Anticipatory Action Coordinator

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in humanitarian programming in conflict-affected settings, with at least 2 years directly working on anticipatory action, early warning, rapid response mechanisms, or disaster risk management.
  
• Demonstrated experience working in Nigeria or the West Africa region, with strong contextual understanding of transhumance dynamics, farmer-herder conflict drivers, displacement patterns, or humanitarian coordination systems.
  
• Experience designing and implementing anticipatory action projects or preparedness systems, including trigger development, anticipatory action planning, and participatory co-design processes is a clear asset.
  
• Familiarity with protection monitoring systems, peacebuilding, and conflict-sensitive programming in complex displacement contexts is a clear asset.
  

Technical Implementation and AAP Development

• Lead the development and operationalization of conflict-sensitive Anticipatory Action Plans (AAPs) for Nigeria, integrating DRC's protection alert system into trigger design to shift activation earlier in the crisis curve, before violence peaks and displacement occurs.
  
• Define pre-agreed anticipatory intervention packages, including conflict prevention (humanitarian mediation, dialogue processes), relevant social cohesion initiatives, and targeted protection services, with clear trigger thresholds and institutional roles and responsibilities.
  
• Coordinate the refinement and localization of DRC's machine learning displacement forecasting model for Nigeria, integrating protection monitoring data, transhumance and conflict early warning signals, and community-based indicators from hard-to-reach areas.
  

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent DRC in the National Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action, ensuring coordination with government duty bearers, UN entities, Red Cross, INGOs, and local civil society, protection, and peacebuilding actors.
  
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships with local civil society organizations, peacebuilding actors, and academic institutions supporting AAP co-design, sub-grant implementation, and local knowledge production.
  
• Coordinate closely with DRC Nigeria's Protection Monitoring team, Partnerships Coordinator, and emergency response colleagues to align anticipatory action with existing country systems and ensure operational coherence.
  

Data, Analysis, and Learning

• Work with DRC's global and regional data analysts to monitor displacement forecasts, refine trigger thresholds, and ensure forecasting models reflect current field realities in Nigeria.
  
• Oversee the implementation of the SAAD MEAL framework in Nigeria, including impact assessments of displacement mitigation and cost-effectiveness.
  
• Coordinate the project's academic partnership with a Nigerian university, supporting joint research design, longitudinal monitoring, and data collection during AAP activations.
  

Business Development and Advocacy

• Contribute to SAAD's national advocacy strategy on anticipatory action for displacement in conflict-affected settings.
  
• Support DRC Nigeria's broader business development efforts by contributing to AA-related proposals and donor engagement.
  
• Represent DRC's anticipatory action approach at national and regional forums, contributing to positioning DRC as a thought leader on anticipatory action in conflict-affected settings in West Africa.
  

Reporting, Communication, and Project Management

• Ensure quality and timely technical and financial reporting in line with SAAD project requirements and Carnegie Corporation of New York donor standards.
  
• In close collaboration with the DRC National Peacebuilding and Conflict Analysis Specialist, manage sub-grants to local partners, overseeing implementation quality, financial compliance, and after-action documentation.
  
• Maintain regular communication with the Regional AA Coordinator, global project team, and country management on progress, challenges, and emerging risks.