Job Details:
Organisation: Search For Common Ground
Deadline Fri, 3 Oct 2014
Job type: Contract
Location:
Jordan
Organization
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and a European office in Brussels, Belgium, SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 560 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects from 56 offices in 35 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The organization is an exciting and rewarding place to work, with a dedicated and enthusiastic staff who love their work.
Summary of Position
Jordan currently hosts over 600,000 Syrian refugees who have fled the ongoing civil war in their country. The mass influx into an already resource-constrained country threatens the stability of the state, puts the government under significant strain, and exacerbates social and economic tensions between refugee and host communities. In this context, SFCG is hiring for a 4 to 5-week consultancy to conduct an assessment mission in Jordan and write a subsequent report and recommendations regarding potential future SFCG engagement in Jordan. The goal is to identify opportunities for SFCG to engage in Jordan on the Syrian refugee crisis and also to investigate other areas ripe for peacebuilding work. The consultant will articulate SFCG’s complementarity to existing initiatives in the country, identify short and medium-term opportunities, and liaison with potential partners.
The scope of work for the consultant will include the following components:
• Understanding the needs through conflict assessment,
• Identifying SFCG`s added value,
• Identifying potential local and international partnerships,
• Understanding and liaising with the donor base, and
• Producing draft concept notes and proposals.
The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs, to be specified in more detail in a Terms of Reference: (a) plan and conduct an assessment mission, (b) write and submit a final report of findings in English, (c) meet with potential partners and the donor community in Jordan, and (d) prepare concept notes and proposals for SFCG engagement in Jordan.
Timeframe
The consultant would work for 5-weeks in either October or November 2014.
Job Qualifications
Successful candidate is required to have the following qualifications:
- Highly motivated peacebuilding professional with five (5) years of professional experience in conflict transformation or closely related field
- Understanding of and identification with SFCG’s mission
- Experience conducting conflict assessment or mapping exercises
- Native-level fluency in written and spoken English
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience in donor relations and ability to communicate well with high-level audiences
- Proven track record of working independently with limited supervision to produce high-quality outputs
- Experience writing proposals and concept notes to a range of funders
- Background working in the Middle East and North Africa
- Bachelor’s degree
- Candidates with the following qualifications are highly preferred:
- Currently living in Jordan
- Arabic preferred
- Master’s degree preferred
- Deep knowledge of Jordan, including the political, institutional and socio-economic contexts, and the Syrian refugee crisis
Next Steps
To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample (approximately 300-500 words) in one document through our application website at https://sfcg.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=122. Please include availability and requested monthly rate in your cover letter. Pay will be commensurate with experience and will not cover living expenses. Deadline for application is October 3, 2014. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Consultancy: Jordan Assessment Mission
Job posted by: Search For Common Ground - Mon, 29 Sep 2014Job Details:
Organisation: Search For Common Ground
Deadline Fri, 3 Oct 2014
Job type: Contract
Location: Jordan
Organization
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and a European office in Brussels, Belgium, SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 560 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects from 56 offices in 35 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The organization is an exciting and rewarding place to work, with a dedicated and enthusiastic staff who love their work.
Summary of Position
Jordan currently hosts over 600,000 Syrian refugees who have fled the ongoing civil war in their country. The mass influx into an already resource-constrained country threatens the stability of the state, puts the government under significant strain, and exacerbates social and economic tensions between refugee and host communities. In this context, SFCG is hiring for a 4 to 5-week consultancy to conduct an assessment mission in Jordan and write a subsequent report and recommendations regarding potential future SFCG engagement in Jordan. The goal is to identify opportunities for SFCG to engage in Jordan on the Syrian refugee crisis and also to investigate other areas ripe for peacebuilding work. The consultant will articulate SFCG’s complementarity to existing initiatives in the country, identify short and medium-term opportunities, and liaison with potential partners.
The scope of work for the consultant will include the following components:
• Understanding the needs through conflict assessment,
• Identifying SFCG`s added value,
• Identifying potential local and international partnerships,
• Understanding and liaising with the donor base, and
• Producing draft concept notes and proposals.
The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs, to be specified in more detail in a Terms of Reference: (a) plan and conduct an assessment mission, (b) write and submit a final report of findings in English, (c) meet with potential partners and the donor community in Jordan, and (d) prepare concept notes and proposals for SFCG engagement in Jordan.
Timeframe
The consultant would work for 5-weeks in either October or November 2014.
Job Qualifications
Successful candidate is required to have the following qualifications:
Next Steps
To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample (approximately 300-500 words) in one document through our application website at https://sfcg.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=122. Please include availability and requested monthly rate in your cover letter. Pay will be commensurate with experience and will not cover living expenses. Deadline for application is October 3, 2014. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.