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Why Recreate the Wheel?  A number of new resources have become available for job seekers in the field of Peace building. Below is a list of websites that will now replace the Peacebuilding Jobs Blog. Hurray for Technology!   Click on the links below to view job postings …


– Peace and Collaborative Development Network

– ADRHub

– Association for Conflict Resolution Career Center

August 2011

Ombuds, Oregon State University

Part Time Ombudsperson, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Ombudsman Mediator, Keiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA

Center for Women’s Global Leadership Employment Opportunity – Program Coordinator, Rutgers, NJ

IREX Europe, Experts in Drama for Conflict Transformation (DCT) for Kenya

Creative Associates International, DC, Senior Associate for Gender Development

Deputy Executive Director, Programmes, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP)

Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTS) is seeking a long-term Gender Expert for a USAID-funded project in Afghanistan.

Institute for Security Studies: Senior Researcher – North Africa

The Coalition for the International Criminal Court seeks a Regional Coordinator for the
MENA region

July 2011

Ombudsperson, Algonquin College, Ontario

Asst Professor, Temporary Joint Appointment Psychology / Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

COORDINATOR for Yellow Springs Village Mediation Program (VMP), Yellow Springs, OH

Fetzer Institute (Focus on Love and Forgiveness), Program Officer Positions, Kalamazoo, MI, US

NDI, DC, Project Assistant: Citizen Participation Programs

Communications Officer on Sexual Violence in Conflict – Public Information and External Relations, Public Information

Team Associate for Ashoka Changemakers, Arlington, VA

Program Manager Position with Anti-Slavery NGO, Washington, DC (part time)

Democracy Specialist, Agency For International Development, Washington, DC

Peace Studies Faculty Position, Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Project Assistant/Associate, Development & Training Services, Inc, Washington, DC

Senior Evaluation Specialist/Team Leader, Development & Training Services, Inc., Washington, DC, with field visits to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

Employment Relations Board Mediator, Salem, Oregon

Senior Ombudsman — Halliburton, Houston, TX

Atlas Corps, Program Manager in Washington, D.C.

UN WOMEN: GENDER AND MEDIATION TRAINING AND RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT EXPERT

International Crisis Group, Senior Analyst, Southern Africa

IRC Seeking Advocacy Advisor (Washington DC) for Women’s Protection and Empowerment in the DR Congo

Survivors Network Coordinator, The International Action Network on Small Arms, (Home based)

IRC Child and Youth Protection and Development Program Manager, NY

Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTS), Research Assistant, Washington DC

Director – Middle East and North Africa Programme for Amnesty International, UK Based

Middle East and North Africa Director at Crisis Action, Cairo, Egypt

U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) – Regional Senior Conflict Advisor, USAID/East Africa

Research Director, World Peace Foundation Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, MA

Executive Director – Pax Christi USA, Washington, DC

Centre for Humanitarian Dialgoue, Singapore Based Position

Ombudsman, US Army Medical Command, Various Locations

Academic Student Ombudsperson, Brock University, Ontario, Canada

Executive Director, One Common Unity, Washington, DC

Program Analyst for Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID, Washington, DC

Short-term Consultants: World Bank, Post-Conflict Reconstruction – Cambodia, Liberia, & Sri Lanka

Regional Ombudsman Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard, Oakland, CA

US Office on Colombia, Executive Director,Washington, DC

Deputy State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Salem, Oregon

World Movement for Democracy, Project Officer, Washington, DC

June 2011

Women Thrive Worldwide, Manager/Senior Manager for U.S. Outreach, DC

Dance 4 Peace HIRING FULL-TIME U.S. PROGRAM MANAGER

Alliance for International Youth Development, Coordinator for International Youth Development

World Pulse: DR Congo Project Advisor

Program Officer, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, U of San Diego

SENIOR / CONSULTANT – CLAIMS GROUP, Edinburgh, England

Program Specialist – Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Arlington, Va

UN WOMEN: PEACE AND SECURITY PROGRAMME ANALYST, NYC

Therapist,Community Mediation Services, Inc. – Jamaica, NY

Case Planner, Community Mediation Services, Inc. – Jamaica, NY

University Ombudsperson, Princeton University, NJ

Analyst at the National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education

Court Coordinator/Mediator, Community Mediation Inc, New Haven CT

Ombudsman/Mediator, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California

Assistant Ombudsperson, Ryerson University, Toronto

Court Coordinator/Mediator, Community Mediation, Inc.,New Haven, CT

MA Coordinator Position, Georgetown University, Democracy and Governance Program, DC

Training Program Manager, Northern Virginia Mediation Service

May 2011

New York Peace Institute (formerly Safe Horizon Mediation Program), Training Director, NY, NY

Ombudsman/Mediator, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California

Assistant Ombudsperson, Ryerson University, Toronto

CPR Institute, Marketing and Communications Manager

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Alternate Dispute Resolution Specialist, Washington DC

President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington, DC 

Ombudsperson, Asian Development Bank, Manila

RESOLVE, Senior Mediator Development Leader, Washington DC

January 2011

FINRA Dispute Resolution needs qualified arbitrators on its roster

FINRA Dispute Resolution currently is accepting applications from prospective mediators in select cities

Postdoctoral Research Faculty, George Mason University, Washington DC

ADR Associate at ADR Vantage, Washington DC

Program Analyst, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID

Ombuds, University of Central Florida

United Nations, Director of the Office for Ombudsman and Mediation Services

Chief Executive Officer, Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor and Director, The Masters Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University

Part Time Mediator Positions Needed in New York and Florida

Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – Search for Common Ground, Washington, DC

Coordinator, Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets Program, Crown Heights Mediation Program, New York, New York

Staff Director, The Constitution Project, Washington, DC

Senior Coordinator for integrated system for managing conflict, Dept of the Interior

December 2010

Ombuds Program Manager, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC

Ombudsman, University of California – Riverside

U.S. Program Manager, Atlas Service Corps

International Youth Foundation – [Baltimore, Md; Amman, Jordan; Ramallah, West Bank & Gaza; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]

Ombuds, University of Texas, Austin TX

Ombudsman, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Executive Director for NYS Council on Divorce Mediation – Quarter Time

Associate Ombudsperson, U of California – Berkeley

Part-time job – Exhibition Coordinator with the Forgiveness Project

Senior Program Manager/Senior Facilitator, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Washington, DC

Demand Dignity Campaigner, Amnesty International, Various locations across Africa or London

Ombudsman, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

October 2010

Executive Director, Encounter, New York, NY

Intake Coordinator & Program Analyst, Office of the Corporate Ombudsman, American Red Cross

P/T, Development Coordinator, International Peace Research Association Foundation

Ombudsman Specialist – Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Peace First, AmeriCorps Opportunities

Vice President, Peace First Prize

Executive Director, NY Peace First

Ombudsperson – Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge

September 2010

Associate Ombudsman, National Institute of Health

Coordinator, Office of the Ombudsperson, Georgia State University

Graduate Career Advisor for Coexistence and Conflict Masters Students, Heller School, Brandeis University

UNDP- PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, Niger

Associate Director of Doctoral Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame

Instructor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

UNIFEM- Coordinator for International Women’s Commission for a Just and Sustainable Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Ombudsperson, U of Texas – M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

United Nations, Case Officer, Office of the Ombudsman
P/T Assistant Ombudsperson, U of California – Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University
Director of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies And Faculty in Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Fresno Pacific University
P/T Staff Ombudsman, Student Conflict Resolution, U of Minnesota