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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: SIPAZ Seeks Volunteers for Chiapas Project

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SIPAZ Seeks Volunteers for Chiapas Project

SIPAZ (Servicio Internacional para la Paz/International Service for Peace)
is a coalition of North American, Latin American, and European
organizations dedicated to supporting the peace process in Chiapas.
SIPAZ is seeking long-term volunteers in Chiapas.

Living expenses for long-term volunteers in Chiapas are covered. In
addition, volunteers receive a modest stipend and possibly health
insurance and some travel expenses. Volunteers work under the
supervision of the Coordinator of the Chiapas Office.

Duties include:
* Develop and maintain contact with a full spectrum of the actors in the
conflict in Chiapas, seeking opportunities to actively support initiatives
for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
* Monitor the peace process, including the formal talks and also
independent initiatives and other developments at the grassroots level.
* Assist with the preparation of updates and analysis on the peace
process to enable others around the world to actively support the peace
process in Chiapas.
* Assist with one or more of the other work areas: capacity building
workshops, inter-religious reconciliation, international presence /
accompaniment (for a description of the working areas, see below).
* Maintain relationships with organizations cooperating with SIPAZ.
* Share in housekeeping responsibilities at the team house/office.
* Be accountable to the SIPAZ Steering Committee and Executive Committee
and carry out the decisions of those bodies.

Qualifications include:
* Spanish fluency
* Good political analysis skills
* Prior international working experience
* A commitment to the principles of SIPAZ, including commitment to
nonviolence and comfort working with faith-based groups
* Excellent communication skills
* Prior experience with nonviolent peacebuilding or conflict resolution
* A commitment of one year or more
* 23 years or older

Job Description

SIPAZ seeks to play a facilitative role that will strengthen the context in
which Mexicans are working to resolve problems that are primarily
Mexican.
For this reason, it is very important to maintain contact with all the
players in the conflict.

The work is divided into four areas:

* Information:
Writing articles for the SIPAZ Report and for newspapers and magazines;
maintain an updated Web page;
welcome and provide orientation to visitors and delegations from other
parts of the world who would like to know more about the conflict.

* Workshops:
Design and facilitate workshops concerning peaceful resolution of
conflicts and active non-violence to diverse organizations and churches
that work with the communities.

* Dialogue with the religious players:
Maintain contact with the leaders and members of the Catholic and
Evangelical churches, which are at times in conflict,  in order to promote
reconciliation among them so that they might play a constructive role in
the search for peaceful solutions to the conflicts.

* International presence and accompaniment:
Maintain a presence in high-conflict areas to try to help with the
reduction of violence and the promotion of peaceful conflict resolution.

For more information or to request an application form, contact:

SIPAZ
PO Box 2415
Santa Cruz, CA 95063  USA
Tel &Fax: (int-1) 831 425 1257
e-mail: admin@sipaz.org
http://www.sipaz.org
 

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