Congo: International Consultant on Conflict Analysis

Organization: Internews Europe
Country: Congo
Closing date: 05 Feb 2020

Location: Home based/Training to be delivered in Goma (DRC)

Starting date: Mid-February 2020

Department: Africa

Supervisor: Project Director

ABOUT INTERNEWS:

Internews empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account. Our vision is to unleash human potential everywhere by turning on the bright light of information.

For more than 35 years, in more than 100 countries, Internews has worked to build healthy media and information environments where they are most needed. We have proudly launched hundreds of sustainable organizations, bolstered the skills of thousands of media professionals, activists, and citizens, and helped our partners reach millions of people with quality, local information.

Internews is a non-profit organisation operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok, Kiev and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Internews Europe is seeking a French speaking International Expert on Conflict Analysis to design a training curriculum for advanced training of trainers (TOT) in conflict analysis, mediation, and dialogue design and facilitation. The aim of the training is to empower a generation of women trainers from women-led CSOs and CBOs that will provide training on dialogue and conflict prevention to local community conflict mediators, members of early warning discussion groups in the following targeted provinces of DRC, Tanganyika, North and South Kivu and Ituri.

Partner women-led CSOs and CBOs will establish local early-warning discussion groups that will collect data and information to feed conflict analysis research, shared with public decision makers and key stakeholders. The Expert will be hired for 35 days to design the curricula, handbook and deliver one training of trainer in Bukavu South Kivu, or Goma, North Kivu.

Internews is implementing a project funded by DFID through the Jo Cox Memorial Grant aiming at reducing violence in Ituri, North and South Kivu, and Tanganyika. Partners’ capacity to monitor changing grassroots-level conflict will be increased with early warning information shared; participation at local/provincial/national level will be increased in the delivery of innovative conflict prevention interventions; and documentation of innovative conflict prevention.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Internews implements several projects related to information, communication with the communication and citizen inclusion in public decision-making process, with a focus on women and the youth. Internews activities aim to support advocacy strategies of Congolese CSOs for press freedom and access to public information, reinforce capacities of media professionals and independent media outlets, and enhance information sharing between public decisions makers, journalists, citizens and civil society. Other Internews projects contribute to strengthen women participation to the democratic debate, maintain social cohesion or contribute to strengthen communication with communities in the Ebola response in North Kivu and Ituri. Internews has offices in Kinshasa, Bukavu, Goma, Beni and Butembo.

GENERAL FUNCTION:

The International Expert will be responsible for designing training curriculum for advanced training of trainers (TOT) in conflict analysis, mediation, and dialogue design and facilitation and deliver the TOT in Goma or Bukavu.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following; other duties may be assigned:

Assess the capacity needs of the trainers to be trained and the potential knowledge needed for CSOs and trainees to operationalize Early warning discussions groups who could pilot innovative conflict solutions.
Design training curricula for a Training of Trainers in conflict analysis, mediation, and dialogue design and facilitation;
Training materials will be in French and will be in different format (powerpoint and handbook); training materials should be as much possible context specific, attractive and use multi-media content.
Training content should cover the following aspects : nature and dynamics of conflict, understanding different levels and types of conflict, analyzing conflict and causes, Identify early warning sign of conflict and context specific peacebuilding interventions, conflict prevention, Conflict analysis, gender analysis and approach in conflict mitigation, conflict sensitivity approach, role of women in conflict resolution, Negotiation and mediation, Community mechanisms and peace processes, Working with stories to create change, Early warning and early response, best practices and success stories.
Provide a short English presentation of the training content and outline
Deliver training of trainers during 5 days in Goma for a group of 21 trainers;
Produce a training report in English (including a pre and post-test analysis)
Provide tools to monitor downstream training organised by the trained trainers.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

10 years of professional experience working in conflict analysis and research, designing training materials on conflict analysis, mediation, and dialogue design and facilitation for local community conflict mediators, members of early warning discussion groups.
Experience in providing interactive training on conflict analysis including cases studies, best practices and success stories.
Ability to design context specific and appealing training materials including multi-media content.
Good knowledge and expertise on Early warning groups and systems, conflict resolution community mechanisms, gender and role of women in conflict resolution.
Sound knowledge of innovative solutions in terms of conflict prevention and mitigation
Overall knowledge of Africa is essential; Past experience in DRC and/or Knowledge of DRC and the Eastern province is as-well essential.
A successful track record in producing conflict analysis paper and research in Africa;
Strong facilitating and training skills.
Fluency in French and English required.
Fluency or knowledge of Swahili is a plus.

Technical offer should include methodology, proposed time-line and ;