Junior Police Advisors (2 positions)

Background

Interpeace is an international organization for peacebuilding that supports locally led peacebuilding initiatives around the world. Interpeace tailors its approach to each society and ensures that the work is locally driven. Together with local partners and local teams, Interpeace jointly develops peacebuilding programmes and helps establish processes of change that connect local communities, civil society, government and the international community.

As a strategic partner of the United Nations, Interpeace is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and has offices around the world.

For more information about Interpeace, please visit www.interpeace.org

Position within the Organization **

The Junior Police Advisor is the member of a small but growing Ethiopia team. The Junior Police Advisor reports to the Country Representative and will be working on Interpeace’s project on ‘Building trust between communities and the police through a problem-solving approach in Addis Ababa’. The project is a collaborative work with Ministry of Peace.

Duties and responsibilities

· Provides technical and context related support for the successful project implementation

· Facilitates meetings, provides logistical support and organises events in the four Woredas of Addis Ababa the project is being implemented

· Provides support to the senior advisers of the project and GIS technical team

· Works closely with the Police University and the Ministry of Peace as part of the implementation of the project

· Maintains an acute awareness of political and social dynamics in the Ethiopia context

Qualifications:

· Candidates with relevant qualifications, experience, a tertiary degree, and fluent in English and Amharic.

· Previous work experience on police in general and community police in particular is highly desirable

· Education: Tertiary degree in policing, international relations, political science, development, management, or related field

Experience

· Five years years of relevant experience in security sector in Ethiopia in general and community policing in particular

· Professional experience in academia

· Excellent knowledge of INGOs work in Ethiopia particularly those working on peacebuilding

· Excellent interpersonal communication

Interpeace Competencies

· Collaboration and Weaving

· Communication

· Drive for results

· Adaptability and Continuous Learning

· Respect for Diversity

Scope **

· The assignment is for a total of 90 working days until December 2022.