Team Lead, Personal Services Contractor, Gabon

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Job Summary:

The Team Lead will serve as the Gabon-based project lead for USIP’s Peace Consolidation and Social Cohesion project in the country.

In coordination with the DC-based program team and under the supervision of the Political Transitions Program Manager.

The Team Lead will lead the implementation of in-country activities, facilitate the conduction of trainings and workshops in conflict resolution, mediation and social cohesion techniques, organize and support civil society roundtables and government-civil society dialogues, liaise with both government and civil stakeholders, provide planning and logistical support for USIP missions and other activities in Gabon, and contribute to reporting to project partners.

This is a full-time term Personal Services Contractor role for a host country national based in Gabon. 

Job Brief:


* Provide advisory support to the planning, coordination, and execution of Peace Consolidation and Social Cohesion project priorities and objectives in Gabon.


* Lead the implementation of Peace Consolidation and Social Cohesion project activities in Gabon, in coordination with the USIP Headquarters based program team and under the supervision of the Program Manager.


* Coordinate the planning and implementation of trainings and workshops in conflict resolution, mediation and social cohesion techniques.


* Provide support to advance multistakeholder dialogue, policy engagement and engagement with transitional authorities and civic leaders in Gabon, in close coordination with the USIP Headquarters based program team and USIP field partners.


* Assist with work-planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning of USIP in-country (Gabon), including by collecting data and occasional empirical research that can feed into overall program evaluation or publications, in coordination with the USIP Headquarters based program team.


* Contribute to planning and logistical support for USIP missions to Gabon and other USIP activities in country.


* Contribute to highlighting USIP’s work in Gabon as part of meetings, briefings, policy roundtables and other events in country, region, and Washington DC where applicable.


* Support the USIP Headquarters ...