1. Researcher/Archivist (The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies - CHS)
   
2. Mediation Expert/Advisor (The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies - CHS)
   
3. English-Arabic/Arabic-English Translator/Editor (The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies - CHS)
   

Send your application to:  recruitment@dohainstitute.org

before: 22 April 2023

Job Summary

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Researcher/Archivist will join a team working on the development of a repository of documents and material related to international peace mediation. The Researcher/Archivist is responsible for the collection, arrangement, appraisal, categorization, declassification, and management of primary and secondary data and material related to international mediation in line with established standards, as well as conducting searches in academic, international and other databases and compiling systematic literature reviews on mediation. The Researcher/Archivist also will be expected to produce, review and edit written material, ensuring that proper grammar, spelling, syntax and style for all texts are in line with the required standards, adopted citation style and general style guide.

Candidate Requirements

• Master’s Degree in journalism, library science, museum studies, or another relevant field in the social sciences or humanities
• Experience in records management
• Excellent analytical, writing and editing skills
• Experience in the production of written and other information products, including literature reviews, academic papers, analyses, reports, and other products
• Highly developed communication skills to engage effectively with a wide-ranging audience, both orally and in writing, using a range of media
• Good management, organization, and communications skills
• Ability to manage administrative and reporting requirements (including financial reports)
• Excellent time management
• Ability to work in a multicultural team
• Motivated and personally engaged in conflict and humanitarian studies, political science, or other social sciences
• Attention to detail and commitment to high quality
• Ability to plan and prioritize own work in order to meet short deadlines
• Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic
• Support the work of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

Responsibilities

• Appraise primary archival and other materials, evaluate content, and elect best practices for archiving the materials
• Participate in the collection and production of oral histories as required
• Participate in the production of written and other information products
• Carry out administrative and other reporting requirements (including financial reporting)
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
• Maintain and update archival database

Send your application to:  recruitment@dohainstitute.org

Job Summary

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Mediation Expert/Advisor will join a team working on the development of a repository of documents and material related to international peace mediation. The Mediation Expert/Advisor will provide technical expertise and advice on select cases of international, national and sub-national mediation and dialogue processes. The advice is expected to include comparative analysis with other cases and derive lessons-learned and generalizations on methods and mechanisms from multiple mediation cases. The Mediation Expert/Advisor will be expected to draft periodic reports, thematic papers and analyses, and literature reviews on assigned mediation cases.

Candidate Requirements

• Perfect proficiency in both English and Arabic languages
• Master’s Degree in a field related to peacebuilding, mediation or negotiation from an accredited university (degree can be in a related social science but with demonstrated relevant experience in mediation)
• Direct experience in mediation, negotiations, facilitation, and/or dialogue processes, including advice to chief mediators, senior envoys, and/or conflict parties
• Ability to explain how peace mediation processes work as well as various mediation models and methods
• Experience in the production of written and other information products, in both Arabic and English, including literature reviews, academic papers, analyses, reports, and other products
• Familiarity with social and political subjects in the Middle East
• Outstanding grammar and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural team
• Possess a keen eye for detail
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet short deadlines

Send your application to:  recruitment@dohainstitute.org

Job Summary

Reporting to the Researcher and Project Manager the Translator/Editor will primarily be expected to produce high quality, publishable translations of a range of primary and secondary documents and academic texts (originally in Arabic or English), including diplomatic correspondence, code cables, concept papers, agreements, memoranda of understanding, policy briefs, meeting minutes, speeches, and conference materials. Other types of texts that will require translation/editing include press articles, transcripts of video and audio material, research papers in the social sciences and humanities, and other related information products. The Translator/Editor will be expected to review and edit written material flawlessly, ensuring that proper grammar, spelling, syntax and style for all published texts are in line with the Center’s standards, adopted citation style and general style guide.

Candidate Requirements

• Perfect proficiency in both English and Arabic languages
• Bachelor’s Degree in translation from an accredited university (degree can be in a related field but with demonstrated relevant experience in translation)
• A minimum of 2 years’ professional translation/editing experience
• Familiarity with social and political subjects in the Middle East
• Outstanding grammar and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural team
• Possess a keen eye for detail
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet short deadlines
  

Send your application to:  recruitment@dohainstitute.org