Protracted crises and conflicts; conflict analysis; conflict-sensitive programming; contributions to sustaining peace and stability; peace responsiveness; Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN).

Tasks and responsibilities

•    Conduct or facilitate national, area or project-specific context/conflict analyses (both in depth and ‘good enough’, and joint where appropriate), based on corporate guidance, to support:
o    Strategic decision-making in conflict-affected contexts, including in the event of changes to the operating environment from rapid and slow-onset shocks (human-induced and natural disasters);
o    Programme development and the identification of humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) entry points;
o    Conflict-sensitive programming;
o    Development of country programming frameworks and resilience frameworks;
o    Inter-agency discussions and planning as well as donor engagement.
•    Facilitate conflict sensitivity “Programme Clinics” with FAO staff and partners to ensure FAO interventions are conflict sensitive, limiting and potential harm and maximising peaceful outcomes in communities;
•    Support capacity development on conflict sensitivity and peace-responsiveness among staff, partners and local authorities, where relevant;
•    Integrate relevant conflict-sensitive monitoring and evaluation indicators in coordination with MEAL colleagues;
•    Set up and support, as appropriate, ongoing context monitoring processes to inform adaptive project/programme management in dynamic contexts.
•    Scaling-up operations:
o    Provide a conflict lens on analytical and normative products, and key programme related processes (e.g. project cycle, procurement, monitoring and evaluation);
o    Integrate key findings from context analyses and “Programme Clinics” into concept notes and/or fully fledged project proposal(s) and ensure conflict-sensitivity is adequately reflected;
o    Support monitoring and documentation of country-level conflict-sensitive, HDP and peace-contributing promising practices.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

Experience in humanitarian and/or resilience programming in insecure contexts with specific experience in stakeholder engagement, access negotiations, context/conflict analysis and/or conflict-sensitive programming as well as experience in designing and delivering related capacity building programmes and activities.

FAO Core Competencies

•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills 

•Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable.
•    Experience in humanitarian contexts is essential.