Conflict Management and Mitigation Specialist at Navanti

Position Description:

Navanti is seeking a Conflict Management and Mitigation Specialist who will be responsible for coordinating qualitative interviews based on contextual understanding of the location and subject matter. The conflict management and mitigation specialist will work with the team leader and evaluation specialist to develop quality data collection tools, conduct qualitative interviews, and support the development of the report. Under the technical leadership of the MEL Support Activity, the Conflict Management and Mitigation Specialist will be working alongside three other team members on the evaluation of the NEC activity. The Conflict Management and Mitigation Specialist will consult with the team leader, evaluation specialist, USAID, NEC Activity implementation team and partners for their input throughout the duration of the evaluation.

Responsibilities:

The Conflict Management and Mitigation Specialist will…

• Provide expert guidance to team members regarding evaluation of conflict resolution methodologies and conflict prevention.
• Coordinate with the team leader and evaluation specialist to conduct interviews.
• Conduct desk review of the activity and support contextual understanding of the evaluation.
• Work with the evaluation specialist to design the data collection instruments and ensure it addresses all evaluation objectives.
• Interpret and analyze qualitative.
• Support in preparing reports of research findings.
• Work with the team leader in planning, developing, coordinating, and administering research tools.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Support the team leader in writing or editing technical reports and summaries of findings.
• Work with the team leader to perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
• Work with the Team Leader in preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.
• Support the team leader to develop the draft Evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.
• Work with the team leader to respond to USAID comments on the draft report, incorporate USAID/Nigeria staff comments into the final version of the report and finalize the report.
• Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other's areas of expertise.

Qualifications:

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications…

• At least 10 years of experience in conflict mitigation and management, peacebuilding, and Do No Harm approach to program implementation.
• Experience in conducting qualitative research interviews with requisite skills such as interview probing skills.
• Experience in conflict management and mitigation practices, support to peace processes, reconciliation, security sector reform, demobilization and reintegration, psycho-social counseling, youth, gender, and other conflict-related work.
• Ability to ask clarifying questions, note taking and ability to observe the scenery for related findings.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of key actors in the BAY states including donors and other INGOs.
• Must be able to communicate fluently in Hausa.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience as evaluation specialist on peacebuilding, conflict resolution and conflict assessment-sector evaluations, assessments, and research studies. USAID evaluation experience strongly preferred.
• Previous experience working in Africa preferably Nigeria.