Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitivity Specialist job at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

DRC Uganda is currently looking for a highly qualified and motivated individual to join our dynamic team as a Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitivity Specialist.

The overall purpose of the role:

The Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitivity Specialist will provide technical oversight and quality assurance to local partners on community-based activities implemented through sports programming, including youth engagement, awareness raising, and community dialogues in refugee settlements. The position holder will ensure that these activities are delivered in a conflict-sensitive manner, contribute meaningfully to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence, and do not generate unintended harm, He/she will also lead on conflict analysis and integration of conflict sensitivity across relevant programmes, including anticipatory action initiatives, and strengthen the capacity of the implementing partner and internal teams.

Responsibilities or duties:

Technical oversight of peacebuilding activities

• Provide technical guidance to the implementing partner on the design and delivery of sports-based peacebuilding activities (youth engagement, community dialogues, awareness sessions).
• Ensure activities go beyond recreational approaches and are structured to contribute to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence outcomes.
• Support the partner in integrating conflict resolution, dialogue, and inclusion approaches into all activities.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor quality, relevance and conflict sensitivity of activities.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation measures to avoid tensions, exclusion, or unintended harm.

Conflict sensitivity and anticipatory action

• Lead conflict analysis in target locations, including risk analysis linked to shocks and anticipatory action triggers
• Ensure conflict sensitivity is integrated into anticipatory action design, targeting and implementation
• Identify and monitor potential conflict risks related to anticipatory action interventions and propose mitigation measures
• Produce brief conflict sensitivity updates/analysis to inform timely decision-making for anticipatory action

Capacity strengthening

• Train and mentor partner staff and internal teams on, peacebuilding approaches, conflict sensitivity and facilitation of community dialogues.
• Support the partner to improve activity design, facilitation quality, and reporting.
• Develop simple guidance and tools to strengthen field-level implementation.

Programme quality, monitoring and learning

• Ensure quality control of activities and documentation of outcomes and lessons learned.
• Work with MEAL teams to integrate conflict sensitivity indicators and feedback mechanisms.
• Contribute to donor reporting and internal learning products.
• Support adaptation of programming based on evolving context and analysis.

Coordination and technical support

• Act as technical focal point on peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity with Protection teams, HDP colleagues and implementing partners.
• Support coordination with community structures, local authorities and partners on conflict-sensitive approaches.
• Contribute to the design of new proposals or programme adaptations integrating peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

About you

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, protection mainstreaming. Moreover, we also expect the following.

Required

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Peace and conflict studies, International development, or related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in conflict analysis and context analysis
• Experience in community-based programming and social cohesion
• Experience in facilitation of dialogues and participatory approaches
• Experience working with partners and providing technical oversight
• Strong analytical and writing skills
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods (FGDs, KIIs, surveys)
• Ability to work in complex and sensitive environments and engage with diverse stakeholders
• Previous experience managing field teams, logistics and financial systems.
• Background in conflict management, youth programming or social care

Desirable

• Knowledge of the local languages like Dinker, Nuer, Swahili & Lingala.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

We offer

• Contract length: 9 months
• Band: NM G2
• Designation of Duty Station: Arua
• Start date: April 2026
• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees; please refer to our website.

• Provide technical guidance to the implementing partner on the design and delivery of sports-based peacebuilding activities (youth engagement, community dialogues, awareness sessions).
• Ensure activities go beyond recreational approaches and are structured to contribute to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence outcomes.
• Support the partner in integrating conflict resolution, dialogue, and inclusion approaches into all activities.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor quality, relevance and conflict sensitivity of activities.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation measures to avoid tensions, exclusion, or unintended harm.
• Lead conflict analysis in target locations, including risk analysis linked to shocks and anticipatory action triggers
• Ensure conflict sensitivity is integrated into anticipatory action design, targeting and implementation
• Identify and monitor potential conflict risks related to anticipatory action interventions and propose mitigation measures
• Produce brief conflict sensitivity updates/analysis to inform timely decision-making for anticipatory action
• Train and mentor partner staff and internal teams on, peacebuilding approaches, conflict sensitivity and facilitation of community dialogues.
• Support the partner to improve activity design, facilitation quality, and reporting.
• Develop simple guidance and tools to strengthen field-level implementation.
• Ensure quality control of activities and documentation of outcomes and lessons learned.
• Work with MEAL teams to integrate conflict sensitivity indicators and feedback mechanisms.
• Contribute to donor reporting and internal learning products.
• Support adaptation of programming based on evolving context and analysis.
• Act as technical focal point on peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity with Protection teams, HDP colleagues and implementing partners.
• Support coordination with community structures, local authorities and partners on conflict-sensitive approaches.
• Contribute to the design of new proposals or programme adaptations integrating peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity.

• Demonstrated experience in conflict analysis and context analysis
• Experience in community-based programming and social cohesion
• Experience in facilitation of dialogues and participatory approaches
• Experience working with partners and providing technical oversight
• Strong analytical and writing skills
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods (FGDs, KIIs, surveys)
• Ability to work in complex and sensitive environments and engage with diverse stakeholders
• Previous experience managing field teams, logistics and financial systems.
• Background in conflict management, youth programming or social care
• Knowledge of the local languages like Dinker, Nuer, Swahili & Lingala.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Peace and conflict studies, International development, or related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage.