Senior Peacebuilding Officer – Mogadishu, Somalia

• Organization: IRC – International Rescue Committee
• Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

The Senior Peacebuilding Officer will be responsible for the design, implementation, and monitoring of the IRC’s community peacebuilding interventions in Baidoa, Barawe, Hawlwadaag, and Karaan. CPDF Interventions will enhance and promote peacebuilding and social cohesion through multiple local participatory approaches to measure core governance and peacebuilding outcomes. They will lead on organizational and technical capacity building activities and other key project activities. Under the supervision of the Peacebuilding Manager, they will also be responsible for managing the day-to-day relationships and coordination with local partners, supporting the implementing of peacebuilding initiatives, and providing capacity-building trainings to the project team.  Further, she/he will manage relationships with key local stakeholders in the communities targeted by the project and lead community engagement activities. This position will closely work with the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) Officer as well as local women and youth-led CSOs and community leaders in order to develop and administer community public awareness campaigns and debates to promote knowledge sharing and empowerment in peacebuilding processes. This position will directly report to the Peacebuilding Manager with secondary reporting responsibilities to the Project Consortium Consultant.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Reporting & Compliance

The Senior Peacebuilding Officer is responsible for supporting the Peacebuilding Manager in implementing compliance and reporting activities and plans to support program implementation. The planning includes the development of workplans, spending plans and financial reports, the monitoring of spending plans, creations of donor report as well as any other strategic communications and compliance documents.  

• Support the Peacebuilding Manager in compiling program outputs for reports and compliance documents, including financial management and spending.
• Assist Project Consortium Consultant with coordination of partnership activities and communicate with partners on implementation progress across all target locations.
• Attend meetings to discuss program reporting and compliance progress as well as provide updates on spending plans, workplans and reporting timelines.
• Create communications materials and human-interest stories of beneficiaries.
• Provide support to the Project Consortium Consultant on inputs for new project proposals, concept notes, and other applications for Peacebuilding and Governance funding opportunities.

Program Implementation

The Senior Peacebuilding Officer is responsible for implementing the CPDF activities. The Senior Peacebuilding officer ensures all program needs and plans are met on time in accordance with IRC and donors’ standards.

• Ensure timely and effective implementation of Peacebuilding activities in all target locations.
• Provide capacity building support and trainings to local partners under the consortium on all Peacebuilding tools and approaches, in particular on the CPDF framework.
• Monitor progress towards implementation of Peacebuilding activities in all target locations.
• Liaise with local district authorities to ensure appropriate and timely implementation of Peacebuilding activities.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Peacebuilding Manager or Project Consortium Consultant.

Learning

• Support the development of the peacebuilding learning agenda across all partners during the inception phase of the project.
• Monitor progress towards the learning agenda and support with the compilation and creation of learning outputs from all partners.
• Work closely with the IRC MEAL Officer to ensure all activities are implemented according to plan and that learning is captured and disseminated across all partners.

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