Job Description

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a
highly qualified Peace Building Specialist- Anticipatory Action (AA)
About the job
The Peacebuilding Specialist will provide technical leadership and field-level support to the AHEAD
Anticipatory Action project, ensuring that peacebuilding, social cohesion, and conflict sensitivity are
effectively integrated into anticipatory action systems and early response mechanisms.
The role focuses on preventing and mitigating displacement linked to conflict and climate-related
shocks by strengthening community preparedness, inclusive dialogue, local conflict management

mechanisms, and protection-oriented anticipatory actions. The position will support the design,
implementation, and learning of conflict-sensitive anticipatory interventions that reduce violence risks
before shocks escalate into displacement
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Key Responsibilities
1. Peacebuilding & Conflict Sensitivity in Anticipatory Action
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Application due:
12/31/2025
Workplace:
Mogadishu
Department/Country:
Somalia
Contract type:
• Provide technical guidance to ensure peacebuilding and social cohesion principles are
embedded within anticipatory action design, triggers, and response packages.
• Support the integration of conflict analysis and political economy analysis into anticipatory action
planning, readiness activities, and trigger validation.
• Ensure anticipatory actions do not exacerbate tensions and contribute to violence prevention, trust
-building, and inclusive community engagement.
• Advise on context-specific anticipatory protection and peace dividends, including dialogue
facilitation, community mediation, and conflict de-escalation activities.
2. Community Preparedness & Local Systems Strengthening
• Support community-based preparedness activities that strengthen local conflict prevention, early
warning, and response mechanisms.
• Work with community leaders, women’s groups, youth structures, and local authorities to promote
inclusive participation in anticipatory action processes.
• Support the design and implementation of anticipatory community dialogues linked to forecasted
shocks (e.g. drought, flooding, conflict escalation).
• Strengthening linkages between community early warning systems and national / humanitarian
anticipatory action frameworks.
3. Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement
• Coordinate with local authorities, community structures, CSOs, and protection actors to align
peacebuilding efforts with anticipatory action objectives.
• Support DRC’s engagement in AA, protection, and peacebuilding coordination platforms,
ensuring conflict dynamics inform anticipatory decisions.
• Facilitate collaboration between peacebuilding, protection, and anticipatory action teams to
ensure coherent implementation.
4. Implementation Support & Quality Assurance
• Provide technical support to field teams during anticipatory action readiness, activation, and postactivation phases.
• Support monitoring of peacebuilding-related outcomes within anticipatory action interventions.
• Ensure participatory, conflict-sensitive approaches are applied during implementation, especially
during trigger activations.
5. Learning, Evidence & Knowledge Management
• Contribute to evidence generation on how anticipatory action can reduce conflict risks and
displacement drivers.
• Document lessons learned, good practices, and challenges related to integrating peacebuilding
into anticipatory action.
• Support learning exchanges and contribute to national and global AHEAD knowledge products.
6. Compliance & Accountability
• Ensure adherence to DRC’s Protection, AGD, Conflict Sensitivity, and Do No Harm standards.
• Support compliance with DRC policies on safeguarding, accountability, and ethical engagement

Experiences and Qualifications

About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have:
Required
◾ Bachelor’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, International Development, Social Sciences,
Political Science, or a related field.
◾ Minimum 5 years of experience in peacebuilding, conflict prevention, social cohesion, or
protection programming.
◾ Demonstrated experience integrating conflict sensitivity into humanitarian or resilience
programming.
◾ Experience working with community-based early warning, dialogue, or mediation mechanisms.
◾ Familiarity with anticipatory action, early warning, preparedness, or forecast-based approaches is
a strong asset.
◾ Experience working with national and local partners in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
◾ Strong facilitation, analysis, and stakeholder engagement skills.
◾ Experience in Somalia contexts is highly desirable.
National contract
Homepage:
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ABOUT DRC
Founded in 1956, DRC Danish
Refugee Council is Denmark’s
largest, and a leading
international NGO. We have
continuously been ranked as
one of the best NGOs in the
world - and are one of the few
with a specific expertise in
forced displacement. In around
35 countries, we protect,
advocate and build sustainable
futures for refugees and other
displacement-affected people
and communities.
Other Requirements:
◾ Able and willing to be based in Mogadishu, Somalia, with occasional travel. Travel to remote and
isolated rural communities will be required within this role.
◾ The position requires a high degree of collaboration with program staff and all relevant
stakeholders to ensure effective communication and priority setting.
◾ Experience with programming related to climate resilience, preparedness, and conflict sensitivity.
◾ Demonstrated ability to innovate and take a flexible, problem-solving approach in complex
humanitarian environments.
◾ Strong project management skills and experience with donor reporting and proposal writing.
◾ Familiarity with humanitarian coordination mechanisms and key international standards.
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ 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.
We offer
Contract length: 12 months
Band: Employment Band Non-Management -G2
Work location: Mogadishu
Start date: February 2026
Reporting to: Project Manager-AA
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for
employees on national contract.

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