Creative Associates International (Creative Associates) is implementing the USAID/West Africa’s program Partnerships for Peace (P4P). The program is partnering with stakeholders at the regional, national, and sub-national level across several West African countries, to develop a shared foundational understanding of counter violent extremism (CVE) and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) issues in the region. The project will improve institutional capacity of organizations and governments to implement more effective CVE and WPS approaches. To lead and support the implementation of Women, Peace and Security related initiatives in P4P, Creative Associates seeks to engage a highly qualified and motivated Gender and Women in Peace and Security Expert to provide programmatic support as well as reporting on all WPS activities.
This is a consultant position. The WPS Coordinator consultant will report to the Corporate Monitor in Creative’s HQ, with close supervision by the P4P Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party.
Responsibilities
The Women, Peace and Security Coordinator with a Gender and CVE background, will assist with all programmatic aspects of the project, ensuring effective and efficient program design and management for Women, Peace and Security initiatives across the Sahel region. S/he will be responsible for providing expertise to Country-based teams to develop programming that advances the specific WPS objectives in a meaningful way, as well as providing oversight and coordination with all Country-based teams. S/he will be responsible for ensuring that all activities are sound and moving forward in each country in compliance with each country’s NAP for UN 1325, and serving as point of contact for all WPS specific technical and programmatic considerations from the field teams. These tasks include:
Qualifications
Education:
A Masters’ degree holder in Social Science with a minimum of 7 years working experience in Peacebuilding and gender issues
Experience, Knowledge and Skills:
The preference is for the consultant to be based in the West African subregion (ideally in one of the G-5 Sahel countries). Other candidates are welcome to apply. However, the applicant should be available to travel to in P4P’s countries of implementation in the G5 Sahel subregion of West Africa (or in P4P’s regional offices in Accra, Ghana) as required.
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