ZOA works with committed and motivated staff in serving millions of people affected by poverty, disaster, injustice and conflicts. Through the efforts of our dedicated staff, we are able to bring Signs of Hope and to support people who suffer due to armed conflict or natural disasters by helping them to rebuild their livelihoods.

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Purpose:

To ensure high quality and timely implementation and monitoring of ZOA’s peacebuilding activities in Gambella Regional State. The post holder will work closely with ZOA colleagues and with the Government Peace and Security office, Sport office, ARRA, UNHCR, and with community leaders to implement a strategy designed to promote community cohesion, conflict prevention, reconciliation and trauma healing at host community and refugee camps level.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Ensure that all planned activities in ZOA’s peacebuilding projects are implemented and documented;
• Attend all community-based sociotherapy trainings and learn to apply the CBS principles;
• Provide direct support, guidance, coaching and mentoring to CBS facilitators so they can coordinate the CBS sessions implementation to achieve desired outcomes;
• Participate in community-based sociotherapy (CBS) de-brief and peer review sessions with CBS facilitators throughout the journey of the CBS sessions (normally every 5 weeks and when the need arises) and report on progress, challenges and way forward
• Following a participatory approach, coordinate site preparation for conversations, and mobilize participants for each group and follow-up the progress of sociotherapy sessions;
• Liaise, and work with, Woreda government officials, ARRA and UNHCR and ensure that leaders in project locations are given sensitization training on CBS and rights-based peacebuilding;

• Follow the mobile court supports and report on progress, challenges and way forward;  
• Maintain positive relationships with all relevant actors in programme area including local authority, ARRA, UNHCR, women/youth groups, elders, traditional and religious leaders etc;
• Attend Government’s coordination sectorial meetings at camp and woreda level;

• Conduct community dialogues, and intergroup reconciliation at Camp, Woreda, Zone and regional  levels;
• Represent ZOA at relevant functions as may be requested by the line Managers;
•  Support and carry out monitoring and evaluation activities for the ZOA  peacebuilding program in collaboration with the senior MEAL officer, external consultants and under the guidance of the Peacebuilding Project Coordinator;
• Develop project implementation tools including implementation manual, Project Implementation Plans (PIPs), M&E Plans, procurement plans, weekly/monthly work plans as may be necessary.
• Develop appropriate publicity materials like stories, photos and case studies as needed;
• Document community and stakeholders’ feedback and share with relevant stakeholders for appropriate action.
• Ensure that project administration is in order, properly executed and up to date;
• Prepare Terms of Reference, monthly report, weekly updates and contribute to donor and ZOA’s quarterly reports;
• Participate in all capacity building initiatives, filed assessments, monitoring,  community dialogues, sport competitions as required;
• Ensuring that any Safety, Security and Safeguarding concerns are addressed immediately and in line with ZOA Policy.
• Performs other related activities as required.

Contacts

• ZOA colleagues;
• CBS facilitators
• Consultants;
• Partner Organisations;
• Project participants;
• Government stakeholders; Government Peace and Security office, Sport office, ARRA;
• UN Agencies, in particular UNHCR;