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Job-ID: V000061959 Location: Hawassa Assignment period: 08/01/2025 - 07/31/2026 Field: Peace, Security and Emergency Application deadline: 06/04/2025The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a programme for violence prevention and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. CPS professionals provide long-term support to people on the ground in their commitment to dialogue, human rights, and peace. The \"Prevention of Displacement and Sustainable Reintegration of Formerly Displaced Persons\" program (CPS/IDP) is one of two programs of the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in Ethiopia and supports local partner organizations in their efforts to promote dialogue, human rights and peace. CPS/IDP empowers representatives of local government, civil society, traditional and religious leaders, and media professionals to promote non-violent conflict transformation between different population groups and to reduce flight and displacement. The CPS/IDP office is in Hawassa, the regional capital of Sidama Region. The program will transition to a follow-up program in 2027 based on the experiences and relationships developed from the previous work of both programs in Ethiopia.
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