Civil Peace Service (CPS) Advisor for Dealing with the Past (DwP) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at the CPS Regional Programme for Burundi, Eastern DR Congo and Rwanda, Bujumbura, Burundi at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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Our Offer

The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a programme for violence prevention and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. CPS professionals provide long-term support to local organisations in their commitment to promote peace, dialogue and human rights. The GIZ' regional CPS programme "Fostering peace literacy and civil society networks in the Great Lakes Region" aims to create and link existing cross-border civil society peace initiatives in the region. Since 2019, partner organisations (POs) of the three countries form communities of practices to adress conflict issues using collaborative processes and standards to implement peace projects in areas such as youth empowerment and critical thinking, nonviolent conflict transformation and dialogue, sexualised and gender based violence, digital peacebuilding and media literacy. Through annual meetings of all POs and regular exchanges during workshops, trainings and joint activities, a stable regional civil society network has been established, which will be further consolidated and extended in the coming years.

• Capacity development and advice to THARS; supervision of the THARS counsellors
•  Support and advice in planning, monitoring and evaluation of THARS projects
•  Support and advice for the development of strategies to make the organization (and others in the CPS regional program) economically sustainable
•  Facilitation of contact, exchange, cooperation and mutual technical support with the other partner organizations of CPS GIZ and in the Consortium ZFD
•  Support of networking activities with other local, regional and international organizations working in the field of peacebuilding, particularly DwP and MHPSS in the region
•  Capacity development and advice to other partner organisations of the programme, in the three countries; supervision to other POs who engage in MHPSS
•  Accompany all POs in the setup of mental healing within their organisations and as accompanying measure of peacebuilding activities; advice at programme level
•  Collect an overview of the situation in each country on needs and available services and resources in relation to DwP and MHPSS
•  Advise the programme coordination and develop a concept on how the programme could engage in DwP as a basis for strategic discussion with the partners

•  We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners.
•  Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network.
•  Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course.
•  As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to visit a doctor or can receive a monthly lump-sum mobility allowance instead. The project vehicle can also be used for personal trips with your manager's approval.
•  As an employee/development worker, you will receive extensive additional benefits (e.g. monthly expatriate allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance) during your assignment, in addition to your remuneration / basic subsistence allowance.
•  To enable you to get ready for your assignment as a development worker and your outward journey, you will be given outward journey leave following your preparation time in Germany.
•  We will cover a large portion of the childcare costs for dependent children under 14 who are accompanying you if your partner is not doing so and is not a development worker or integrated expert themselves. Most nursery and school fees are paid.
•  We will reimburse you for your rental costs based on the rent index for your country as well as paying you an equipment and furnishing allowance on top.
•  You and the members of your family accompanying you will be covered by our health and liability insurance, while your family members will also benefit from accident insurance. In countries in crisis, we operate a comprehensive risk management system for your protection, which minimises personal dangers and risks.

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