Overview
The consultant will strengthen Somalia’s practice and institutional capacity on governance and environmental peacebuilding by supporting climate security policy processes and providing technical advisory inputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Support policy processes and provide technical governance and environmental peacebuilding inputs.
- Contribute to development of an implementation framework to support state and local structures.
- Co-design trainings and workshops with partners for delivery at the Federal and State level.
- Participate in consultations and technical discussions with UNEP, government counterparts, and NGOs.
- Contribute to technical inputs on governance and climate security and assist in developing training materials with partners.
- Support the team in strengthening collaboration and alignment with relevant ministries and government entities.
- Support the Programme Manager in securing necessary government approvals, permits, and endorsements for program activities and UNEP operations in Somalia.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in governance, peacebuilding, climate security or environmental peacebuilding is required.
- Experience working within the Somali institutional landscape, with a strong understanding of local political dynamics, social structures, and decision‑making environments is required.
- Demonstrated ability to advise teams on context-sensitive approaches and provide insight into local administrative and community engagement processes is desired.
- Experience of working on policy formulation and leading consultative processes with institutional stakeholders and communities, facilitating workshops and trainings is desired.
Qualifications
Master’s or equivalent in political science, international development, conflict studies, peacebuilding, public policy, environment or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
