Peace Building Advisor at Trocaire

Key responsibilities
Strategic guidance and direction as Trócaire scales up our work on Peace Building.

• Lead on dissemination of the peacebuilding framework and conflict sensitivity approach for Trócaire as a component of triple nexus programming.
• Provide guidelines and tools for conflict analysis in Trócaire programmes and with local partners identifying triggers of conflict and linkages with other Trócaire goal areas.
• Lead in articulating entry points and/or pivotal considerations for integrating conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding within country strategies as appropriate for different contexts.
• Guide the design of projects and programmes and the selection of strategies based on a sound technical knowledge and a thorough understanding of best practice and standards relating to conflict analysis, conflictsensitivity, conflict management and peace building strategies.
• Develop technical guidelines, tools, and training resources for Trócaire and local partners.
• Promote increased participation, representation and leadership of women and girls, youth and marginalised groups, including indigenous groups, in peacebuilding processes at all levels. 

Provision of high-quality technical support and capacity strengthening for country programme planning and delivery on conflict sensitivity and peace building.

• Collaborating across teams, help to advance the integration of conflict sensitivity/ peacebuilding as a key component of the triple nexus, in line with the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.
• Contribute to the technical design for proposals, including context analysis, stakeholder mapping and defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators for conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding components.
• Support and advise country programmes on the establishment and/or strengthening of peace building structures at community level. Particular emphasis should be given to those led by women.
• Identify potential donors for peace building work and support and advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into Trócaire’s peacebuilding interventions.
• Support country teams in proposal development and grant management processes related to peace building projects.
• Lead on capacity strengthening initiatives on conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to staff and local partners in collaboration with country teams.
• Design and roll-out relevant training modules with specific target groups, ensuring monitoring of impact and follow-up.

Facilitation of learning and sharing within and across country programmes.

• Support strong learning and knowledge management of Trócaire’s existing and emerging best practices on conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding.
• Identify and support new research opportunities and collaborative partnerships on conflict sensitivity / peace building.
• Stay abreast of, and align Trócaire’s approach to, sectoral best practice.
• Strategic engagement in relevant internal and external fora for enabling collaboration and profiling.
• Promote and support Trócaire’s engagement in appropriate networks to maximise opportunities for collaboration on conflict sensitivity and peace building.
• Represent Trócaire’s work on conflict sensitivity and peace building at networks and in relevant externalforums to ensure that learning is shared and the work of Trócaire and partners is profiled and informssectoral thinking.
• Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions. 

Other Duties

• Travel to project locations worldwide1, sometimes to insecure areas and at short notice.
• Any other reasonable duty as may be assigned by line management.

Essential Requirements
Skills

• In-depth knowledge of conflict and peacebuilding issues and their practical implications in different contexts including a focus on Women Peace and Security,
• Understanding of programming in a partnership model and ability to work effectively with local, national and international partner organisations.
• Excellent report-writing, research, editing and oral presentation skills.
• Excellent capacity strengthening skills, including training/ facilitation skills and techniques foraccompaniment and mentoring.
• Ability to think strategically and programmatically.
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English and either French or Arabic

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working on programming interventions in peacebuilding, social cohesion, justice and/or governance, including at least 3 years’ experience in a humanitarian/development context
• Comprehensive experience of managing field-based peacebuilding programmes, including. conflict analysis,the integration of conflict sensitive and ‘do no harm’ strategies and in delivering holistic peace building interventions.
• Experience with participatory, community-led programming approaches, including strategies for supporting the participation of women, girls and potentially marginalised / at-risk groups.
• Experience supporting skills building and capacity strengthening, including developing training materials, providing training to a range of audiences and providing accompaniment/mentoring.
• Experience of proposal and report writing for major donors including Irish Aid, FCDO, the European Union and USAID.
• Experience of networking and profiling within national, regional, and global networks

Qualifications

• Relevant third level qualification in international development, humanitarian action, peacebuilding, international relations or related fields required