Integration And Capacity Building Lead at Abt Associates

Job Description

Abt Associates South Sudan Promoting Civic Engagement and Peace (PCEP) Call for Consultants Abt Associates, a major American research, technical assistance, and international development company, seeks highly qualified technical specialists in the fields below for the anticipated USAID-funded Promoting Civic Engagement and Peace (PCEP) project. The project will promote stability, local solutions, and citizen participation to mitigate conflict, advance reconciliation efforts, increase access to information, and empower civil society. This five-year, US $75 million project is anticipated to start in October 2018 and run through September 2023.

The project will 

• identify critical conflict drivers at the local, regional, and national levels and to provide targeted, strategic support to relevant stakeholders or initiatives with an interest in and capacity to address and resolve conflicts non-violently; 
• bolster in an integrated fashion the ability of constituent-responsive local authorities, civil society and others to shore up and sustain localized or higher-level peace processes; and 
• empower civil society and others to more broadly and inclusively engage on issues related to good governance, reform, accountability, dialogue and local, regional or national-level peace. Integration and Capacity Building Lead – responsible for strengthening the capacity of a wide range of local actors to engage constructively and successfully on perceived conflict issues.
• S/he will engage local peace-minded actors (e.g., traditional authorities, women’s groups, constituent-responsive local authorities, etc.) involved in peace-building, conflict mitigation, political participation, and reconciliation.
• S/he will work with local NGOs to lead livelihood and/or vocational training activities.

Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Master’s degree preferred); USAID or other donor experience; a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience; experience in conflict or post-conflict settings; and excellent oral and written communication skills in English.