About the Search Program
Informed by lessons learned as the world’s largest and oldest peacebuilding organization, Common Ground-USA (CG-USA) is a bold initiative of Search for Common Ground (Search) building the conditions for a more inclusive, equitable, and peaceful society. We envision an America where we engage in collaboration across differences to address our greatest challenges, and where we can all belong and thrive. We see disagreement as an opportunity to transform conflict into cooperation on our daily and most pernicious problems.
About the Project
University presidents, along with their students, are facing unprecedentedly tumultuous campus climates in the wake of widespread student protests in the Spring and ahead of a contentious presidential election in the Fall. Common Ground USA is preparing university presidents, students, business and community leaders for potential escalation of tensions in the fall of 2024.
Background to the request for technical support
Our “5 Ps of Preparedness” framework brings together global best practices for preventing and managing conflict and the expertise of other university leaders. It is intended to host this bootcamp in the summer, before students arrive in the fall, so that Presidents are empowered to meet the needs and challenges that Universities are projected to face. Each session will include information sharing, activation, and shared review. This is not intended as a turnkey service, but rather as a catalyst and group to help Presidents take timely and early action and to share both hurdles and successes from their own implementation experience. As we are looking at the scope and timeline of this project, and its short turnaround time, we would need additional external technical support for this program to be successful.
Objectives of the assignment
- Design overall agenda and adapt curricula for a training, including goal setting and activation assignments
- Create engaging and informative presentation materials that bring together best practices of international peacebuilding and needs of university presidents
- Create relevant handouts, template materials (emails and agendas) to support university presidents
- Draft or review scenarios and assist in running scenario planning exercise
- Ensure all materials are prepared ahead of time for smooth delivery to presidents
- Potentially facilitate or deliver partial trainings for 1 or more sessions (secondary)
Expected results
- Curricula created and successfully delivered to cohort members for the bootcamp
- Curricula that can be adapted for future fee-for-service clients
Deliverables
- Curricula and overall agenda for training sessions, including goal setting and activation assignments
- “Common Ground Journalism Training” curricula for journalism students
- Engaging and informative presentation materials that bring together best practices of international peacebuilding and needs of university presidents
- Relevant handouts and template materials (emails and agendas) to support university presidents
- Practical tools and exercises, such as scenarios for scenario-planning
Expert profile
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Conflict Resolution, Political Science, or a related field. A Master’s degree or higher is preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in curriculum development, specifically within the field of political violence prevention and the non-profit sector.
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful educational programs and training materials.
Skills and Competencies:
- Deep understanding of political violence, conflict resolution, and related socio-political issues.
- Strong research and analytical skills to develop evidence-based curricula.
- Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills.
- Proficiency in using educational technology and multimedia tools.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups and individuals.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Criteria
Consultants submitting proposals will be evaluated on the relevance of their expression of interest, demonstrating alignment with the project's goals and objectives. Additionally, proposals will be assessed based on the consultant's qualifications, including their academic and professional background, experience in curriculum development, and track record of similar projects. We will also review a writing sample. The proposed budget will also be reviewed for cost-effectiveness, with a detailed breakdown ensuring alignment with the scope of work and expected outcomes. Proposals will be scored on these criteria to select the most qualified consultant.
Duration of the assignment
The consultancy is expected to span August - the end September with an expected level of effort equal to 9 or 10 working days.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct here and our privacy policy here.
Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d'autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.
Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d'appels téléphoniques s'il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Web www.sfcg.org pour tous les détails de notre mission.
Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - Ténacité - Empathie - Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d'intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s'engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d'une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.
Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l'état matrimonial, l'orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.
Consultez notre code de conduite ici et notre politique de confidentialité ici.
Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.
Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio web www.sfcg.org para conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración - Audacia - Tenacidad - Empatía - Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conducta aquí y nuestra política de privacidad aquí.
