Technical Service Consultants: Capacity Building & Training (Officer) at Search For Common Ground’s International

Position Summary

• The Capacity Building Officer is expected to bring on board some level of experience and skills in training in conflict transformation, conflict resolution, conflict sensitivity, and not harm (DNH) principles along with human rights. The candidate will have skills in supporting training for government actors at the local and state level that includes security personnel in the Common Ground approach to conflict resolution and human rights; the candidate will also have experience working with different stakeholders and supporting dialogue processes. Overall, the role of a Capacity Building Officer is to facilitate the growth and development of individuals, partner organizations, and communities by identifying their needs, designing effective interventions, and supporting them in acquiring the necessary skills and resources to achieve their goals.
• The position holder will work with the project teams to design, review, update, and roll out capacity-building and training activities related to mitigating conflict-related issues across the 19 northern states. S/he will build synergy and collaborate with project teams to allocate human, material, and financial resources to effectively utilize our internal capacity to maximize our inputs, outcomes, and results.

Roles and Responsibilities

Reporting

• Need Assessment: Conduct thorough assessments to identify the existing capacities, strengths, weaknesses, and gaps within the communities.
• Strategy Development: Designing comprehensive capacity-building strategies and plans based on the identified needs, goals, and available resources.
• Training and Workshops: Developing and delivering training activities, and workshops, and to build the capacity of individuals and groups in specific areas such as leadership, human rights, conflict transformation, Common Ground Approach, Dialogue sessions, and other themes.
• Resources Development: Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to create training materials, toolkits, manuals, and other resources that support capacity-building initiatives.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Provide guidance, support, and mentoring to individuals or teams to help them improve their skills and performance.
• Partnership and Collaboration: Establishing and maintaining partnerships with relevant organizations, institutions, and experts to leverage expertise, resources, and networks for capacity-building initiatives.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness of capacity-building interventions and make necessary adjustments to improve outcomes.
• Knowledge Management: Creating systems to capture and disseminate knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned from capacity-building activities within the organization and communities.
• Sustainability Planning: Assisting organizations and communities in developing long-term stability plans to ensure the continuation of capacity-building efforts beyond the initial intervention.
• Reporting and Documentation: Compiling progress reports, documenting activities, and preparing presentations to communicate the impact and outcomes of capacity-building initiatives to stakeholders and funders
• Write all training reports highlighting, lessons learned, challenges, and recommendations including success highlights, feedback from participants, and recommendations for the following stages of Search’s program (sent to line supervisor).
• Carry out a feedback session in communities after months of training implementation, to gauge how effective the training had been and how participants are using the training learning.

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrate integrity and promote Search values and ethical standards;
• Promote the vision, mission, and strategic objectives of Search;
• Demonstrate capacity to adapt to a multi-cultural context, tolerance, and respect for issues related to gender, religion, race, and nationality;
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office

Educational Qualifications

• A degree in conflict resolution, peace studies, peacebuilding, conflict management, or relevant field;
• Additional certification in capacity building or training, conflict management, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution

Required Experience

• At least 3 years experience as a trainer, one of those years should be in the non-profit and NGO sector in relevant topics (as per above mentioned list) for a diverse range of audiences (from communities to authorities);
• Have facilitated/ co-facilitated at least 10 trainings to key stakeholders that include: security, local and state-level actors, and community leaders with excellent command of trainees in relevant fields;
• In-depth knowledge of Northern Nigeria.

Other Relevant Requirements

• Good knowledge of the local languages will be an asset.
• Knowledge of civil society organizations, government agencies, private sector companies, and international development agencies, with experience working in partnership within some of these sectors;
• Written and verbal communications skills including the ability to synthesize complicated policy issues into digestible products and to deal with both elite and popular media and specialist and non-specialist audiences;
• Experience in partnership building, with experience in influencing stakeholders and establishing and maintaining strong partnerships;
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and strong interpersonal skills;
• Commitment to Search’s aims and a clear understanding of the links between policy, lobbying, campaigning, and how policy change can be achieved through effective advocacy;
• Organizational skills and attention to detail;
• Ability to respond flexibly to opportunities and requests sometimes with little notice;
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a rapidly changing environment;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism and solves problems in collaborative ways