Fwd: CANADEM SEEKS FIELD EXPERTS FOR INTERNATIONAL WORK

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> CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERTS
> 
> CANADEM maintains a roster of civilians for
> international peace support
> operations on behalf of the Department of Foreign
> Affairs. Operating as a
> rapid reaction source of civilian experts, CANADEM
> responds to personnel
> requests from the various UN agencies (DPKO, UNICEF,
> UNDP, UNHCR, etc.),
> the OSCE, other international organizations and some
> relief-focused NGOs by
> identifying qualified Canadians from our roster of
> over 1500. Subsidized by
> the Department of Foreign Affairs, there are no fees
> for CANADEM’s services.
> 
> CANADEM seeks child protection, child
> rehabilitation, and child development
> experts to help children recover from civil war and
> related poverty and
> trauma, currently by helping to develop and
> implement low-tech solutions in
> the very practical sectors of education (teacher
> training, evaluation,
> needs assessments, curriculum development),
> psycho-social reintegration and
> development, child penology, health, and child
> employment. Please see two
> current positions below. Other areas of expertise
> sought include:
> 
> - legal system practitioners to help countries
> reform or establish
> functioning legal regimes (e.g. court
> administration, training judiciary
> and lawyers, legal reform, legal drafting) and
> invariably required to help
> develop and implement low-tech solutions for
> impoverished countries often
> dealing with the challenges of corruption, ethnic
> tension, poorly trained
> judges, lawyers, court administrators, etc., and
> flawed legal systems; (see
> job description #3 below) and
> 
> - civil reconstruction experts to help countries
> recover from natural and
> man-made disasters such as civil war by helping to
> develop and implement
> low-tech solutions to rapidly re-establish local
> government and basic
> services, physical infrastructures such as water and
> roads, banking and
> other basic economic infrastructures including
> taxation and customs,
> airport and port administration, etc..
> 
> We are urgently seeking individuals with relevant
> international experience,
> but also those with Canadian expertise who can
> readily adapt their Canadian
> skills for work in developing countries recovering
> from, or attempting to
> end, civil war. Positions vary in level (from junior
> to senior) and in
> duration (from short-term consultancies to six-month
> renewable positions).
> Salaries, dependent upon the position and level of
> experience, range from
> $50,000 - $90,000  annually. Living conditions are
> often difficult.
> 
> Candidates should have 4 to 20 years of relevant
> experience and be capable
> of addressing the challenges ­ confusion,
> uncertainty, incompetence and, at
> times, danger ­ of peace support operations. Also
> required: flexibility,
> innovativeness, endurance, a can-do attitude, and a
> sense of humour.
> 
> If you or any of your colleagues are interested in
> seeking international
> opportunities through CANADEM, please visit our
> website at www.canadem.ca
> to register on-line or learn more about CANADEM. If
> you are interested in
> the position below, please contact Christine
> Vincent, Director of
> Operations, CANADEM, at cvincent@canadem.ca.
> 
>
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> 
> Christine Vincent
> Director of Operations
> CANADEM
> 1 Nicholas (#1102), Ottawa ON K1N 7B7
> 613-789-3328, fax: 613-789-6125
> cvincent@canadem.ca, http://www.canadem.ca
> 
> 
>
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> If you are interested in either of the following
> positions, please contact
> CANADEM, canadem@canadem.ca
> 
> 1. Education Specialist, Office of the High
> Representative, Bosnia-Herzegovina
> 
> Purpose and Scope of the Position
> A system of education which respects the rights of
> all children and
> promotes tolerance and reconciliation is an
> essential component of a stable
> multi-ethnic BiH, as well as being vital to
> supporting return of the
> displaced.  Schools, teachers, curricula and
> textbooks must foster the
> return of minority families and provide an
> educational system free from
> bias, coerciveness and discrimination.  The
> Education team is responsible
> for coordinating the efforts of the international
> community in order to
> design curricula which meet European standards.
> 
> Essential Elements
> -  Initiate and coordinate the effort of
> streamlining and reforming the
> present largely segregated education system in
> Brcko, in co-operation with
> the local authorities
> -  Coordinate especially curriculum reform /
> harmonization, with an
> emphasis on fostering individual, independent
> thinking among the students
> -  Coordinate policy formulation and implementation
> with regards to
> multi-ethnic education issues in the Brcko District
> with a view to bringing
> conflicting sides together and getting them to take
> ownership of compromise
> solutions
> -  Act as liaison with community groups and
> associations
> -  Develop conflict resolution approaches to the
> Brcko educational
> environment, as well as approaches based on the
> acceptance of compromise as
> a normal feature of demoncratic life
> -  Assist is covering legal aspects
> -  Undertake monitoring of an participation in the
> activities of the
> Advisory Education Committee and the Education
> Department of the District
> of Brcko.
> 
> Professional Requirements:
> -  At least a M.A. degree and substantial,
> recognised work experience
> -  Preferably an experience in curriculum
> development / harmonization processes
> -  Skills and personality allowing conflict
> resolution approaches to
> problem solving and fostering of a feeling of
> ownership for a local solution
> -  Assertiveness and communication skills to
> interact with national and
> international experts and authorities
> -  A good command of oral and written English
> 
> Closing Date: December 18/00
> 
> 
> 2. SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER LUANDA,
> ANGOLA,  GRADE 3, £22,065
> p.a., 18 month contract, Accompanied status
> 
> The overall purpose of this position is to provide
> effective and
> appropriate management, support and guidance to the
> three social welfare
> programmes:- Family Tracing and Placement Programme,
> the Luanda Urban
> Child Welfare Project, and the Lobito Urban Areas
> Children in
> Difficult  Circumstances Project., in order to
> ensure effective progress
> towards, and
> accomplishment of, their specific objectives, and
> thus contribute to the
> advancement and development of the SC(UK) Angola
> Country Strategic Plan.
> 
>   You will manage these activities and strengthen
> coordination between them
> and also provide for a structured learning and
> analytical forum so that we
> would be in a good position to strengthen our
> advocacy role.
> 
> To fill this vital role, you must have experience of
> managing in the
> context of overseas development programmes at senior
> level with the
> ability to support and prioritise multiple
> activities in a cohesive
> manner. This experience preferably include the
> management of social
> welfare and protection initiatives and knowledge and
> awareness of
> children's rights and how these can be applied. You
> must have strong team
> building and staff management and development skills
> and these would be
> backed by your excellent organisational ,influencing
> and
> monitoring  skills. Working knowledge of Portuguese
> and/or Spanish is
> essential,
> however if you can demonstrate the ability to learn
> languages, you may be
> considered.
> 
> Closing date: 18.12.2000
> Required from: ASAP
> 
> 
> 3. Project Coordinator, Bolivia
> 
> Start date: January/February 2001
> 
> The Project Coordinator will assist strengthen
> capacity to:
> -       develop of annual work plans, management and
> evaluation systems
> -       design/delivery of capacity building
> activities in substantive and
> administrative areas
> -       development and implementation of national
> management structure
> -       management of project assets
> -       recruitment of qualified short term
> technical assistance
> -       preparation of periodic reports.
> 
>   The Project Coordinator will also be responsible
> for:
> -       training in results based management
> -       coordinating the logistical aspects of
> Canadian technical assistance
> -       maintaining communication with Canadian
> Government and local
> Bolivian representatives
> 
> Requirements:
> -       The ideal candidate will have management
> experience in a federal or
> provincial monitoring agency, preferably with an
> ombudsman or human rights
> commission
> -       public sector project and results based
> management
> -       knowledge of administrative law, procedures
> and human rights principles
> -       institutional capacity building
> -       overseas project experience
> -       ability to adapt techniques to the partner’s
> particular needs
> -       Spanish language competency
> 
> Contract duration: 2 years with the possibility of
> renewal.
> 
> Applications should be sent via e-mail to
> canadem@canadem.ca and should
> clearly indicate the job title in the subject
> heading;  applicants should
> also include: a CV, cover letter in Spanish and the
> names of two references.


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