The Youth and Women Peacebuilding Foundation (YAWP Foundation) is a Nigerian-based non-profit organisation incorporated in May 2026, dedicated to building lasting peace and empowering vulnerable communities. We focus on youth, women, and other marginalised groups in fragile and conflict-affected areas. Ouroverall goal is to promote sustainable peace, reduce conflict and violence, and empower individuals and communities, especially youth, women, and vulnerable groups, to achieve economic self-reliance and social cohesion through inclusive development and livelihood opportunities.
Location: Plateau
Position Summary
- The Gender, Protection, and Peacebuilding Officer designs, executes, and monitors integrated programming that protects vulnerable populations (women, adolescent girls, displaced persons, youth) while promoting inclusive peacebuilding processes.
- Grounded in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 & 2250 (WPS & YPS Agenda) and International Protection Standards, the role ensures that conflict prevention initiatives actively reduce gender-based violence, enforce safeguarding, and guarantee equal participation in community decision-making.
Core Responsibilities
Protection & GBV Integration in Peace Processes:
- Map local protection risks, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) patterns, and harmful practices within target conflict zones.
- Establish and maintain confidential referral pathways for survivors of GBV and human rights violations in project locations.
- Train local peace committees, dialogue facilitators, and security stakeholders on survivor-centered approaches, Do No Harm principles, and Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).
Inclusive Peacebuilding & Early Warning Systems:
- Facilitate gender-responsive conflict analyses to ensure women, youth, and marginalized groups actively shape local peacebuilding strategies.
- Integrate gender-sensitive indicators into community early warning and early response (EWER) mechanisms to track risk signals (e.g., restricted mobility, heightened domestic violence prior to wider conflict).
- Mentor women peacebuilders and youth networks to build negotiation capacity and secure seats in formal peace dialogues and land/resource management committees.
Program Mainstreaming & Risk Mitigation:
- Conduct gender and protection audits across all project activities, ensuring safe access, dignity, and non-discrimination for all beneficiaries.
- Develop context-specific safeguarding protocols and ensure PSEA reporting channels are functional and trusted by the community.
Monitoring, Learning & Sector Coordination:
- Track disaggregated indicators (age, sex, disability status) to measure changes in community safety, female participation, and protection outcomes.
- Represent the organization in local Protection Clusters, GBV Sub-Clusters, and Peacebuilding Working Groups.
Key Technical Competencies:
- International Frameworks: UNSCR 1325 (WPS), UNSCR 2250 (YPS), CEDAW, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender & Protection Guidelines, Sphere Standards.
- Field Tools: Intersectional Conflict Analysis, GBV Referral Mapping, PSEA Risk Assessments, Do No Harm tools, KoboToolbox, SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work), and youth inclusion matrices.
- Core Competencies: Trauma-informed facilitation, survivor-centered ethics, community mobilization in high-risk/fragile settings.
Requirements & Qualifications
Applicants should have:
- A minimum of an HND or BSc Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Gender Studies, Community Development, International Development, or a related field.
- At least 2 years in program coordination,or a similar role.
- Good communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Google Workspace and relevant digital tools.
- Experience working with NGOs, communities, youth, women, or other relevant stakeholders is an advantage.
- Applicants must demonstrate integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and commitment to safeguarding.
Personal Attributes:
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Commitment to humanitarian values, volunteerism, and community service.
- Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
Benefits of Volunteering with YAWP Foundation
- Opportunity to contribute to life-saving humanitarian, development and peace interventions.
- Practical experience in program leadership and humanitarian coordination.
- Exposure to donor engagement, proposal development, and project management.
- Professional networking opportunities with humanitarian actors and development partners.
- Capacity-building and learning opportunities.
- Certificate of Service and Recommendation Letter upon successful completion of the volunteer period.
- Opportunity for future engagement subject to organizational needs and performance.
Application Closing Date
30th September, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter stating your suitability for the position to: [email protected] using “Application – [Gender, Protection, and Peacebuilding Officer-Volunteer]” as the subject of the mail.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
