Peace Building Team Leader

Lead the Peacebuilding efforts with a focus on community engagement and conflict sensitivity.

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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.
Added 10 months ago - Updated 9 months ago - Source: drc.ngo