Fellowship – Peace Revolution Africa Regional Fellowships 2013 – “Be the Peace Agent”

After successfully organizing two major events, last September, in Kenya and Nigeria, Peace Revolution will come back to Africa to organize Regional fellowships for the first time in Africa. Each regional fellowship will bring together 25 young leaders to learn and exchange during three day retreat. Each fellowship will be an opportunity to engage African young leaders and support their growth as change-makers in peace-building in their communities. The fellowships will include activities, meditation and workshops providing the participants with new skills and perspectives in peace work. Its main focus shall be on youth, peace and self-development.

 The  fellowship includes:

• Full sponsoring of airfare
• Free accommodation
• Free catering
• Free local transportation

DEADLINE: East Africa – August 20, 2013; West Africa & Southern Africa – August 31, 2013

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Horn of Africa – LPI is seeking an experienced peacebuilding consultant

Life & Peace Institute is seeking an experienced peacebuilding consultant with solid evaluation experience and developmental evaluation experience more specifically, to lead a developmental evaluation of the new regional peacebuilding programme in the Horn of Africa.

The consultant will accompany the initial two-year period of the design and implementation of the programme to strategize, challenge and mentor.

DEADLINE: August 26, 2013

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Job: Governance & Political Participation Advisor, UN Women, Kenya

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The scope of work of the Governance and Political Participation Advisor requires experience and in-depth understanding of gender equality and women’s political empowerment issues, to translate UN Women`s strategic plans in the area of political participation into effective programmes and results. It also requires developing mutually reinforcing partnerships with relevant Government counterparts, UN organizations, and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

Under the supervision of the East and Southern Africa Regional Director, and in consultation as required with Multi/Country Offices in the Region and relevant Divisions/Sections in UN Women/HQ, the Governance and Political Participation Advisor based at the Regional Office in Nairobi is expected to engage proactively on women’s leadership and political participation issues with local and regional figures to help advance women political participation in East and Southern Africa.

DEADLINE: August 30, 2013

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Bujumbura Peace Exchange – Call for Applicants

The Bujumbura Peace Exchange aims to bring together a diverse group of civil society organisations from across Burundi, all of whom share a strong commitment to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. We hope that each participant will bring different experiences and contexts to share, as well as common lessons from their day to day operations.

The Peace Exchange will be hosted by Peace Direct. We are a British charity based in London. The event will take place from 16th– 18th September 2013 in Bujumbura. The conference will involve knowledge sharing by peacebuilders from other countries involved in early warning and conflict prevention, from Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria supported by Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO).

The purpose of this Peace Exchange is:

• To enable organisations working on different conflicts to share ideas and experiences
• To explore how best outsiders and insiders can work together, based on shared values, goals, and priorities, and learning from the experience of past Burundian peacebuilding efforts
• To discuss and address the opportunities and challenges for peacebuilding in light of the upcoming 2015 elections
• To enable donors and other interested stakeholders to experience the breadth of peacebuilding work in Burundi
• To initiate new relationships between donors and other stakeholders and civil society organisations.

We hope the Peace Exchange will facilitate the sharing of knowledge, whilst also providing a forum where you can discuss and identify the blockages you face in your work, the ways in which you can help each other and how best the international community can support the existing local capacity.

Local transport costs within Burundi and food and accommodation will be included for all attendees. Per diems will not be paid.

DEADLINE: August 30, 2013

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Job: Head of Research, Policy and Advocacy, The Aegis Trust, Rwanda

This programme will strengthen the Rwandan community’s resilience against any possible return to genocide and persecutory violence in the future in Rwanda by strengthening social cohesion and reconciliation processes.

General Description:

The role holder will advance a dual agenda at the start of an amalgamated three year programme as part of a wider strategic plan. Under the Programme the Head of Research, policy and Advocacy will implement a research, policy and advocacy strategy in accordance with aims and objectives of Aegis. The candidate will have a strong background in policy, public relations and advocacy with demonstrated management and leadership skills. The Director will deepen Aegis’s existing capabilities, systems and knowledge base in advocacy, policy and research and monitoring and evaluation across the whole organization in multiple sites. Further s/he will also strive to fill current gaps in Aegis’ research and will also seek to deepen and grow Aegis’s role and profile in advocating for policy change and in raising awareness on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of mass atrocities.  As the Programme is heavily focused on education toward prevention of genocide, the Director should have expertise in higher education in addition to the other skills set out herein.

The Director will manage the Research, Policy, Advocacy and Higher Education Unit in accordance with the Programme requirements and therefore the ideal candidate will be a natural leader who brings a balanced perspective between the rigors of research and policy with the practicalities and challenges of monitoring and evaluation systems and processes that will be effective within Aegis’ operating context. The candidate will promote the evidence for the Programme within Aegis’ leadership team; the “Senior Management Group”, partners in the field, funders/ stakeholders, and policy makers, while making recommendations that will allow Aegis to improve and influence policy change.

It is envisaged that this position will commence with a central focus on Rwanda, but that it will grow over time and expand to other regions.  Therefore, multinational field-based experience will be highly regarded in consideration of candidates.

Education:

Required (must have):

• Masters degree in social sciences, public policy, international development (education)
• Training/Professional expertise in evaluation and research methods
• Professional expertise in policy development and international relations

Desired (asset):

• PhD in evaluation, social sciences, public policy, or international development/affairs relevant to conflict studies/genocide studies
• Fluency in French and/or Kinyarwanda

Experience:

Required (must have):

• 7+ years of professional experience in role(s) with comparable levels of international complexity and technical relevance in monitoring, evaluation, research and policy development, and advocacy.
• Solid knowledge of issues related to development and education programs, as well as international bodies and policy.
• Experience in managing staff and initiatives within complex, cross-functional organizations/projects.
• Experience in the field of education
• Field-based international experience in post or pre-conflict contexts

DEADLINE: September 2, 2013

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Job: Programme Manager: Nigeria Stability & Reconciliation Programme

The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme aims to reduce the incidences and impact of violent conflict in the worse affected regions of Nigeria.  It is a large and complex programme which is working with Nigerian stakeholders to make conflict management processes and institutions more coordinated, inclusive and accountable; help mitigate some of the key economic drivers of violent conflict, and promote the participation of women and girls in peace-building efforts.  The programme started in 2012 for a five year period and has a budget of £30m (thirty million pound sterling).  The programme is managed by the British Council in partnership with International Alert and Social Development Direct.  The British Council has extensive experience in working in Nigeria and has considerable influence and credibility among diverse Nigeria stakeholders.  International Alert and Social Development Direct are leaders in the fields of peace-building and social inclusion respectively.

From an Abuja base the Programme Manager leads a team of 40 staff working across 8 northern and delta states, and is accountable for delivering a challenging set of results for both the client and Nigerian beneficiaries with high expectations.  The successful candidate will have substantial experience of successfully leading teams to deliver complex programmes in the peacebuilding and conflict prevention, security and justice, or governance sectors.  As well as holding a relevant postgraduate qualification he or she will have the professional credibility and relationship building skills to influence at the highest level, and an exceptional aptitude for strategic thinking within a politically and conflict sensitive environment. This is an exciting, perhaps unique, opportunity to lead an ambitious and holistic peacebuilding programme operating at scale with the potential to make a real difference.

DEADLINE: September 9, 2013

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Leadership Opportunity: 5th Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute – East Africa, Crea and Women’s Empowerment Network

The fifth Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute is a week-long course designed to strengthen feminist leadership, strategies and collective power for social transformation in Africa. The Institute will combine reflection on the current political landscape as well as past organising strategies for women’s rights in Africa by using a trans-movement-building approach. Looking at diverse movements in Africa and globally, participants will be able to relate some of the experiences and lessons from these movements to their own contexts, countries, and regions.

The movement building approach challenges groups to critically assess how they have organised themselves to achieve their social justice goals. In particular it enables participants to explore their political agenda, involvement of constituents and strategies for collective action underpinned by reflection.

Using a movement building lens, the process will allow participants to build their knowledge on the theoretical underpinnings of movement building synthesised from analyses of global movements. Additionally, participants will identify the different intersections, interactions, common spaces and challenges that social movements encounter when collaborating on issues of women’s human rights. From this, they will critically assess pre-existing resources of the women’s movement in Africa and identify and explore concrete strategies to strengthen links between movements to advance women’s human rights more collectively. The Institute will cover the following topics:

• Social Movements and Power — Concepts and Theory
• Movements, Organisations, and Leadership — Theory and Practice
• Current issues and challenges of the women’s movement in Africa
• Women in Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Women’s Political Participation
• Assessing our impact — Approaches and Tools

The Institute will foreground reflection at the personal and institutional levels, which will both enable and challenge participants to strengthen their leadership skills and strategies to effect real change for women’s rights and social justice in Africa.

DEADLINE: September 15, 2013