Dialogue on Ethnic Relations

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Dialogue Fiji, in consultation with the Citizens’ Constitutional Forum, is organising a 3-day Dialogue Forum on ethnic relations and discrimination at the Pearl Resort from 9-11 November 2017. 
 
The three-day dialogue forum will consist of a number of panel discussions and group deliberations on key elements relating to ethnic relations in Fiji. 
 
This dialogue will feed into the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), an instrument for keeping governments to account in relation to its commitments to addressing racial discrimination in Fiji. The CSO working group (chaired by CCF) is currently working on the civil society report for the next cycle of reporting and recognises the value of initiating dialogue in the wider Fijian society for a deeper engagement on the issue.
 
25 participants have been invited to take part in this deliberative forum from civil society, community leaders, leaders of faith based organisations, key players in the recent peace and reconciliation processes, the media sector, academia, and relevant government departments and officials.
 
The four panel discussions will cover the following themes: 
  • Political Representation & Electoral System
  • Indigenous Rights
  • National Identity 
  • Building Social Cohesion

Dialogue Fiji at a glance

​Dialogue Fiji has been working in the area of inclusive and participatory decision making, democratic transition, good governance, conflict analysis and peace-building since 2009. The vision of the organisation is “a Fiji where people respect each other’s’ differences and share a common will to build a free, just, peaceful, and inclusive nation”. The organisation has the mission to “engage with others to create inclusive spaces for dialogue and peace building, and develop capacities in Fiji's society for a culture of Dialogue, resulting in dialogue processes being applied to increase understanding, respect and collaboration across divides”. 

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VACANCY - PROGRAMME OFFICER
Dialogue Fiji is a peacebuilding NGO committed to building a culture of Dialogue in Fiji to build a free, just, peaceful and inclusive nation. Dialogue Fiji is inviting applications for the position of Programme Officer to be based at its Suva office.
The applicant will be required to:-
  • Coordinate scoping activities, dialogue events and follow on activities.
  • Write reports of activities, including inputting into reports to donors, or  any other reports as assigned by the Executive Director.
  • Identify and build relationships and liaise with communities, development agencies, policy, donor organisations and other stakeholders that are critical to Dialogue Fiji delivering its objectives and programmes.
  • Create/maintain a contact database of all Dialogue Fiji stakeholders.
  • Deliver regular activity and evaluation reports.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key contacts in strategic partner organisations.
  • Contribute to design and development of project proposals.
  • Contribute to drafting of technical and financial proposals to secure funding.
  • Coordinate scheduled reporting to meet institutional donor reporting requirements.
  • Coordinate lesson learning from monitoring and evaluation of the Dialogue Fiji programme portfolio and support sharing of best practice and policy insights.
  • Contribute to strategic planning of Dialogue Fiji, including annual and medium term planning and monitoring.
  • Facilitate deliberative processes and workshops convened by Dialogue Fiji.
  • Update social media accounts of Dialogue Fiji.
  • Any other responsibilities assigned by the Executive Director.
 
The applicant must have:-
  • A higher qualification in social sciences, development studies or other relevant area.
  • Excellent oral and written English language skills.
  • Fluency in at least one local language.
  • High level proficiency in report writing
  • Experience in program management. monitoring and evaluation, convening and facilitating deliberative processes.
  • Proven maturity of judgment and problem solving capability.
  • Self-motivated and autonomous in order to perform in a small office context.
Salary Level: $21,500 t0 25,500
 
Applicants should send a detailed CV (with 3 referee’s contacts) and a cover letter clearly stating how they meet the criteria stated above to: The Executive Director, Dialogue Fiji, P.O. Box 404, Suva
Alternatively, it could be hand-delivered to 9 Rose Place, Rewa Street or sent to email address nilesh@dialoguefiji.com.
Applications close on Wednesday, 7th March, 2017.
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