Conflict Sensitivity Toolkit Officer

Are you ready to take on an exciting short-term assignment with one of the world’s largest international NGO? Join us as our new Conflict Sensitivity Officer. Note that the position is a temporary short-term assignment for three months.

Who are we? 

Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding (HDP) is one of DRC’s five core sectors, specialising in Humanitarian Mine Action and Peacebuilding.   

HDP’s work is guided by the Safer Communities approach, working to strengthen community resilience and build local capacities to reduce and remove weapons-related risks, and factors that may result in the use of weapons. HDP strives to achieve this through Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) activities, focusing on landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), as well as Peacebuilding programmes. Peacebuilding activities build on communities’ own visions, abilities, capacities and resources for improved security and safety. This is done through conflict sensitive, participatory, and inclusive processes addressing conflict, security, and safety at community level. HDP’s work is vital in helping refugees, internally displaced people and other communities return to their homes when the conflict has ended, allowing them to make use of the land they were forced to leave behind and facilitating development. 

About the job 

DRC’s HDP unit at HQ is seeking a Conflict Sensitivity (CS) Officer to support the development and implementation of DRC’s Global Conflict Sensitivity toolkit designed to help DRC regions and country programmes and colleagues integrate conflict sensitivity into their operations and projects, in line with DRC’s operational principle on Conflict Sensitivity and Do No Harm commitments. The toolkit builds on previous initiatives, such as DRC’s 2020 Conflict Analysis Guidelines and DCA’s 2021 Global Action Guide on Do No Harm and Conflict Sensitivity.

The Conflict sensitivity Officer is expected to:  

• Collaborate closely with the Global Peacebuilding Advisor and the Head of HDP on various tasks, including elaborating an overview, planning, and structuring the roll-out of the Global Conflict Sensitivity (CS) Toolkit.
• Support the preparation and delivery of CS trainings, promoting conflict sensitivity across DRC’s programmes and operations.
• Coordinate with regional and country offices and liaise with partner organizations such as DCA and Oxfam DK on the CS Toolkit.
• Prepare, format, and proofread documents, reports, and proposals.
• Support in identifying translation needs, formatting, and managing CS Toolkit content on INSITE.
• Liaise with other partner organizations and Danish Civil Society Organisations and the Danish Network for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding involved with the CS Toolkit on promotion, capacity building and learning events.

About you 

To be successful in this role we expect you to: 

• At least 2 years of experience working in the NGO sector.

• A basic understanding of Conflict Sensitivity.
• Strong analytical, innovative, and creative thinking skills, with experience in reporting.
• Political and cultural sensitivity, with a diplomatic, tactful, and adaptable interpersonal style.
• The ability to set priorities and work independently or collaboratively as part of a team.
• Excellent organizational skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be effective in the use of MS Office and design programs.  

All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity. 

Moreover, we also expect the following:  

Required  

• University degree in political science, international development, peace, and conflict studies or other relevant field. 
• Be fluent in both written and spoken English. 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of Arabic, Danish, French, and/or Spanish is an advantage. 
• Experience working with administrative tasks is an asset.  

We offer 

• Contract length: 3 months. The position is temporary as it has currently only been funded for three months. There is at this stage no funding for any extension beyond three months
• Workplace: DRC HQ, Copenhagen  
• Start date: 1 October 2024 or as soon as possible
• End date: 3 months after the starte date
• Working hours: 37 hours per week including lunch break

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and AC. The position is at “fuldmægtig” level.

Application process 

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV in English. Apply online on our page Current Vacancies at www.drc.ngo.  

Closing date for applications: 15 September  2024. We expect to conduct interviews during 23-27 September.  

Further information 

For questions regarding the vacancy please contact Line Brylle, Global Peacebuilding Advisor: [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.