Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitivity Specialist

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, protection mainstreaming. Moreover, we also expect the following.

Required

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Peace and conflict studies, International development, or related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage.
  
• Demonstrated experience in conflict analysis and context analysis
  
• Experience in community-based programming and social cohesion
  
• Experience in facilitation of dialogues and participatory approaches
  
• Experience working with partners and providing technical oversight
  
• Strong analytical and writing skills
  
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods (FGDs, KIIs, surveys)
  
• Ability to work in complex and sensitive environments and engage with diverse stakeholders
  
• Previous experience managing field teams, logistics and financial systems.
  
• Background in conflict management, youth programming or social care
  
• Desirable
  
• Knowledge of the local languages like Dinker, Nuer, Swahili & Lingala.
  

• Technical oversight of peacebuilding activities
  
• Provide technical guidance to the implementing partner on the design and delivery of sports-based peacebuilding activities (youth engagement, community dialogues, awareness sessions).
  
• Ensure activities go beyond recreational approaches and are structured to contribute to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence outcomes.
  
• Support the partner in integrating conflict resolution, dialogue, and inclusion approaches into all activities.
  
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor quality, relevance and conflict sensitivity of activities.
  
• Identify risks and propose mitigation measures to avoid tensions, exclusion, or unintended harm.
  
• Conflict sensitivity and anticipatory action
  
• Lead conflict analysis in target locations, including risk analysis linked to shocks and anticipatory action triggers
  
• Ensure conflict sensitivity is integrated into anticipatory action design, targeting and implementation
  
• Identify and monitor potential conflict risks related to anticipatory action interventions and propose mitigation measures
  
• Produce brief conflict sensitivity updates/analysis to inform timely decision-making for anticipatory action
  
• Capacity strengthening
  
• Train and mentor partner staff and internal teams on, peacebuilding approaches, conflict sensitivity and facilitation of community dialogues.
  
• Support the partner to improve activity design, facilitation quality, and reporting.
  
• Develop simple guidance and tools to strengthen field-level implementation.
  
• Programme quality, monitoring and learning
  
• Ensure quality control of activities and documentation of outcomes and lessons learned.
  
• Work with MEAL teams to integrate conflict sensitivity indicators and feedback mechanisms.
  
• Contribute to donor reporting and internal learning products.
  
• Support adaptation of programming based on evolving context and analysis.
  
• Coordination and technical support
  
• Act as technical focal point on peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity with Protection teams, HDP colleagues and implementing partners.
  
• Support coordination with community structures, local authorities and partners on conflict-sensitive approaches.
  
• Contribute to the design of new proposals or programme adaptations integrating peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity.