The incumbent will report to the Resident Coordinator for Liberia and will, as required, provide guidance to the RCs and UN Country Teams in the four countries of the Mano River Union region in identifying entry points for cross-border and sub-regional peacebuilding initiatives, supporting programme design and elaboration, providing analysis on sub-regional challenges and priorities and building support among partners for current and new cross-border and sub-regional peace and development initiatives. The Peacebuilding Officer will also have an indirect reporting line to the UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) in New York.

The Peacebuilding Officer will regularly travel to Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, as advised by the RCs for those countries, to explore programmatic and partnership opportunities for peacebuilding.

Within the limits of delegated authority and in close cooperation with Peace and Development Advisors (PDAs) and the PBF Secretariat/PBF Coordinator in Monrovia, the Peacebuilding Officer will be responsible for performing the following duties.

• Identify opportunities to coordinate and support the development of proposals for cross-border and sub-regional collaboration and programmatic interventions to promote peacebuilding in the four countries of the Manu River Union region, in close collaboration with the Resident Coordinators and the United Nations Country Teams;
• Develop and implement methodologies for tracking peacebuilding issues and progress with regards to cross-border and regional peacebuilding priorities in the four countries of the Mano River Union region, in collaboration with the Resident Coordinators, United Nations Country Teams and other partners.
• Identify opportunities for and, in full cooperation with the RCs and the UNCTs, support the development of a strategic approach to partnerships between the UNCT and regional stakeholders contributing to UN objectives and peacebuilding processes in the Mano River Union region including with IFIs, UNOWAS, ECOWAS and the Mano River Union Secretariat.
• Produce, as appropriate and required, analytical and situational notes on relevant sub-regional cross-border issues to inform decision-making and advocacy for PBF and other donor support.
• Based on guidance provided by the RCs, UNCTs and the PDAs, exchange with UNOWAS on strategic and programmatic areas pertaining to cross-border and sub-regional peacebuilding within the Mano River Union.
• In collaboration with the PBF Coordinator in Monrovia, provide technical peacebuilding design expertise for the elaboration of Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) projects in Liberia for initiatives including, but not limited to, social cohesion, women empowerment and participation, youth engagement, peaceful electoral environment, security sector cooperation, climate security, land conflict, in accordance with the PBF Strategic Result Framework and emerging peacebuilding priorities.
• In collaboration with the PBF Coordinator in Monrovia, support more effective collaboration across the humanitarian–development–peace nexus (HDPN), results-focus and programme sustainability, catalytic results within PBF programming and project design based on existing good practice and support resource mobilisation;
• Provide updates to PBSO on PBF programs in Liberia and on the regional initiatives from time to time, as needed.