About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class social impact organizations that collaborate in the world’s most vulnerable communities to deliver the holistic and sustainable solutions needed to address the interconnected challenges of poverty, access to healthcare, and climate change. Corus is a new model in the international space, creating a consortium of specialized nonprofit and for-profit entities for greater impact.
Corus combines more than 150 years of experience from our nonprofit and for-profit affiliates-IMA World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and LWR Farmers Market. Together, these organizations take a systematic approach to developing rural economies, eliminating extreme poverty, ensuring access to quality healthcare, and responding to urgent humanitarian needs in fragile contexts.
Further details about the organization can be found at: https://corusinternational.org
About the Job: Our consortium is seeking short term expert consultants to serve on the anticipated GIZ-funded Strengthening Capacities for Conflict Transformation and Livelihood for Groups in Vulnerable Situations Nigeria Central Zone (PEAECORE II). PEACECORE II seeks to strengthen the peaceful and inclusive coexistence between arable farmers and livestock breeders about the non-violent and gender-equitable transformation of conflicts as well as the sustainable safeguarding of the livelihoods of women and groups in vulnerable groups.
The position will be based in Nigeria and will report to the Team Leader. The position will last for approximately four months. Actual hiring is contingent upon signed agreement and GIZ approval. Nigeria nationals are highly encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop training concepts, materials for 5 workshops
- Conduct 5 trainings/workshops with 50 participants each in up to 3 states (Plateau, Taraba and Kaduna)
- Training reports and recommendations
- Support to the input of newsletters/success stories for each training/workshop submitted after each event
- Adherence to safeguard and gender measures in project implementation
Qualifications:
- Postgraduate degree in international economics, development, international trade law, organizational development or another degree relevant in the context of the assignment
- 7 years’ professional experience on designing and effectively delivering capacity building interventions in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation and/or food security and livelihoods
- 5 years’ experience designing and delivering training, on one or more of the following topics: gender, peace and security; mental health and psychosocial support and gender transformation
- 5 years of experience in Nigeria’s Central Zone
- 5 years of experience in Development Cooperation