• Languages: French & English
• Position Location: Accra
• Duration: 7 Months (January 2021 to August 2021)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Creative Associates International (Creative Associates) is implementing the USAID/West Africa’s program Partnerships for Peace (P4P).  The five-year program is partnering with stakeholders at the regional, national, and sub-national level across several West African countries, to develop a shared foundational understanding of counter violent extremism (CVE) and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) issues in the region. The project will improve institutional capacity of organizations and governments to implement more effective CVE and WPS approaches. To lead and support the implementation of Women, Peace and Security related initiatives in P4P, Creative Associates seeks to engage a highly qualified and motivated Gender and Women in Peace and Security Expert.  

Position Summary
The Women, Peace and Security Coordinator with a Gender and CVE background, will assist with all programmatic aspects of the project, ensuring effective and efficient program design and management for Women, Peace and Security initiatives across the Sahel region. S/he will be responsible for providing expertise to Country-based teams to develop programming that advances the specific WPS objectives in a meaningful way, as well as providing oversight and coordination with all Country-based teams.  S/he will be responsible for ensuring that all activities are sound and moving forward in each country in compliance with each country’s NAP for UN 1325, and serving as point of contact for all WPS specific technical and programmatic considerations from the field teams.  

Reporting & Supervision:
The Women, Peace and Security Coordinator will report to the Chief of Party

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Chief of Party, the Women, Peace and Security Coordinator is responsible for:

• Supporting the process of designing relevant and context specific WPS activities, policy changes/advocacy that are consistent with the United Nations, Africa Union and ECOWAS Policies on Women, Peace and Security, and in line with USAID’s ADS 205 and Policy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment as well as the individual countries Gender Policy National Action Plans.
• Overseeing the implementation of the project’s Women and Peacebuilding activities at the regional and country levels and ensuring its compliance with the above directives. 
• Working with the P4P field teams to identify and engage governmental partners, national and local women organizations, and grantees to help implement the Women and Peacebuilding initiatives.
• Ensuring that WPS specific project and grantee activities and reports are accurately captured and shared in a timely manner with the main regional office, are accurately reported in P4P’s M&E indicators, and that  potential WPS success stories are identified and documented. 
• Contributing to the writing and preparation of Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual reports
• Investigating, identifying, and advising new ways of achieving project operational efficiencies, including developing critical relationships and building networks with public and private sector organizations, in consultation with Accra based operations team and COP.
• Support the country teams in identifying potential grantees and documenting small grant activities, in conjunction with the Grants and Database Manager and the country-based Grants Associates. 
• Advise the COP and DCOP on the evolution of the local political, legal, and economic situation and gender-based constraints that inhibit the full and meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding efforts in the sub-region and on advising the P4P program to develop or continuously adapt P4P interventions to address or overcome the identified gender-based constraints to ensure that project indicators and objectives are met. 
• Providing technical expertise during field visits when required.
• Engaging in other duties as assigned