Women’s Protection Officer(s)

Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is a dynamic, international non-governmental organization. We work to reduce violence and protect civilians in countries affected by violent conflict and its aftermath. NP implements programming through the deployment of civilian protection teams to the field.

South Sudan’s civil war is nearing its second anniversary. The war has forced 2.27 million people to flee their homes and resulted in the loss of thousands of lives. The people of South Sudan are facing a humanitarian emergency and are in the midst of a conflict that is often described first and foremost as a protection crisis -­‐ hundreds of thousands of people have been separated from their families and lost their homes, livelihoods and access to basic services like food, medical care, and education.

NP is continuing to scale up to meet the growing needs. In South Sudan, NP has a mobile protection response team and 10 field teams providing emergency protection programme for communities affected by violent conflict. Programming is founded on unarmed civilian protection and is thematically focused on protection in displacement, child protection, gender based violence protection and women’s empowerment and inter-communal violence reduction.

The ongoing conflict and displacement in South Sudan is resulting in civilians experiencing escalated risk and exposure to violence. Women and girls particularly are experiencing increased sexual and gender based violence (GBV). NP’s GBV protection and prevention programming focuses on 2 key areas: 1) women’s participation in peace and security and 2) direct protection for the prevention of and protection from GBV. NP's programming focuses predominantly on prevention and protection, driven by the belief that there should be significantly more investment in protecting anyone from experiencing sexual and gender based violence at any point in their lives. NP does not provide post-incident health care, rather works with existing service providers to connect survivors with those services.

We are looking for experienced Women’s Participation and Protection Officers, to fill a number of vacancies, who share an unshakeable commitment to prevention as the best possible form of protection. You will be someone who understands that women’s active participation in peace and security directly leads to safer women and in fact, safer communities. You are motivated by prevention and are ready to engage in creative, bold and persistent interventions that will enhance security and safety for at-­‐risk women and girls in conflict affected areas. While you will bring your experience and ideals to the role, you also have experience of working with and through cultures that may not share your beliefs. You are ready to be respectful to differences and finding diplomatic, constructive ways to engage on these challenges. You are ready to jump into a context where there are few formal structures or service providers, and those that exist may not lean towards the prevention of GBV and the promotion of women’s participation.

You will be a person with a genuine commitment to working at the community level, someone who is skilled at building trusting relationships in what can be an extremely polarized context. You are someone who is not deterred by the complexity of conflict; you are able to analyze conflict dynamics; you are motivated and unendingly persistent in finding and implementing protection and prevention strategies. You will be responsible for working together with other international and national

colleagues to directly implement the project and to participate in reporting and documentation. You are comfortable living and working in a remote, physically demanding environment, living full-­‐time in a shared compound environment while enjoying a simple diet.

You are someone who combines creativity, innovation and demonstrated knowledge of protection, conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding with a specialist focus on women’s participation and protection. You are experienced and skilled at converting protection, violence reduction and conflict analysis and theory into practical, locally appropriate solutions that effectively increases safety and security of civilians affected by violent conflict. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and flair for connecting and building trust with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. And finally you are someone who is solutions focused, strategic and is driven by a keen interest and personal commitment to civilian protection.

For more information about NP and its work, as well as full details of the position and the application process, please go to NP’s website: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.

HOW TO APPLY:
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications will be processed on a rolling basis

Please email your updated CV together with a letter of motivation that tells us
why you are interested in this position and how you are ideally suited to this
particular position.

Email address is: recruitnpss@nonviolentpeaceforce.org

As we receive hundreds of applications for each position, only those selected for
an interview will be personally contacted.

Thank you for your interest in Nonviolent Peaceforce and unarmed civilians protection.