Peace Building Team Leader
Lead the Peacebuilding efforts with a focus on community engagement and conflict sensitivity.
Overview
Lead the Peacebuilding efforts with a focus on community engagement and conflict sensitivity.
You have:
- South Sudanese national with 3+ years of humanitarian experience.
- Background in peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, and community engagement.
- Skilled in assessments, FGDs, surveys, and facilitating workshops.
- Strong team player with administrative, organizational, and cultural adaptability.
- Willing to travel and work in Wau and Jur River Counties.
Contract
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Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, we are excited to invite you to join our team as a Peacebuilding Team Leader. If you are a skilled and motivated professional ready to make a difference, we want you on board! Together, we’ll work to deliver impactful humanitarian solutions in challenging environments.
Purpose of the Job
- Lead implementation and quality control of PB/EcRec activities.
- Supervise and guide field teams, ensuring conflict-sensitive, community-based programming.
- Organize peace dialogues, workshops, and conflict sensitivity training.
- Conduct needs assessments and monitoring & evaluation in coordination with MEAL.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting; improve reporting tools and staff capacity.
- Line-manage project staff, conducting appraisals and building team capacity.
- Liaise with partners, authorities, and civil society for smooth operations.
- Support project design, proposal writing, budgeting, and expenditure monitoring.
Qualifications:
- South Sudanese national with 3+ years of humanitarian experience.
- Background in peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, and community engagement.
- Skilled in assessments, FGDs, surveys, and facilitating workshops.
- Strong team player with administrative, organizational, and cultural adaptability.
- Willing to travel and work in Wau and Jur River Counties.
Desirable:
- Experience in project cycle management, safety, and field operations.
- Prior work in target locations and strong contextual understanding.
- Strong facilitation, negotiation, training, and financial management skills.
Potential interview questions
| Describe your experience with peacebuilding and community engagement initiatives. | This question assesses your direct experience relevant to the role. | Provide specific examples of your past projects and the impact they had. |
| How do you ensure conflict sensitivity in your programming? | The interviewer wants to understand your approach to conflict-sensitive programming. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you give an example of a successful workshop you facilitated? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use for effective team management? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain your experience in budgeting and financial management for projects. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you engage with local authorities and partners? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced in field operations, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure accurate and timely reporting in your projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |