Search for Common Ground is the world's largest dedicated peacebuilding organization. Founded in 1982 and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. We work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities. Our mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict: away from adversarial approaches, toward cooperative solutions. We have developed a broad array of operational methods, which we call collectively our "toolbox." These include well-known conflict resolution techniques, such as mediation and facilitation, and less traditional ones, like TV productions, radio soap opera, and community organising. We have found that employing several tools at the same time increases their overall effectiveness.

Team Summary

Common Ground USA (CG-USA) fosters collaboration across differences to address America’s biggest challenges and build a society where everyone can belong and thrive. As part of Search for Common Ground, with 40 years of global conflict resolution experience, CG-USA transforms conflict into cooperation with programming focused in the United States. At CG-USA, we believe that most Americans want to overcome the divisions we face in our society and that we all have a role to play. Engaging across political and other divides, we see disagreement as an opportunity to transform conflict into cooperation to solve our most pervasive problems. All of our work is rooted in an evidence base where we strengthen the five vital signs of peace: safety, social cohesion, institutional legitimacy, personal agency, and resourcing peace.

We launched our Collective Memory Program through The Reconstructing Reconstruction project in New Orleans. Our Collective Memory work empowers communities to recognize New Orleans as a historic testing ground for equality in America and to address long-standing divisions through trust-building, community memorialization, and collective action. Participants engage with stories of both trauma and triumph, gaining tools to navigate difficult conversations about the past and its present-day impacts. Central to this work is the belief that communities should have the power to decide what gets remembered. Participants nominate, discuss, and vote on the historical figures, places, and events they want to lift up—ensuring the stories preserved reflect lived experience and collective values. By building authentic relationships and nurturing transformative leadership, we support efforts to bridge divides, repair historical wounds, and prevent future conflict—not just for one community, but for everyone who calls this city home.We are currently in the design phase for our next project in New Orleans, and are in need of Project Implementation Consulting Services for the second phase of our Collective Memory Work in New Orleans. The PIC will work closely with the Program Manager to implement a collective memory program for the next 12 months.

The PIC should have the following experience:

Community organizing

Forms of memorialization in New Orleans and the United States

Collective memory work

Project management

RESPONSE DUE MAY 4, 2025 TO KJAMES@SFCG.ORG

Please consider the following scope of services requested, and provide your response/quote. Thank you!

TERM

12 MONTHS

30 HOURS PER MONTH

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

Recruit potential cohort members

Participate in selection of cohort members

Design cohort training curriculum

Lead cohort trainings in accordance with curriculum

Facilitate program implementation

Participate in program evaluation

PROJECT TIMELINE:

May 2025

Finalize project design

Draft cohort member responsibilities

Develop two-year work plan with goals and outcomes

Design cohort training curriculum

Recruit and Select Cohort Members

The 15-member cohort will be selected by June 1, ensuring diversity

across race, geography, religion, age, political perspective, gender, and

identity (including both indigenous and transplant voices).

June – August 2025

Cohort Training

Over three months, cohort members will take part in immersive, hands-on

training. In addition to Common Ground Approach training, participants

will explore the selected historical topic through oral histories, site visits,

and interactive sessions. They’ll also be introduced to different

approaches to memorialization—including traditional markers, public art,

and community storytelling.

September 2025 – December 2026 -

Program Implementation

Following training, the cohort will decide on a shared project rooted in

what they’ve learned. This could include historical markers or other

creative forms of public memory, with a focus on methods that are visible,

lasting, and accessible. Participants will be given budget-aligned options

and support to shape the final work.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct here and our privacy policy here.

Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d'autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.

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Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d'appels téléphoniques s'il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Web www.sfcg.org pour tous les détails de notre mission.

Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - Ténacité - Empathie - Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d'intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s'engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d'une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.

Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l'état matrimonial, l'orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.

Consultez notre code de conduite ici et notre politique de confidentialité ici.

Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.

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Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio web www.sfcg.org para conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración - Audacia - Tenacidad - Empatía - Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conducta aquí y nuestra política de privacidad aquí.

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