Conflict Sensitivity Advisor at Field Support Services Project (FSSP)

FSSP Nigeria is a project designed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to assist in ensuring quality and relevance of Canada development programme in responding to Nigeria’s development challenges by providing access to technical expertise with local knowledge.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Conflict Sensitivity Advisor

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Part-time

Job Description

• The Field Support Services Project (FSSP) seeks to contract a local Conflict Sensitivity Advisor on a part-time, as-required basis, to support Canada’s International Development Assistance Program in Nigeria in applying a conflict-sensitive approach.
• To ensure that Global Affairs Canada (GAC)-funded projects do not lead to unintended negative impacts and go beyond “doing no harm” but to also maximize opportunities to build and strengthen peace, GAC encourages partners to adopt a conflict-sensitive approach in programming, policy and decision making and implementation.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The general goal of the mandate is to assist in the integration of conflict sensitivity considerations into project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and policy dialogue, as well as to enhance the technical and institutional capacity of the Department and its partners.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Conduct a program gender-sensitive conflict analysis, including an actor analysis, and update this periodically or as requested.
• Proactively advise and recommend on current or emerging conflict sensitivity issues as they relate to Canada’s programming sectors including health, gender equality, humanitarian assistance, renewable energy, sustainable economic growth and education.
• Promote conflict sensitivity with implementing partners of GAC-funded projects in Nigeria, including up to two capacity building activities on conflict sensitivity approach and monitoring applied to project-context interaction.
• Support Canada’s programming teams in the review and development of documents relating to project proposals including logic model, performance management framework, risk registry, project management framework, and budget; and documents linked to operational projects in various programming areas including annual reports, annual work plans, project implementation profiles, and other relevant project documents.
• Provide technical assistance to Global Affairs Canada staff, including incoming missions and Ottawa-based staff, Canadian Government officials and consultants to visit projects in the field as requested.
• Media monitoring, documenting progress, findings and results through progress reports, and make recommendations about any needed corrective or additional measures as required.
• Research, collect, analyze, exchange data and proactively advise on issues related to conflict sensitivity implications of Canada’s development programming in Nigeria with GAC field staff, HQ desk officers, recipient country partners, and other members of the community of practice.
• Any other tasks linked to conflict sensitivity analysis.
• This assignment is expected to start immediately with a level of effort (LoE) up to 10 days/month (100 days for 10-month contract).

Essential Qualifications / Experience

• Graduate Degree (Master’s degree required, PhD or equivalent would be an asset) in Peace and Conflict Study, International Development, Gender Studies, Peace Building, or other related fields. Candidates with combined degrees will have an added advantage.
• Minimum of 8 years of cumulative experience as senior specialist or senior program management positions in development work related to conflict, peacebuilding, or identity-based and communal religious conflict in Nigeria.
• At least five years’ experience directly related to conflict sensitivity and Do-No-Harm approaches, including experience in mainstreaming these concepts into development and humanitarian programing.
• Experience in conducting gender-sensitive conflict analysis and experience in applying such analysis to local development and humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in conducting training on Conflict Sensitivity and Do-No-Harm approaches.
• Good understanding of underlying causes of different conflicts, and its causes and consequences in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated knowledge/understanding of Nigeria’s political, social, and economic aspects of conflicts.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and/or implementation of development and humanitarian programming.
• Prior experience in an international development institution (public, NGO or private) is preferred. Ability to function effectively in multidisciplinary teams is essential.
• Demonstrated ability in producing clear, high quality analytical written work on conflict sensitivity in development and humanitarian topics.
• Strong interpersonal, cross-cultural and communication skills; and
• Commitment to teamwork and ability to build constructive and effective relationships.

Application Closing Date
22nd January, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• To be considered, candidates must address in their Cover Letter how they meet each of the requirements under ‘Essential qualifications/experience’ and ability to carry out all the roles and responsibilities above.
• Candidates who have applied for this position in the last one year need not apply again.