesion between young people from different communities
  • Create alliances with key stakeholders in the peacebuilding sector and develop a new partnership with a potential partner organization
  • Assist CHRDA in the development of advocacy approaches to enable young people's voices to be heard by local and traditional authorities in peaceful conflict transformation processes
  • Assist CHRDA in peacebuilding project development and fund raising
  • Contribute to the monitoring of outcomes’ achievement together with partner organisation(s) and the CPS team fostering reflection on improvement of approaches and methodological tools
  • Support the integration of conflict sensitivity, human rights-based approach and a gender perspective in all project’s measures
  • Documentation of learning experiences and good practices for proactive commitment in knowledge management among the CPS team, the CPS partners’ network in Cameroon, CPS of GIZ, the CPS consortium and the GIZ NICD network

Your profile

  • Master’s degree in social or political sciences, peace and conflict studies, or any other relevant domain
  • Several years of expertise and practical experience in the areas of peacebuilding and local conflict transformation
  • Proven skills in context and conflict analysis and in designing conflict sensitive peacebuilding approaches and strategies
  • Professional experience in fragile contexts and work experience in Africa; knowledge about Cameroon is an added value
  • Partner oriented work skills and strong reflective advisory competencies
  • Patience and autonomy are needed
  • Proven ability to work in a multicultural team and sensitivity to questions as racism and colonial legacies
  • Business fluent in English and French

Location information

We are pleased to offer you a first impression on topics such as climate, shopping and services, the school situation and health care in Cameroon.

The security situation is tense. Tailored security risk mitigation measures are in place for GIZ staff in country. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The freedom of movement is restricted.  It is not possible for life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. Short-term lockdowns may occur, making relocation necessary in other cities, like Douala or Yaounde.

Further information on country-specific advice from the Federal Foreign Office at https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en.

At the site of operation, the particulate pollution occurs to be many time higher than the European acceptable limit. As part of the selection process and during the recruitment examination you will be informed of appropriate protective and behavioral measures.

Notes

GIZ's Development Service is looking forward to applications of candidates with a professional qualification and / or university degree and at least two years of professional experience. In addition you hold the German nationality or the nationality of a member state of the European Union.

Willingness to travel on a regular basis is required.

For general questions from dependent partners about local employment - please contact us at: map@giz.de

Please observe the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entry and work in the country of assignment.

Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your succesful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails form our recruiting system as spam.

Our benefits

To enable you to get ready for your assignment as a development worker and your outward journey, you will be given outward journey leave following your preparation time in Germany.As an employee/development worker, you will receive extensive additional benefits (e.g. monthly expatriate allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance) during your assignment, in addition to your remuneration / basic subsistence allowance.Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network.You and the members of your family accompanying you will be covered by our health and liability insurance, while your family members will also benefit from accident insurance. In countries in crisis, we operate a comprehensive risk management system for your protection, which minimises personal dangers and risks.We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners.Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course.We will reimburse you for your rental costs based on the rent index for your country as well as paying you an equipment and furnishing allowance on top.As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to visit a doctor or can receive a monthly lump-sum mobility allowance instead. The project vehicle can also be used for personal trips with your manager’s approval.

About us

The basis for service as a development worker is the Development Workers Act (EhfG) and a comprehensive package of benefits based on it. This includes, among other things, targeted professional and personal preparation. We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, globally active development institution. Your competencies are in demand in an interdisciplinary team on site.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation.

We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

Contact

HR-Service Center
+49 6196/79-3200
hrsc@giz.de
Job description

The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a programme for the prevention of violence and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. In Cameroon, CPS contributes to nonviolent conflict transformation, violence prevention, and strengthening social cohesion. CPS supports civil society partners in their collective goal-oriented commitment to non-violent conflict transformation, the improvement of social relations through dialogue, and the practice of democratic participation of young people. Measures of psychosocial support to enable people to deal with psychosocial consequences of violence and polarisation are additionally developed with partners and their target groups. As a CPS advisor for conflict-sensitive peacebuilding in Buea, you will be based in the partner organisation CHRDA (part-time) and in a shared GIZ office (part-time). You will be in charge of supporting CHRDA in the development of technical and methodological approaches to peacebuilding, and of deepening the analysis of context, conflicts, actors and potentials for peace for future strategic CPS program design in the South-West Region.

Your tasks
  • Conduct in-depth contextual and conflict analysis to better understand conflict factors and local potentials for peace in the specific context of the South-West Region
  • Design with CHRDA conflict-sensitive approaches for training youth as peacebuilders, and support them in their initiatives, for strengthening social cohesion between young people from different communities
  • Create alliances with key stakeholders in the peacebuilding sector and develop a new partnership with a potential partner organization
  • Assist CHRDA in the development of advocacy approaches to enable young people's voices to be heard by local and traditional authorities in peaceful conflict transformation processes
  • Assist CHRDA in peacebuilding project development and fund raising
  • Contribute to the monitoring of outcomes’ achievement together with partner organisation(s) and the CPS team fostering reflection on improvement of approaches and methodological tools
  • Support the integration of conflict sensitivity, human rights-based approach and a gender perspective in all project’s measures
  • Documentation of learning experiences and good practices for proactive commitment in knowledge management among the CPS team, the CPS partners’ network in Cameroon, CPS of GIZ, the CPS consortium and the GIZ NICD network
Your profile
  • Master’s degree in social or political sciences, peace and conflict studies, or any other relevant domain
  • Several years of expertise and practical experience in the areas of peacebuilding and local conflict transformation
  • Proven skills in context and conflict analysis and in designing conflict sensitive peacebuilding approaches and strategies
  • Professional experience in fragile contexts and work experience in Africa; knowledge about Cameroon is an added value
  • Partner oriented work skills and strong reflective advisory competencies
  • Patience and autonomy are needed
  • Proven ability to work in a multicultural team and sensitivity to questions as racism and colonial legacies
  • Business fluent in English and French
Location information

We are pleased to offer you a first impression on topics such as climate, shopping and services, the school situation and health care in Cameroon.

The security situation is tense. Tailored security risk mitigation measures are in place for GIZ staff in country. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The freedom of movement is restricted.  It is not possible for life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. Short-term lockdowns may occur, making relocation necessary in other cities, like Douala or Yaounde.

Further information on country-specific advice from the Federal Foreign Office at https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en.

At the site of operation, the particulate pollution occurs to be many time higher than the European acceptable limit. As part of the selection process and during the recruitment examination you will be informed of appropriate protective and behavioral measures.

Notes

GIZ's Development Service is looking forward to applications of candidates with a professional qualification and / or university degree and at least two years of professional experience. In addition you hold the German nationality or the nationality of a member state of the European Union.

Willingness to travel on a regular basis is required.

For general questions from dependent partners about local employment - please contact us at: map@giz.de

Please observe the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entry and work in the country of assignment.

Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your succesful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails form our recruiting system as spam.

Our benefits
To enable you to get ready for your assignment as a development worker and your outward journey, you will be given outward journey leave following your preparation time in Germany., As an employee/development worker, you will receive extensive additional benefits (e.g. monthly expatriate allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance) during your assignment, in addition to your remuneration / basic subsistence allowance., Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network., You and the members of your family accompanying you will be covered by our health and liability insurance, while your family members will also benefit from accident insurance. In countries in crisis, we operate a comprehensive risk management system for your protection, which minimises personal dangers and risks., We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners., Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course., We will reimburse you for your rental costs based on the rent index for your country as well as paying you an equipment and furnishing allowance on top., As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to visit a doctor or can receive a monthly lump-sum mobility allowance instead. The project vehicle can also be used for personal trips with your manager’s approval.
About us

The basis for service as a development worker is the Development Workers Act (EhfG) and a comprehensive package of benefits based on it. This includes, among other things, targeted professional and personal preparation. We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, globally active development institution. Your competencies are in demand in an interdisciplinary team on site.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation.

We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

Contact
HR-Service Center
+49 6196/79-3200
hrsc@giz.de