Conflict Sensitivity Advisor
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ActionAid Nigeria is hiring a Conflict Sensitivity Advisor in Abuja (FCT) on a full-time basis to support the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL-Nigeria) project. The role focuses on providing technical expertise to ensure project strategies and interventions are conflict-sensitive, context-responsive, and aligned with gender equality and women’s rights objectives in fragile and conflict-affected areas.
- Full-time role based in Abuja (FCT)
- Technical advisory position on the Global Affairs Canada-funded RWVL-Nigeria project
- Focus on conflict sensitivity analysis, do-no-harm programming, and social cohesion
- Requires expertise in gender analysis and conflict dynamics intersection
- Works closely with Project Manager, MERL team, and partners
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Job Title: Conflict Sensitivity Advisor
Job Type: Full-time
Conflict Sensitivity Advisor at ActionAid (AA) Nigeria
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Sep 22, 2026, 9:10 AM
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ActionAid (AA) Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organisations working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity. As a large and visible development organisation, we work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Our expertise lies in community-led approaches to development and working through partnerships with the poor and other grass root organisations.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location:
Abuja (FCT)
Purpose
The Conflict Sensitivity Advisor will provide high-level technical expertise and advisory support to the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL-Nigeria) project to ensure that all project strategies, interventions, partnerships, and engagements are conflict-sensitive and context-responsive.
The RWVL Project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, is a five-year initiative aimed at strengthening women’s rights organizations, networks, and movements in Nigeria to advance gender equality and women’s rights.
The Advisor will lead and guide comprehensive conflict sensitivity analyses at national and state levels, identify conflict drivers and peacebuilding opportunities, and ensure that RWVL programming is designed and implemented in ways that ‘do no harm’ and strengthen social cohesion.
The Advisor will assist in ensuring that programs remain responsive to Nigeria’s evolving security and social dynamics, especially in fragile and conflict-affected areas program locations.
The Consultant will work closely with the Project Manager, MERL team, partners, and relevant stakeholders to integrate conflict-sensitive approaches across the project lifecycle. Expertise in gender analysis and understanding of the intersection between gender inequality and conflict dynamics will be a strong added advantage.
Key
Responsibilities
- Conflict Sensitivity Analysis and Advisory:
- Analyze how gender inequality, structural exclusion, and power dynamics intersect with conflict dynamics.
- Map key conflict drivers, actors, risks, and peacebuilding opportunities relevant to RWVL thematic areas.
- Develop context-specific conflict sensitivity briefs and advisory notes for RWVL interventions.
- Lead the design and conduct of comprehensive conflict sensitivity analyses at national and RWVL Project States.
- Provide practical recommendations to ensure that project activities do not exacerbate tensions and are aligned with “Do No Harm” principles.
- Integration of Conflict Sensitivity into RWVL Programming:
- Support the incorporation of conflict-sensitive indicators within the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system.
- Review project documents (PIP, PMF, Governance Framework, partner proposals, etc.) to ensure alignment with conflict-sensitive programming principles.
- Advise on mitigation measures for identified risks within the project’s risk management framework.
- Support the integration of conflict sensitivity findings into annual workplans, partner selection processes, and implementation strategies.
- Capacity Building and Technical Support:
- Facilitate training sessions and technical workshops for national networks and Women Rights Organizations, Networks and CBOs on conflict sensitivity, Do No Harm approaches and security risk management.
- Strengthen partner capacity to conduct basic conflict mapping and context monitoring.
- Develop user-friendly guidance tools on conflict sensitivity for RWVL staff and partners.
- Provide ongoing advisory support during sensitive advocacy, policy engagement, and movement-building activities.
- Gender and Conflict Analysis (Added Advantage):
- Support integration of feminist conflict analysis approaches within RWVL programming.
- Ensure that conflict analysis reflects intersectional realities, including women with disabilities, women in conflict-affected communities, young feminists, and other marginalized groups.
- Apply gender analysis frameworks to examine how conflict affects women, girls, and structurally excluded groups differently.
- Reporting and Documentation:
- Produce a comprehensive Conflict Sensitivity Analysis Report (national and state-level as applicable).
- Provide a final consultancy report outlining methodology, findings, risks, mitigation strategies, and recommendations
- Develop concise policy briefs and advisory notes for management decision-making.
- Present findings and recommendations to RWVL Project Steering Committee and relevant stakeholders.
- Key Working Relationships:
- External: Donor, Partners, Community, and other stakeholders.
- Internal: Entire AAN staff
- Persons Specifications
Education
- / Qualifications:
- First degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Development Studies, International Relations or other relevant Social Sciences is essential.
- Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, Security Studies is desirable.
Experience
- facilitating participatory conflict analysis workshops and multi-stakeholder consultations.
- integrating gender analysis and intersectional approaches into conflict analysis frameworks is desirable.
- working with civil society organizations, networks and movements.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ progressive
- in conducting conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis at national and state levels.
- working with women’s rights organisations, feminist networks or gender equality programmes is desirable.
- Proven
- applying Do No Harm and conflict-sensitive programming approaches in development or humanitarian contexts.
- working on donor-funded projects, particularly institutional donors such Global Affairs Canada is desirable.
- Strong understanding of Nigeria’s conflict dynamics and socio-political context.
- Demonstrated
- in political economy analysis, stakeholder mapping and risk assessment.
- Skill / Abilities:
- Strong facilitation and capacity strengthening skills.
- developing conflict-sensitive monitoring indicators and integrating them into MEL systems is desirable.
- Ability to translate complex conflict dynamics into practical and actionable programme recommendations.
- Strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Knowledge of feminist conflict analysis methodologies is desirable.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent report writing and documentation skills.
- Strong analytical and contextual assessment skills.
- Strong risk identification and mitigation planning skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and deliver within agreed timelines.
- Personal Qualities:
- Demonstrated sensitivity to diversity, inclusion and intersectionality.
- Strong commitment to gender equality, women’s rights and social justice.
- Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
- Ability to maintain neutrality, confidentiality and sound judgment in sensitive contexts.
- Demonstrates integrity, professionalism and accountability.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
- Click here to apply online
- Note
- ActionAid offers competitive terms of employment.
- Applications from young people, women, persons with disability and candidates from the Northeast and Northwest are particularly encouraged.
- Application
- Deadline:
- 4th October, 2026.
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