Job Title: Peacebuilding Assistant
Hiring Organization: Danish
Refugee Council
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/09/2024
The
Peacebuilding Assistant will play key roles in implementing the Social Cohesion
project in Kalobeyei/Kakuma. He/she will work directly with Refugee community
in Kalobeyei Settlement/Kakuma and host community within the project area and
local authorities to strengthen their capacity to improve safety at the
community level. This includes, but is not limited to conducting assessments to
cases of insecurity claims, facilitating community dialogues on conflict,
provide training on conflict management and support the strengthening of
community – formal security provider relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Act
as primary link between the assigned target communities and DRC;
- Coordinate
with local authorities/community leaders during identification of project
beneficiaries in target areas in accordance with DRC selection criteria
and process;
- Support
in mobilization of community leaders to UNHCR and agency meetings
- Liaise
with community leaders and local government authorities about the safety
in the assigned target communities (i.e. community entry);
- Conduct
conflict assessment/analysis when required and provide sufficient
recommendations.
- Conduct
assessments to individuals with safety and security related concerns. The
assessments should be focused on identifying and mitigating the escalation
of individual conflicts into the wider community.
- Facilitate
dialogue and other activities aimed at reducing armed violence and
including activities to strengthen local conflict management capacity and
to promote better collaboration between local communities and formal
security providers.
- Work
closely with the SGBV and Child Protection departments in supporting
mediation dialogues.
- Facilitate
routine review and coordination meetings for community leaders and peace
committees
- Facilitate
peace club sessions at the target schools within the project area.
- Ensure
good cooperation with partners and other organizations working in the
project target areas;
- Demonstrate
excellent collaboration with DRC staff and partners from other target
areas irrespective of their tribal identity;
- Compile
the required monitoring forms and reports using the prescribed HDP formats
and submit reports to the Project Officer Weekly and on Monthly basis.
- Provide
inputs and participate in the development of community Safety Concept;
- Ensure
that all tasks allocated by the Area Manager and Social Cohesion Project
Officer or their delegates are executed promptly, efficiently and in
accordance with DRC operational guidelines;
- Take
good care of all assigned equipment including communication equipment;
- Ensure
that there are receipts for all expenses and compile all receipts
according to DRC financial guidelines by the end of each week financial
reporting period and submit to the Kakuma DRC Finance officer.
- Fully
adhere to DRC procedures for security, financial management, logistics,
human resources and administration;
- Uphold
DRC’s Code of Conduct;
- Any
other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
Experience
and technical competencies:
- 2
-3 Years’ Experience with community peace and/or development work.
- Experience
of working in insecure environments is an added advantage;
Education:
- A
University Degree/Diploma or equivalent work experience, preferably in
peace studies, Conflict management, political science or related field.