Peace Building Officer

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Job Purpose: The job holder will be responsible to facilitate a peace Building trainings and community dialogues b/n the communities The job holder is also fully responsible for the smooth, cost effective, efficient and timely implementation of the project activities as per the implementation plan and allocated budget. Coordinate and administrative support to project activities is provided and implemented as per agreed standards. Ensure stakeholders’ participation and involvement in peace building activities for success of their development process for sustainability.

Major Responsibilities

• Implement project planned activities in line with the agreed work plans and budgets; successfully delivers against timeframes, milestones, output and outcome targets/objectives.
• Organize peace building and community peace dialogue trainings for project participants.
• Follow-up and support youth peacebuilders and youth peace champions to organize peacebuilding initiatives in their community.
• Support organizing community peace dialogues in project locations. Facilitate for technical and material support to community peace dialogues.
• Organize trauma healing trainings to faith leaders and community target groups as indicated in the project document and support the trauma healing facilitators organized trauma healing sessions
• Draft and submit project activities and success stories to project Meal officer and project coordinator.
• Other Related Activities when assigned

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification ​

• BA degree in relevant disciplines – such as peace and conflict, Development studies, international development, refugee rights, displacement and migration - appropriate for leading a peace building and social cohesion in refugee and internally displaced people contexts.

Required Professional Experience

• Relevant technical expertise and considerable (at least 3 years) practical experience of applying peace building approaches and more than 3 years in leadership.
• Considerable experience at design and implementation of relief and development in relevant fields in Ethiopia.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

• Field based

Language Requirements

• English proficiency and ;local languages

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

Disclaimer: World Vision Ethiopia is a reputable organization that values transparency and fairness in its recruitment process and does not solicit any money for any job application. We encourage all job seekers to be cautious of any job ads that require payment or personal information upfront. If you have any questions or concerns about our job ads or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only