- Organization: Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
- Country: Tanzania
- City: Dar es Salaam
- Office: SFCG in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania /
Communications – Africa – Central & East /
Consultant – Local
/ Hybrid
The Organization:
Search for Common Ground (Search) is the world’s largest dedicated peacebuilding organization, founded in 1982. With programs across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States, Search transforms conflict with diverse tools inspired by its Common Ground Approach. Search is implementing a 10-year strategy to drive enduring change and transform many of the world’s most consequential conflicts.
Project Summary:
The Northern Mozambique – Southern Tanzania Borderlands Project aims to enhance peace and stability in the border regions of Southern Tanzania and Northern Mozambique, with a focus on building community-level resilience against the influence of violent extremist groups. The project recognizes the need for holistic approaches that involve collaboration between key government, security, and community actors on both sides of the border. It is informed by participatory research and seeks to understand and support the approaches of stakeholders, fostering mutual trust and collaboration. The project has three primary objectives: 1) To strengthen understanding of conflict, instability, and violent extremism dynamics;
2) To establish and/or strengthen mechanisms for building resilience inclusively;
3) To address community grievances as a mitigation strategy against drivers of conflict and extremism.
It engages various stakeholders at national, sub-national, and community levels, with a focus on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and aims to provide spaces for marginalized communities to discuss concerns and engage with government and security actors.
The Assignment:
The Consultant, a highly skilled and experienced professional with expertise in graphic design and web development, will play a crucial role in establishing the project’s visual identity, creating branding materials, and developing the project’s website and social media presence. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in graphic design, web development, and branding, with the ability to effectively convey the project’s objectives and messages to diverse stakeholders. Additionally, the candidate should demonstrate an understanding of international development contexts.
Expected Deliverables:
- Create project logo
- Design cohesive project document templates (Microsoft Word & PowerPoint).
- Develop and design the project website and social media pages.
- Maintain website and social media pages sporadically over a 3 month period to spot any glitches and inconsistencies.
- Debrief Search media and communication focal point on how to maintain and update the website social media pages, ensuring alignment with organizational branding guidelines.
Competency Behavior Indicators (Qualifications & Competencies):
- Strong background in graphic design with proficiency in industry-standard software such as Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Experienced in creating and maintaining websites, including knowledge of HTML, CSS, and potentially content management systems (e.g., WordPress, squarespace).
- Experienced in designing product document templates.
- Ability to develop a strong visual identity for the project and ensure consistency across all project assets.
With your proposal, please share examples of your work in graphic design and website development.
Application Deadline: 26th October 2023.
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.
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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.
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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.
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