Peacebuilding Advisor at Peaceful Change Initiative

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The primary objectives of the assignment are to:

• Build excellent working relationships with project partner organisations, representing PCi within the project and in the region.
• Support the design of project baseline, endline and MEAL framework, ensuring that peacebuilding impact can be adequately assessed and that conflict sensitivity risks are monitored.
• Lead the design and implementation of a gender-responsive conflict analysis across project sites.
• Provide conflict sensitivity training, guidance and advice to project partners, including adapting materials and tools where necessary.
• Coordinate research led by academics in three countries on the intersection of youth, culture and peacebuilding, including coordinating the dissemination of research findings to target audiences.
• Support the development of new funding proposals that build on project impact and learning.

KEY DELIVERABLES

Whilst the delivery of project outputs will be a team effort between partners and within PCi, it is expected that the Peacebuilding Advisor will contribute significantly to the following outputs:

• A practical, easy to use and gender-sensitive conflict analysis.
• A good understanding amongst project partners of key conflict sensitivity risks entailed by the project and how these can be mitigated and monitored.
• A high-quality piece of research that explores the intersection between youth, culture and peacebuilding in the Swahili Coast region, synthesising the findings of research undertaken by universities in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.
• Research outputs that are tailored to the project’s target audiences that result in high levels of interest and engagement from these audiences on the research topic.
• A project Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning framework that integrates conflict sensitivity and uses practical indicators and tools to assess peacebuilding impact.
• Concept notes and proposals for further work that builds on project learning and impact.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Post-graduate qualification in the political or social sciences.
• Experience delivering conflict resolution and peacebuilding projects.
• Excellent research skills and proven research experience.
• Proven experience in advising organisations on conflict sensitivity, including providing trainings and developing tools and guidance.
• Excellent knowledge of the Swahili Coast region, including conflict dynamics and issues around youth inclusion.
• Experience in developing M&E frameworks and tools for peacebuilding projects.
• Fluency in English.
• Willing to model PCi’s values of inclusion, dialogue and collaboration.

Desirable

• Fluency in one or more local languages, particularly Swahili and Portuguese.
• Experience in managing projects in the development and/or peacebuilding sector.
• Project design and fundraising experience.