Job Description
REF: TUR/CPSB/045/2022/2023; DIRECTOR PEACE BUILDING & CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT, JOB GROUP “R”, POSITIONS: ONE (1).
Duties and Responsibilities:-
(i) Ensures people of your area of operation are inculcated to move from a culture of reaction
to prevention of conflict and initiate strategies that address more immediate as well as deep
rooted cultural course of conflict resolution and enhance continuous harmony and peaceful
community existence;
(ii) Monitor and report promptly incidents of conflict within area of operation and cross
borders along areas of operation;
(iii) Address and report such cases of incidences to the relevant authorities for appropriate
action to be undertaken accordingly;
(iv) Organize and conduct inter and intra community peace building meetings in sub counties
and mobilize key leaders, women, youth, peace committee members and other stakeholders
to participate in such peace building initiatives;
(v) Initiate and mainstream pro-active programmes that are strategically geared to towards
peace building and conflict management;
(vi) Bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources and to advice on and propose
integrate strategies for peace building and conflict resolutions;
(vii) Develop an inter-agency capacity for conflict prevention and peace building at various
level in your areas of operation;
(viii) Employ and effectively support mediation effort in order to head-off potential crisis and
consequent conflict at an early and manageable stage;
(ix) Monitor the local socio-political development and advice on conflict prevention,
management and peace building initiative respectively;
(x) Engage in peace building talks, crisis diplomacy and mainstream them pro-actively;
(xi) Assist in monitoring security situation in mapped conflict zones and inform relevant county
security agencies for any potential risk and timely remedial action;
(xii) Conduct ad-hoc training in peace building for residents in conflict prone zones;
(xiii) Prepare quarterly and annual reports on peace building initiative/programmes from the
respective region;
(xiv) Liaise with sub county administrator, ward administrator and other stakeholders to monitor
and respond to conflict incidences;
(xv) Perform any other duty assigned from time to time.
Requirement for Appointment
i. At least 5 years’ experience in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, or relevant field
ii. Must have demonstrated high- level leadership, interpersonal, and analytical skills
iii. Experience with project design, management, implementation and monitoring and
evaluation
iv. Demonstrated experience effectively working with local government structures,
senior government officials, civil society actors, private sector entities, and
development partners
v. Demonstrated experience working effectively with diverse teams and building
partnerships
vi. Demonstrated experience with community mobilization and empowerment, and
multi-stakeholder engagement and negotiations
vii. Demonstrated commitment to gender integration, social inclusion, and building social
cohesion
viii. Strong administrative and organization skills, commitment, attention to detail and
strong forward planning skills
ix. Hands on approach to work, with the ability to deliver on deadlines in a fast-paced
and fast-changing environment, with minimal or no supervision