Job category: Development and Project Management
Employment type: Full time
Reports to: Country Program Director (matrix relationship with Development Programmes Manager)
Location: Jigjiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia
Salary: As per Oxfam benefit package
Deadline: January 11, 2026
Date posted: 1 day ago
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Job purpose
As a nexus catalyst, the Food Security, Livelihood, and Peace Building team leads the integrated execution of programmes that link livelihood recovery to durable peace outcomes. The role leverages expertise across economic, climate, humanitarian, and gender justice pillars to transform conflict-affected communities.
Job summary
Based in Jigjiga, the Food Security & Peace Building Coordinator provides technical and strategic leadership for the project “Enhancing Communities’ Resilience to Drought (ECRD)” in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
The role focuses on coordinating field-level activities, supporting community engagement, ensuring timely delivery of outputs, and strengthening monitoring, reporting, and learning processes. The position integrates food security and livelihoods programming with conflict-sensitive and peacebuilding approaches, emphasizing women’s economic empowerment as a driver of social cohesion and peace.
Key responsibilities
Program strategy and technical leadership (40%)
Lead the design and conflict-sensitive implementation of integrated food security and livelihood strategies for pastoral communities
Promote climate-smart practices, market linkages, and fodder production
Drive women’s economic empowerment initiatives, including VSLAs
Ensure programming links livelihoods to peace outcomes and equitable management of WASH systems and rangelands
Analyse vulnerabilities related to food security, peace, and conflict
Identify risks related to drought, security, and access and propose mitigation measures
Promote accountability, protection, and safeguarding principles
Strategic coordination, partnership, and representation (10%)
Coordinate with UN agencies, NGOs, government offices, and community structures
Represent Oxfam in FSL and peacebuilding cluster meetings and forums
Engage stakeholders at regional, local, and community levels
Support inclusive community participation, particularly women, youth, and vulnerable groups
Peacebuilding integration (20%)
Serve as technical liaison with Somali Regional Government and cluster groups
Ensure compliance with SPHERE and LEGS standards
Manage partners to achieve project objectives
Integrate livelihood activities with community peace and WASH governance structures
Build capacity of local CSOs, VSLAs, and WUCs for sustainability and ownership
Monitoring, accountability, and learning (30%)
Develop and track indicators measuring the impact of livelihoods on social cohesion
Ensure data is disaggregated by gender, age, clan, and location
Analyse monitoring data to inform adaptive programming
Contribute high-quality, evidence-based content to donor reports
Undertake other duties as assigned by the line manager
Our values
Equality
Empowerment
Solidarity
Inclusiveness
Accountability
Courage
Job requirements
Education
Master’s degree in Food Security, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, Conflict Studies, or a closely related field
Experience
Minimum five years of progressive experience managing integrated food security and livelihood programmes
Experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and pastoralist contexts
Proven experience linking economic recovery with peacebuilding
Strong knowledge of pastoral livelihoods and resource-based conflict, especially in Somali Region or similar contexts
Experience in gender-transformative programming and women’s economic empowerment
Experience managing donor-funded projects and partnerships
Strong analytical, report writing, presentation, and financial management skills
Fluency in English (written and spoken)
Strong partnership management and team supervision skills
Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Desirable qualifications
Knowledge of Somali culture
Proficiency in Somali and/or Amharic
Required skills
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Financial management
Report writing skills
How to apply
Internal applicants:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal/vacancy/24297/description
External applicants:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/24297/description