2 Job Positions at GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: (Deadline 20 May 2022)
Fachkraft für den Zivilen Friedensdienst (ZFD) für partnerübergreifende Organisationsentwicklung – Strategy and Management advice at GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: (Deadline 20 May 2022)
- Job ID: V000045580
- Location: Kigali
- Period of use: 08/01/2022 – 07/31/2024
- Area of expertise: organizational and management consulting
- Application deadline: May 20th, 2022
Field of activity
The Civil Peace Service ( ZFD ) is a program for preventing violence and promoting peace in crisis and conflict regions. ZFD specialists provide long-term support to local people in their commitment to dialogue, human rights and peace. As a regional program, GIZ ‘s ZFD program aims to promote peace skills and civil society networks in the Great Lakes region. The sought-after expert is to advise 16 partner organizations based in Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Congo on questions of 1) internal organizational development and 2) sustainable capacity development. The overarching goal is to anchor the peace work of the ZFD regional program in the long term.
Your tasks
- Coordination of the “Capacity Development/Organizational Development” department of the ZFD program in coordination with the program coordination, the ZFD specialists and the partner organizations of the program
- Carrying out needs assessments with the partner organizations and planning annual training and coaching measures for all partner organizations of the program in close cooperation with the ZFD specialists
- Advice for partner organizations in specific processes, eg organizational diagnoses, development of vision and mission, strategy advice, strengthening or development of internal structures, development of process manuals
- If necessary, support of the program coordination and the specialists working at the program level in improving program processes
- Management of information and support for the monitoring of the program
- Implementation of cross-sectional tasks such as event and knowledge management
- Event management (content-conceptual) and network activities
- Writing articles, presentations and publications to implement the program
your profile
- University degree in organizational development, administrative science, political science, sociology or other relevant fields
- Several years of professional experience, preferably abroad, as a consultant in organizational development and the setting up of change or improvement processes in organizations
- Experience in organizing and facilitating workshops and training courses
- Practical experience in post-conflict situations and in cooperation with non-governmental organizations from the Global South. Practical experience in the field of peace and reconciliation is an advantage
- Ability to work in a team, social and intercultural competence / sensitivity
- Organizational skills and flexibility
- A high degree of willingness to travel for assignments in the partner organizations in all intervention countries of the program (Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo)
- Business fluent knowledge of English and French; Knowledge of German is an advantage
location information
Under the following link you will find information about living and working in Rwanda.
In general, the security situation is calm. GIZ’s specifications for security measures must be followed at all times. Please also inform yourself about country-specific information from the Federal Foreign Office. A contact person for security risk management is appointed in the GIZ office on site. GIZ does not place any restrictions on family members traveling with you. If necessary, we ask you to find out which forms of relationships are legally and socially acceptable in the country of assignment.
Hints
The GIZ development service welcomes applicants who have completed vocational training and/or a degree and have at least two years of relevant professional experience. You also have German citizenship or the citizenship of another EU member state.
Willingness to make regular business trips is required.
For general questions from dependent partners about local employment – please contact us at: [email protected] .
Please note the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entering and working in the country of assignment – especially with regard to COVID-19.
Please understand that we can only accept and process applications via our e-recruiting system. After confirming that the application has been successfully created, we ask you to check your spam / junk folder regularly, as some providers classify e-mails from our e-recruiting system as spam.
Civil Peace Service (CPS) advisor for cross-partner organisational development – Strategy and Management advice at GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: (Deadline 20 May 2022)
- Job-ID: V000045580
- Location: Kigali
- Assignment period: 08/01/2022 – 07/31/2024
- Field: Strategy and Management advice
- Application deadline: 05/20/2022
Job description
The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a programme for violence prevention and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. CPS professionals provide long-term support to people on the ground in their commitment to dialogue, human rights, and peace. As a regional programme, the GIZ programme “Civil Peace Service: Peace Work and Psychosocial Support in the Great Lakes Region” aims to promote peace skills and civil society networks in the Great Lakes Region. The sought-after advisor is to advise 16 partner organisations based in Rwanda, Burundi, and Eastern Congo on issues of 1) internal organisational development and 2) sustainable capacity development. The overall goal is to sustainably anchor the peace work of the CPS regional programme.
Your tasks
- Coordination of the area “Capacity Development/ Organisational Development” of the CPS programme in coordination with the programme coordinator, the CPS advisors, and the partner organisations of the programme
- Conducting needs assessments with the partner organisations and planning annual training and coaching measures for all partner organisations of the programme in close cooperation with the CPS advisors
- Advising partner organisations on specific processes, e.g. organisational diagnosis, development of vision and mission, strategy advice, strengthening or building internal structures, development of process manuals
- If needed, support the programme coordinator and advisors working at programme level in improving programme processes
- Management of information relevant to the programme as well as support to the monitoring of the programme
- Implementation of cross cutting issues, such as i.e. knowledge management
- Event management (conceptual content) and networking activities
- Writing papers, presentations, and publications on the implementation of the programme
Your profile
- University degree in organisational development, administrative sciences, political sciences, sociology, or other relevant fields
- At least 3 years of professional experience as an advisor in organisational development and the implementation of change or improvement processes in organisations
- Experience in organising and facilitating workshops and trainings
- Practical experience in post-conflict situations and in working with non-governmental organisations from the Global South. Practical experience in the field of peace and reconciliation is an advantage.
- Ability to work in a team, social and intercultural competence / sensitivity
- Organisational skills and flexibility
- High willingness to travel for assignments in the partner organisations in all intervention countries of the programme (Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo)
- Business fluent in English and French; knowledge of German is an advantage
Location information
Please use the following link for information about living and working in Rwanda.
In general, the security situation is calm. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. A contact person for security risk management is appointed at the local GIZ office. GIZ does not impose any restrictions on life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. We kindly ask you to inform yourself which forms of relationships are legally and socially accepted in the country of deployment.
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: [email protected]
Please observe the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entry and work in the country of assignment – in particular also regarding COVID-19.
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.
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