Your tasks
- You will develop and implement training programs in collaboration with strategic partners, with a focus on human rights and child protection in the tea plantation sector.
- You will support advocacy and lobbying for the plantation community and raise awareness of the situation and concerns of plantation workers and their families together with academics, human rights activists and media representatives.
- You will support the CARITAS network in raising public awareness of the rights, problemsand empowerment of plantation workers and their families through various platforms and media channels.
- You promote the flow of information between the National Caritas Center SEDEC and the district centers for the implementation of initiatives in the plantation sector.
- You will Work closely with Caritas diocesan staff, especially to organize and conduct capacity building trainings on advocacy, lobbying and human rights work.
- You will be responsible for the proper spending and management of funds on the ground in accordance with donor guidelines and AGIAMONDO requirements. You will work in partnership with colleagues from the partner organization.
Your profile
You have a university or university of applied sciences degree, e.g. in social sciences, political science, sociology, social work or a related field.
- You have practical experience in non-violent conflict transformation, peace and reconciliation work or human rights, especially in strengthening rights such as children's rights or labor rights.
- You have gained experience in adult education or counseling.
- You have sound knowledge of organizational development, project management, advocacy and lobbying.
- You have diplomatic skills and intercultural communication skills to work in partnership with local stakeholders.
- You are fluent in written and spoken English.
- You are an EU citizen or Swiss national and identify with the goals and concerns of church development and peace work.
Our benefits - your impetus
We want you to feel good working with us:
Subsistence payments
12 subsistence payments (and a prorated 13th) are based on your degree, experience, marital status, and your obligations to support your dependants. Other allowances will be considered on an individual basis.
Social benefits
Social insurance includes statutory pension, accident and unemployment insurance as well as health insurance for you and the dependants accompanying you.
Private insurance
In addition to statutory insurance, we also take out private insurance including professional and personal liability as well as accident insurance.
Personnel development
Individual seminars including language and safety courses ensure your personal development and effectively strengthen your work on location.
Health care
We bear the costs for medical examinations, the health check beforehand and vaccinations to ensure you are perfectly prepared for your assignment.
Cost coverage
We bear the costs for rent and consumption. The pro-rata costs for furnishing your accommodation depend on the number of people living there.
"Being able to contribute to a more peaceful world through my work motivates and gives me joy."
AGIAMONDO Co-worker about their daily work and life Columbia
Your cooperation with AGIAMONDO and the National Caritas Association of Sri Lanka - SEDEC
Responsible and challenging
AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service in cooperation with local development actors. The Civil Peace Service (ZFD) is a personnel program for violence prevention and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. It is committed to a world in which conflicts are resolved without violence. Together with church and civil society partner organizations in Timor Leste, AGIAMONDO aims to make a contribution to civil conflict resolution and sustainable, equitable development in the country through peace-building measures.
AGIAMONDO's CPS country program has been contributing to a non-violent and constructive reconciliation process in Sri Lanka since 2018, in particular through inter-religious dialogues and dealing with the past. The focus is on the plantation sector, which employs highly marginalized Hill Country Tamils. This community is still one of the most discriminated and marginalized groups in Sri Lanka.
They work under the direction of the Executive Director of the National Caritas Association of Sri Lanka - SEDEC and in close cooperation with the Caritas dioceses. Their work combines project support within the SEDEC structure with regular trips to the marginalized plantation communities in the mountain and tea regions of Sri Lanka to implement innovative projects to strengthen the rights and resources of the communities there.
From the application to the preparation contract
How can I apply?
We will gladly accept your online application. You will receive feedback approximately 14 days after the application deadline.
What follows positive feedback?
We will invite you to the next available selection day. You will receive information about the procedure in advance.
What do the selection days involve?
Over the course of two days, we will provide you with specific information about the conditions and framework. We will also conduct selection interviews with you.
What happens after that?
If we consider you to be a good match for the assignment, we will request your consent to introduce you to the partner organisation. You will then receive a contract for the preparation period.
What does preparation include?
All specialists receive extensive training for 3 - 4 months in Cologne to prepare them intensively for their assignment.
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