Project Management Support-Senior Officer (for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution), Multiple positions

• Serves as the primary focal point for all communication and coordination between UNOPS and the implementing partner specifically concerning human rights and conflict resolution components of the project.

• Ensures Grantee activities are consistently aligned with the overall FCP III project goals, UNOPS strategic objectives, and donor requirements.

• Actively supports the Grantee in coordinating effectively with local and national partners, promoting the principles of complementarity and synergy.

2. Peace and Conflict Analysis:

• Oversees the comprehensive peace, conflict, and human rights assessments to inform project selection and implementation strategies, ensuring a robust focus on identifying and analyzing human rights violations, protection risks, conflict drivers, and opportunities for rights-based and peaceful conflict transformation.  

• Ensures that inclusive, human rights- based approaches are used to assess community needs and sensitivities.

• Supports the development of assessment criteria related to conflict resolution, peacebuilding and social cohesion.

• Contributes to the integration of conflict sensitivity into project management frameworks.

• Updates situational analyses to ensure adaptability to changing contexts.

3. Stakeholder Engagement & Community Consultations:

• Assists in developing and applying effective frameworks for measuring social cohesion and the impact of project interventions on community relations, ensuring participatory approaches.

• Analyzes relevant policy documents to align initiatives with national and local policies.

• Conducts stakeholder mapping and power dynamics analysis to inform engagement strategies.

• Facilitates community consultations to gather input and validate evaluation results.

• Assist in establishing mechanisms for inclusive dialogue and participation of diverse community groups.

4.Technical Support & Conflict Sensitivity Integration:

• Provides technical support in the design and evaluation of project interventions.

• Contributes to the selection of project activities based on participatory evaluations.

• Oversee and support the guarantee in evaluating the impact of projects on social cohesion, human rights, and conflict dynamics, utilizing established and innovative tools and methodologies. 

• Strengthens the capacities of local actors in conflict sensitivity, human rights mainstreaming, and peacebuilding approaches.  

• Co-design and support the project  in the implementation of impactful awareness-raising initiatives on social inclusion, human rights, and peacebuilding dynamics within target communities.

5. Capacity Building & Training:

• Participate in impact evaluations and ensure alignment with development goals.

• Conducts context-specific analyses, including social, gender and environmental dimensions.

• Assists in organizing and facilitating knowledge-sharing sessions with affected communities.

• Supports the integration of conflict-sensitive approaches into procurement and contracting processes.

• Supports the implementation of awareness-raising initiatives on social inclusion and peacebuilding dynamics.

6. Implementation and monitoring:

• Monitor project implementation to ensure consistency with peacebuilding goals.

• Monitor guarantee’s project implementation through regular reviews of reports, field visits, and direct communication, ensuring consistency with peacebuilding goals, human rights standards, and the Grant Support Agreement.

• Evaluates and adjusts community action plans based on feedback and participatory approaches.

• Assists in identifying mechanisms to improve local ownership and sustainability of interventions.

• Facilitates post-implementation activities to strengthen project benefits and social cohesion.

• Monitors emerging conflict risks and recommends appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Organizes follow-up meetings to ensure ongoing stakeholder participation and inclusion.

7. Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E):

• Contributes to the development of indicators to assess project impact on peacebuilding.

• Assist in designing and implementing M&E tools to monitor progress and ensure adaptive management.

• Overseas guarantees data collection and analysis processes; conduct complementary analysis and verification to support informed decision-making, identify lessons learned, and ensure accountability for results.

• Actively support and provide quality assurance for impact monitoring initiatives and community-led governance and peace dialogues.

• Develops and implements strategies, in coordination with Inter peace, to strengthen community advocacy capacities for the sustainable management of infrastructure and services, linking them to rights and peace outcomes.

• Supports impact monitoring initiatives and community-led governance dialogues.

• Strengthens community advocacy capacities for infrastructure and service management.

• Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in sustainable economic development, economics, human rights, international relations, political science, law or related field is required. 

• A first-level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in the above-mentioned areas or related field in combination with 2 additional years of}qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

• At least two (2) years of experience in project development, Peace and Security, Human rights projects, partnerships, and/or resource mobilization is required for candidates holding a Master's degree.

•  Experience in development or economic research and management 
•  Experience in development research and analysis 
• Experience in one of the following fields is an asset: peace, conflict prevention and resolution and human rights 
•  Experience working with immigration, displaced people and refugees, human rights, etc.
• Experience in writing scientific articles is an asset 
•   Previous experience within the UN system is an asset