Consultancy: Legal Advocacy Trainer and Technical Advisor
Iraq Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response - Learning and Pilots (GRPR L&P)
Erbil, Iraq
Project Summary:
The Iraq Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response (GRPR) is an activity of Management Systems International (MSI) under its Governance Integration for Stabilization and Resilience (GISR) in MENA Project of the USAID’s Middle East Bureau.
The 22-month activity is part of USAID’s response to help populations in the Middle East and North Africa recover from the ISIS genocide against ethnic and religious minorities and preserve pluralism in the region. The Iraq GRPR program will help facilitate USAID efforts to support ethnic and religious minorities to heal and restore their communities, support economic recovery, and prevent future atrocities. USAID programming addresses the immediate, life-saving and recovery needs of these populations, as well as the challenges of restoring access to essential services, rehabilitating critical infrastructure, improving access to jobs, supporting local businesses, and mobilizing local and national actors to prevent future atrocities.
The purpose of this GISR-supported Activity is to explore more effective and integrated approaches to aiding survivors and victims of SGBV, through assessments of current activities, the design of one or more pilot projects testing improved interventions, and learning, sharing, and “scaling up” of promising approaches. Activities will focus on communities in the Ninewa Plains, and perhaps elsewhere in Northern Iraq. The GRPR Activity is scheduled for 22 months, beginning in November 2018.
Position Summary:
The Consultant will provide technical support to MSI and its local partner on a negotiation program designed to build local negotiation skills to prevent GBV. The Consultant must be experienced in negotiation, GBV, and must have a strong understanding of cultural differences among different ethnic and religious communities in Iraq, particularly as they relate to traditional negotiation and mediation practices within informal tribal and religious justice systems. The Consultant will be responsible for reviewing and adapting existing materials on negotiation, with a particular focus on GBV prevention. The Consultant will train male and female negotiators who are selected as part of this program through MSI’s local partner using the manual and will provide following training and technical guidance as needed by the partner.
Activities:
Duration:
The Level of Effort for this assignment should not exceed 20 days.
Period of Assignment:
September 1, 2019 through August 14, 2020
Deliverables:
Qualifications:
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.comCompany Profile:
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Colombia and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with organizations across all sectors of international development to support clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program to national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.