Peace and Development Officer (Open to Internal and External Applicants)
Overview
The Peace and Development Officer will provide substantive support in conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts, focusing on research, analysis, and coordination with national stakeholders and UN entities.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with research, information-gathering, and analysis focused on supporting and promoting peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
- Gather and process data and information relevant to the UN’s role and activities in Somalia, focusing on conflict transformation, peacebuilding, social cohesion, conflict prevention, and sustainable development.
- Support political, political economy, and/or conflict analysis, monitoring the situation in the country, and reporting on peace and security issues.
- Carry out and coordinate research on particular issues and thematic areas, including local-level conflict analysis.
- Identify programming entry-points and support inclusive and conflict-sensitive approaches to build national capacities for conflict prevention, particularly with civil society, women’s, and youth networks.
- Assist in identifying areas of programmatic engagement with national stakeholders related to social cohesion, dialogue, conflict prevention, and consensus-building.
- Support the exploration of entry points with key national counterparts, including the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Member States, and civil society.
- Advise on mainstreaming conflict-sensitive approaches, including providing training to UNCT staff and key national partners.
- Undertake mapping and analysis of civil society actors, including youth, women, and marginalized groups, and their capacities for conflict prevention/peacebuilding.
- Support engagement with national and local stakeholders, focusing on civil society actors and academia, to link local initiatives to national-level institutions.
- Reinforce dialogue between government and civil society and/or people-to-people dialogues.
- Provide technical support for coordination, partnerships, and monitoring and evaluation.
- Support the external coordination of existing partnerships between stakeholders.
- Support the monitoring and evaluation function, including collecting, processing, and analyzing data.
- Support knowledge management and sharing of good practices on conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
- Perform duties supporting UN coordination and effective implementation of the Peace, Development and Peacebuilding Fund Team programme.
- Ensure quality assurance of strategic reporting, results communications, and knowledge management products.
- Proactively identify and pursue opportunities for the documentation and communication of best practices, results, and lessons learned.
- Support the establishment of knowledge platforms and innovative mechanisms for capturing and disseminating peacebuilding knowledge.
Required Experience
Minimum of two (2) years (with master’s degree) or four (4) years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible experience in conflict analysis, strategy development, development and/or conflict prevention in a governmental, multilateral, or civil society organization is required. Extensive experience in analysis, research and sound drafting skills is an asset. Minimum of one (1) year of experience in project/programme development, management is highly desirable. Experience in national and community-level conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives and programming is desirable. In-depth knowledge of and extensive experience in Somalia, including in dialogue and conflict prevention initiatives. Awareness and familiarity with key actors and stakeholders across the political, economic, and development spheres, alongside knowledge of government, civil society, and other non-state actors, is desirable.
Qualifications
An Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Conflict Resolution, Peace Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Human Rights, International Relations, Economics, Law, Public Administration, or other related social sciences is required. Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.