ISIS VICTIMS PLATFORM PARTNER (CONSULTANCY CONTRACT)

The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is looking for a partner who shares our vision for a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts and grievances are resolved through inclusive dialogue and lasting political agreements.

We provide practical experience, technical expertise, and policy advice on conflict resolution. We use a variety of tools to help us do this, including analysis, mapping and design of peace processes and agreements, facilitating policy discussions, and proposing practical engagement, for example through inclusive dialogue and mediation support.

Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, the European Institute of Peace is an independent organisation working collaboratively with European decision-makers, the parties to the conflict, and those who represent people suffering from insecurity or at risk of violence, as well as the conflict prevention, resolution and mediation community.

Our innovative approach to peace enables us to be agile, creative, and effective in everything we do, and these are key qualities we look for in our team members. See www.eip.org for more information.

We are looking for a ISIS Victims Platform Partner to support the Peace Practice and Innovation unit.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will cooperate on the organisation of victims’ platform meetings, producing the primary data for the joint production of a report on the psycho-social, educational, economic, and gendered impact of the ISIS conflict in North Eastern Syria. In specific, to:

• Undertake all required actions for the delivery of the activity;
• Organize victims’ platform meetings in North East Syria to document the crimes of the ISIS conflict;
• Recruit and attract all the necessary human resources for the implementation of these activities in multiple locations across Syria;
• Contribute to the joint development of a system of reporting and data management;
• Contribute to a jointly published report on the psycho-social, gendered, economic, and educational impact of the ISIS conflict;
• To contribute to a smooth and regular communication between the Project Managers and in the different local offices in North Eastern Syria and the region;
• To provide regular monitoring updates against indicators outlined in the logical framework and to contribute to overall project reports, asl well as financial and narrative reporting;
• Evaluate the quality of implementation against the logical framework of the contract;
• Any other duties as assigned and jointly agreed.

Profile

• Be an organisation located in North-East Syria;
• Have the required permissions and capacity to deliver activities in North East Syria;
• Have demonstrable experience with documentation of war crimes and human rights violations in North East Syria;
• Have demonstrable experience in working with victims’ groups and survivors of trauma;
• Excellent network and knowledge of the local context;
• Be able to mobilise all the required resources (chief of staff, team leaders, psychologists, local researchers, safety and security officers, secretariat and support staff) at short notice;
• Have strong established safety and security protocols in place;
• Excellent knowledge (written and verbal) of Arabic, Kurdish, and English;
• Availability to start the implementation of the activity immediately.

The Institute offers

• Consultancy contract from 01/01/2023 to 31/03/2023.
• The total budget for the contract has been set at 160.000 EUR.