Peace Building and Federalism Officer

Peace building and federalism technical officer: TOR

 

JOB OPENING

Job Title:	Peace building and federalism  technical officer, SWS OOP Baidoa, Somalia	Job Category:	Individual Consultant
Department/Group:	Office Of the President(OOP)/Ministry of  Interior-SWS	Location:	Baidoa
Reporting Line Primary:	Chief of Staff /DG of MOI	Reporting Line Secondary:	UNDP Somalia

 

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION

The OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (OOP), is seeking to hire Peace building and Federalism technical officer for Supporting State-building and Infrastructure for Peace (SSIP) Project. This project provide technical advisors to assist the OOP SWS in implementing its overall strategy, prepare detailed work plans, establish standardized approaches to Reconciliation and Federalism efforts in the state.
This position is initially for four months but may be renewed depending on performance and availability of funds.

The OOP and Ministry of Interior invite applicants who are citizens of Somalia for this position. The Federalism Advisor will work under the supervision of SWS minister of interior and state minister of presidency. Achievement of Deliverables will be approved by the ministers. Payment will be made upon certification by supervisor including time sheets for actual dates of work and performance in accordance with activities and deliverables as reported in the activity report

Organization and Project Description
Building on the recent peaceful transition of power with commencement of the new Parliament and inception of the new administration at the federal level, the PIP aims to continue the successful legacy of REFS as a ‘strategic anchor’ navigating and sustaining the momentum of political dialogue through multi-stakeholder engagements towards the implementation of state building roadmap enunciated in 27th May Communique. In order to capitalize on the key achievements, lessons learnt and institutional partnerships secured through REFS, the PIP is aimed to ensure the continuity of strategic support mechanisms at the FGS and FMS levels helping to  unlock political impasse on contentious issues by facilitating the dialogue processes for participative federalization and inclusive reconciliation in Somalia. REFS is being concluded by 30 June 2022, therefore bridging period of 6 months through PIP will help effective programmatic transition from REFS to a successor project under the title of Supporting State-building and Infrastructure for Peace (SSIP) with a multiyear joint program reflecting the renewed ‘theory of change’ informed by the donors group on inclusive politics as well as incorporating key policy priorities of the new administration on reconciliation and federalization in the project agenda. The PIP would be precisely focusing on following two interrelated and mutually reinforcing outputs:

 

Output 1: Strengthened multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms enabling consensus-building on federal framework

Output 2: Developed infrastructure for peace integrating Triple Nexus through civil society engagement at the FGS, FMS and Local levels

 

Under the overall guidance of Inclusive Politics Portfolio, the project will be implemented jointly with the UN Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) under the leadership of the OSRSG, to leverage its Good Offices role and convening power to mediate political agreements and build on the NCC insights and new Government’s strategic directions.

Objectives of Assignment:

The overall objective of the assignment is to assist the OOP SWS in implementing its overall strategy, prepare detailed work plans, and establish standardized approaches to Federalism efforts in the state. The consultant will ensure that the functions outlined below, and the scope of work is satisfactorily carried out

 

GENERAL FUNCTIONS/SCOPE OF WORK WILL INCLUDE:

• Assist OOP and relevant institutions prepare detailed work plans; establish standardized approaches to Reconciliation/Federalism efforts.
• Support to OOP SWS reconciliation/Federalism associated LoA activities
• Provide Support to facilitate workshops/forums to strengthen State and Non-State Actors.
• Contribute to the preparation of concept notes based on project outputs to OOP and relevant Institutions including SWS Ministry of Interior in the context of drafting process.
• Assist the Reconciliation/Federalism Advisor on technical aspects.
• Support in conducting Baseline Study on the ‘State of Federalism/Reconciliation”.
• Support the Advisor to Conduct trainings and outreach workshops on roles and responsibilities of the SWS, FMS, and FG.
• Participate the establishment of Technical committee on federalism/Reconciliation and state building agenda.
• Assist in writing event reports, minutes of meeting on Reconciliation/Federalism.
• Represent OOP through participating the relevant state institutions to conduct mediation processes for administration towards state building….
• Report monthly and brief to the office of the President, Ministry of Interior, UNSOM/UNDP progress made, challenges encountered, and corrective action proposed.
• Support Data collection of Reconciliation and Federalism.

 

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

• An overarching framework and strategy for federalism and communication with well-defined desired end-states for each priority area
• Implementation plan supporting the roll out of the Federal strategy
• Detailed one-year action plans setting out existing and planned activities, roles and responsibilities of different actors, timelines
• Baseline Study on the ‘State of Federalism” is conducted.
• Technical committee on federalism and state building agenda is established.
• Intergovernmental Relations Forum between FGS and FMS institutions is established.
• At least one key infrastructure projects is built for high priority institutions at SWS.
  Monthly reports and briefings for the office of the President, Ministry of Interior, UNSOM/UNDP progress made, challenges encountered, and corrective action proposed
• Contributing to the Emerging State coordination meetings, reporting and progress, updates and document emerging States’ capacity building support.

 

Reports to be provided:

Monthly report for completed activities and deliverables with documents developed, training and workshop reports.
Quarterly Narrative Final report.

Institutional Arrangement

The consultant shall work under the direct supervision of the chief of staff and minister of interior of South West State of Somalia. Achievement of deliverables will be approved by the supervisors. Payment will be made upon certification by the chief of staff or minister of interior including time sheets for actual dates of work and consultant performance in accordance with activities and deliverables as reported in the activity report.

Duty Station

Duty station of the consultant will be at the offices of the President (OOP)-SWS and the ministry of interior of the South West State of Somalia in Baidoa.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelors’ degree in public policy, Development planning, Governance and state building or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years of proven experience in Federal Member States, program development and implementation.
• Specific experience in carrying out the tasks described in this TOR;
• Prior work in Southwest State area is highly desirable and firm understanding of Somalia context.
• Fluency in English and Somali language

Core competencies

• Excellent analytical skills, ability to synthesize and clearly present complex processes and issues to service the information needs of diverse audiences;
• Ability to translate strategic thinking and innovative ideas into practical operational recommendations;
• Results orientation and commitment to produce high-quality outcome;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines;
• Ability to support strategic planning, results-based programming, management, reporting as well as resource mobilization efforts;
• Ability to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmers and projects;
• Demonstrates outstanding oral and written communication and presentation skills;
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and networking skills;
• Strong IT skills. Encourages the use of new technologies and strives for high standard of professional work;
• Strong inter-personal skills: Ability to motivate and inter-act with colleagues at all levels within the organization as well as with inter-agency partners.

Gender mainstreaming

The Southwest State is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with their with letter and passport size photograph via e-mail to  hrm@villasouthwest.sw.so and refs@presidency.sw.so  AND Cc to: Abdirahim.nor@undp.org / chief.staff@presidency.sw.so not later than 29 August 2022.

 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview