Synergy for Justice is expanding its roster of survivor experts to ensure survivors are at the heart of our co-creation and practice, with a particular focus at present on our CARSV Stigma in Justice tools and projects.
Your lived experience is invaluable. Survivor expertise is just as important as academic, clinical, or other professional experience, and we recognise the unique insights you bring to this work.
Synergy wishes to ensure that our survivor expert roster is as diverse as possible and so we are launching this call to try to reach beyond our own network to survivor experts around the world.
We welcome applications from adult survivors with diverse experiences in conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) advocacy or activism. This is a paid opportunity, and survivor experts will receive training and mentoring as part of their work.
Synergy for Justice is expanding its roster of experts to provide technical assistance to various ongoing and anticipated projects. Synergy’s roster consists of highly-qualified and experienced experts across disciplines, thematic areas, and geographic areas. These experts are called on for both short-term and long-term consultancies to provide technical assistance, either remotely or in-country, depending upon needs. We would like to deepen our bench of expertise in the following areas:
LEGAL: Access to justice; international criminal law; human rights; conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV); best practices for investigation and documentation of CRSV crimes; trauma-informed and survivor-centric legal approaches; experiences combating stigma in justice systems including at the investigation phase; trial monitoring; capacity building for judges and lawyers; transitional justice; international humanitarian law; experience in civil law system and mixed law system; experience working on legal issues and legal advocacy related to child soldiers and children born of war.
PSYCHO-SOCIAL: Trauma-informed and survivor-centric approaches to care; child development; supporting child survivors of trauma; supporting survivors of CRSV; psychological evaluation according to the Istanbul Protocol; experience combating or mitigating stigma on community, family, and individual levels; secondary trauma; capacity building for MHPSS experts, social workers and protection workers; experiences in developing programmes that focus on psychosocial support related to child soldiers and children born of CRSV.
MEDICAL: Trauma-informed and survivor-centric approaches to CRSV documentation and medical care; child development; supporting child survivors of CRSV and trauma; child abuse; physical evaluation according to the Istanbul Protocol; forensics.
OTHER EXPERTISE: Monitoring and evaluating human rights, justice and accountability projects; research in/on CRSV, CRSV stigma in justice, CRSV stigma in communities; developing advocacy campaigns and training local partners in advocacy strategy; expertise working with survivors of sexual violence (either as a survivor champion, counselor, or advocate).
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE EXPERTISE: Bosnia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Iraq, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine.
If you have at least 7 years of professional experience in any of the above areas, please send your CV and cover letter that highlights the area(s) of expertise you would bring to our roster. Please be sure to note the geographic area(s) where you have provided expertise in the past as well as proficiency in relevant additional language(s) and expected daily rate. Please combine the cover letter and CV in PDF format and label it with your first and last name. We kindly discourage applications from candidates who do not meet the standards identified above because we do not wish to waste your time.
Send application to: [email protected] with “Technical Expert Roster” in the subject line. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and we will reach out to interview those who match current and anticipated needs. We regret that we will not be able to provide feedback on all applications, but we will maintain all qualified applicants on file for one year for future opportunities.
Synergy for Justice is committed to diversity in all hiring and procurement processes. Synergy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information, or age. Synergy celebrates diversity and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive working environment for all directors, consultants, volunteers, and associated personnel.