Peacebuilding Specialist NGO Job Cord

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Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership on Peacebuilding Capacity Building

• Lead the delivery of project activities, equipping child rights organisations to apply peacebuilding tools and approaches within this work. This will include training delivery, coaching and mentoring, developing global communities of practice and writing new training curricula.
• Design and oversee a project-wide (West and East Africa) peacebuilding capacity-building plan, informed by needs assessments, to support partners to progressively integrate peacebuilding approaches into child protection programming, including advocacy, community engagement, dialogue processes, and work with duty-bearers.
• Support partners and project teams to integrate peacebuilding approaches—such as conflict and context analysis, conflict sensitivity, non-violent communication, multi-stakeholder engagement processes, and communities of practice—into programme strategies, activities, and ways of working.
• Provide technical advice, coaching, and mentoring to partners and project teams to strengthen the practical application of peacebuilding approaches within child protection and related thematic work.
• Support partners to develop pilot initiatives focused on new approaches to child protection, and work with academic partners to capture the impact of the pilot initiatives.

Quality of Learning and Adaptive Practice

• Establish and apply learning, reflection, and feedback mechanisms to assess how peacebuilding approaches are understood, applied, and adapted by partners and project teams over time.
• Ensure the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of peacebuilding capacity-building initiatives by reviewing and refining training content, learning pathways, and technical guidance in response to feedback, contextual changes, and emerging learning from implementation.
• Promote reflective practice and adaptive learning among partners and project teams, supporting critical analysis of experience and continuous improvement in peacebuilding integration.
• Contribute to identifying implementation challenges and opportunities related to peacebuilding integration and recommend practical adjustments to strengthen effectiveness and impact.

Learning, Knowledge Sharing, and Organisational Contribution

• Lead the documentation and synthesis of learning generated through peacebuilding capacity-building initiatives, including lessons learned, good practices, challenges, and evidence of change related to the integration of peacebuilding approaches.
• Support the development of learning products such as learning briefs, case studies, outcome stories, guidance notes, and internal learning materials.
• Ensure that peacebuilding learning is systematically shared within the project consortium and across Cord, contributing to organisational learning and strengthening the coherence and quality of Cord’s peacebuilding practice.
• Contribute to internal knowledge-sharing processes, communities of practice, and learning events related to peacebuilding.
• Provide targeted technical inputs and training for staff in other Cord offices in Asia or Africa, as required, to strengthen internal understanding and application of peacebuilding approaches.

Programme Development and Strategic Contribution

• Provide technical peacebuilding inputs to programme development processes, including concept notes, proposals, and programme design, drawing on learning and evidence generated through project implementation.
• Support the integration of peacebuilding approaches into Cord’s thematic areas of work, including child protection, economic empowerment, women’s and girls’ empowerment, climate change and environmental governance, strengthening inclusive and resilient societies, and the promotion of fundamental freedoms, in line with Cord’s Build Peace strategy and organisational priorities.
• Contribute to strengthening the technical quality, coherence, and consistency of Cord’s peacebuilding programming across thematic areas, as required.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the culture of safeguarding among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Person Specification

Required

Peacebuilding Expertise

• At least five years of demonstrated professional experience as a peacebuilding practitioner or technical advisor, with a strong focus on applied peacebuilding.
• Strong practical expertise in delivering peacebuilding approaches, including conflict and context analysis, conflict sensitivity, non-violent communication, multi-stakeholder engagement processes, trauma-informed peacebuilding and communities of practice.
• Proven ability to integrate peacebuilding approaches into programme design and implementation, particularly within child protection, advocacy, rights-based programming, or community-level interventions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting partners and teams to move from peacebuilding theory to practice, including changes in behaviours, relationships, decision-making, and ways of working.

Capacity Building and Technical Support

• Substantial experience designing and delivering peacebuilding capacity-building initiatives, including training, coaching, mentoring, and facilitation.
• Experience contextualising and applying existing peacebuilding tools, manuals, and frameworks to different countries and organisational contexts.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills, with the ability to support adult learning and reflective practice.

Learning, Quality, and Evidence

• Demonstrated experience ensuring the quality and effectiveness of peacebuilding practice, including supporting reflection, learning, and adaptation over time.
• Experience documenting and synthesising peacebuilding learning, including lessons learned, good practices, outcome stories, and qualitative evidence of change.
• Ability to analyse and communicate peacebuilding learning clearly to diverse audiences, including partners, practitioners, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• A postgraduate qualification in peacebuilding, conflict studies, international development, international relations, or a related field, or equivalent and relevant professional experience.

How to Apply

We encourage interested applicants to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may be filled before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

All applications must be sent to kenya@cord.org.uk. Please submit a motivation letter (maximum of 2 pages) and a detailed CV, addressed to Carlos Gallardo, Regional Representative for Africa. Kindly include “Peacebuilding Specialist – Africa” in the subject line.

The closing date for applications is 30 May 2026, 5:00 PM (Kenya time). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.