Consultant – Conflict Analysis and Strategic Accompaniment, Human Rights, Access to Justice

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🇨🇭 Switzerland – Remote

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World Council of Churches

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51 - 200 employees

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 350 member churches representing more than half a billion Christians globally. The WCC promotes ecumenism, Christian unity, and service, encouraging its member churches to work towards a common public witness and to support initiatives fostering justice and peace. It cooperates with people of all faiths to promote reconciliation and a more equitable world.

📋 Description

• Provide periodic political, social, and conflict analysis for programme priority locations and intervention areas • Analyse emerging tensions, conflict drivers, stakeholder relationships, and opportunities for preventive dialogue and mediation • Interpret information from local coordinators and early-warning networks • Identify recurring patterns and priority transition-related concerns • Advise on the development and accompaniment of sensitive dialogue and mediation processes • Contribute to strategic reflection on issues emerging from dialogue, mediation, and community-level peacebuilding processes • Advise on conflict sensitivity, do-no-harm principles, risks, and opportunities for constructive engagement • Support adaptive programme management in response to developments in Syria • Review and quality assure conflict analyses, strategic papers, concept notes, and other programme documents • Prepare concise analytical notes and recommendations for programme management and stakeholders • Produce periodic conflict and context analysis notes • Prepare strategic assessments of priority issues or mediation processes • Contribute recommendations for preventive engagement and adaptive programme management • Contribute to programme strategy reviews and reflection meetings • Work closely with the Geneva-based programme team, implementing partners, and field coordinators

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced university degree in political science, peace and conflict studies, international relations, development studies, or another relevant discipline, or equivalent professional qualifications and experience • Demonstrated professional experience in conflict analysis, peacebuilding, mediation support, and strategic advisory work • Experience designing, coordinating, and adaptively managing locally led initiatives promoting dialogue, reconciliation, and social cohesion • Proven analytical skills in assessing conflict dynamics, stakeholder relationships, emerging risks, and opportunities for preventive engagement • Experience facilitating and accompanying sensitive dialogue and mediation processes • Sound political judgement, discretion, and strong understanding of conflict-sensitive approaches • Strong experience in strategic advisory, institutional strengthening, and multi-stakeholder coordination • Experience collaborating with international organisations, local partners, and institutional donors • Excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills • Ability to synthesise complex information into clear findings and practical recommendations • In-depth understanding of the Syrian political, social, and religious context • Previous professional experience related to Syria considered a strong asset • Fluency in written and spoken English • Good knowledge of Arabic and French is desirable • Experience working with faith-based organisations, civil society actors, or locally led peacebuilding initiatives is desirable • Familiarity with donor-funded programmes is desirable • Technical proposal, financial proposal, CV, summaries of comparable assignments, and two references required for application

🏖️ Benefits

• Possibility of contract extension subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability • Possible travel to Syria, Geneva, or other locations as required • Maximum of 90 working days over the contracted period