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Mission

Geneva Call is a neutral and impartial non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting respect by Armed Groups, De Facto Authorities (AGDAs) and Provisional Governments for international humanitarian norms in armed conflict and other situations of violence, in particular those related to the protection of civilians. Geneva Call focuses its efforts on banning the use of anti-personnel mines, protecting children from the effects of armed conflict, prohibiting sexual violence in armed conflict, working towards the elimination of gender discrimination, protecting civilian infrastructure, and ensuring humanitarian access.

Why this Role?

The Project Officer is directly responsible for the quality implementation of project activities, with a specific focus on planning and delivering of capacity-building initiatives for a diverse range of stakeholders – community, civil society organisations, armed groups, amongst others. The Project Officer will monitor progress against project targets, and finally actively contributing to the organisation’s visibility and communication efforts in Sudan.

Work Relations

The Project Officer reports to the Head of Programmes. The role also maintains regular contact with external partners, including civil society organizations, community representatives among others.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Implementation

• Lead the planning and execution of assigned project activities in field locations, including but not limited to workshops, trainings, awareness raising sessions, meetings, and community dialogues.
• Coordinate with local authorities, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of project activities.
• Troubleshoot logistical challenges and develop creative solutions to ensure activities proceed as planned.
• Maintain detailed records of activity implementation, including attendance, outputs, and any challenges encountered.
• Assist in the preparation of grant proposals and reports.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Track project implementation against established targets and timelines, proactively identifying potential delays or challenges.
• Prepare regular progress reports for the Head of Programme, highlighting achievements, challenges, and proposed solutions.
• Contribute, and at times, lead the implementation of project monitoring exercises in field locations. Conduct conflict analysis in the areas of Geneva Call intervention.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of project expenses, with supporting documentation.
• Establish and maintain feedback mechanisms for beneficiaries, ensuring that their voices are heard and addressed.

Communications and External Relation

• Track project implementation against established targets and timelines, proactively identifying potential delays or challenges.
• Prepare regular progress reports for the Head of Programme, highlighting achievements, challenges, and proposed solutions.
• Contribute, and at times, lead the implementation of project monitoring exercises in field locations.
• Conduct conflict analysis in the areas of Geneva Call intervention.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of project expenses, with supporting documentation.
• Establish and maintain feedback mechanisms for beneficiaries, ensuring that their voices are heard and addressed.

Partnership Management

• Develop and monitor implementing partners’ workplans, manage contracts and agreements, and build their capacity to advance Geneva Call’s mandate.
• Maintains a close work relationship with partners and, in particular. project managers of partnering organization
• Seeks partner’s highest level of engagement and anticipates/reports on shortcomings (activities, administrative, other).
• Plans with partner, anticipates and proposes solutions on the activities, constraints, capacity building.

Security

• Adhere to all organizational policies and procedures, including financial regulations and security protocols.
• Monitor the security situation in project areas. project partners and prepare risk assessment and suggest mitigation measures to the Head of Programme.
• Remains at all times involved with vetting procedures and concerns while working with partners, suppliers, and interlocutors.

Requirements

Education (Essential)

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience in international relations or another humanitarian field. Masters’ degree is an added advantage

Experience (Essential)

• At least 5 – 7 years of relevant experience in humanitarian organizations, particularly in conflict-affected settings and protection work.
• Proven experience in project cycle management and team leadership.
• Experience engaging with armed actors or other non-state actors.
• Willingness and ability to travel on short notice.

Job-related Competencies

• Strong project management and organizational development skills, with a proven record of delivering results.
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and team-building abilities.
• Good understanding of international development systems, donors, and best practices.
• Ability to work under pressure in complex environments, managing multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of International Humanitarian Law is an asset.

Organisational Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a matrix management environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience negotiating with armed actors and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills tailored to different audiences and contexts.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to influence, coach, and build consensus in sensitive and complex situations.

Languages (Essential)

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Languages (Desirable)

• Knowledge of additional local languages in Sudan is considered an advantage.

Additional information

• The incumbent must be willing and able to travel at short notice.
• Testing and interviewing will be used as a form of screening.
• Initial appointment is subject to satisfactory professional references.
• Additional background checks may be required.

Why join Geneva Call?

Geneva Call brings together people of diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and perspectives, fostering an inclusive working environment for all staff.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to Geneva Call’s mission to protect civilians in conflict-affected areas and to work in a dynamic international humanitarian environment. Whatever your area of expertise, your work will contribute to enabling our teams and programmes to deliver meaningful impact in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. If you are motivated by purpose, collaboration and making a tangible difference, we look forward to your application.

Conflict of interest

Any candidate affiliated with, or openly supporting, one or more interest groups opposed to Geneva Call’s principles and values, or whose previous position could create safety concerns for Geneva Call staff, will be excluded from the selection process.

Application

We particularly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, without distinction on the grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Please only submit your CV and cover letter.

Beside the possibility of submitting your hardcopy at office, please use the below link to apply for the job online and fill-in the form:

Closing date: 17 October 2026

Conditions

• Type of Contract: Fixed term contract (National position)
• Activity rate: 100%, full-time position
• Place of Work: Khartoum State, Sudan
• Preferred start date: 01 November 2026

Our HR team will carefully evaluate your profile against the requirements of the position for which you have applied. Due to the high number of applications Geneva Call receives, we are unfortunately unable to communicate the outcome to every candidate individually. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the HR team and invited to the next stage of the selection process, which may include a written test, interviews and other assessments as appropriate.

By submitting your application, you consent to Geneva Call sharing your CV internally, where necessary, for the purposes of assessing your suitability for current or future employment opportunities.

Department: Policy, Research & Legal

Work place: Remote

Duration of the Consultancy: Approximately 50-60 working days depending on rate between November 1 to January 31

Objective

The objective of the consultancy is to conduct a global mapping of armed groups and de facto authorities’ (AGDAs) policies and practices and assess how they contribute to or threaten food security for conflict affected communities in order to generate evidence-based insights for programmatic decisions.  

Scope of Work and Key Tasks  

• Identify and document AGDA policies, directives, and practices affecting food security with a particular focus on Geneva Call’s areas of operations. 
• Categorize practices along a spectrum from enabling to obstruction to harmful, including in relation to access to land, agricultural inputs, and natural resources; freedom of movement; taxation; looting; governance of markets, pricing, and distribution systems; facilitation of humanitarian access; and deliberate attacks or destruction, sieges, or blockades affecting access to or availability of food.  
• Map variations depending on different types of armed groups (groups controlling territories, community-based groups, etc.) and the territorial governance context (contested, consolidated). 
• Gender and inclusion lens to assess the differentiated impact on women, children, marginalized or minority groups, and returnees.
• Develop data collection tools to gather relevant information from Geneva Call field colleagues and other external stakeholders and undertake key informant interviews or focus group discussions.
• Analysis and reporting: Produce two final reports: first, an internal report with detailed findings, typology of AGDA practices, implications for engagement based on humanitarian norms, guidance on how to integrate all aspects of food insecurity into Geneva Call’s work, and recommendations for training and engagement materials; second, an external report to highlight key trends and evidence for advocacy purposes.

Expected Deliverables 

Total estimated level of effort:  approximately 50-60 working days depending on rate between November 1 to January 31.

Selection criteria

Education

• Advanced degree international relations, political science, humanitarian law or human rights, develoment studies or related discipline.

Personal skills

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in humanitarian action, human rights fieldwork, /or conflict analysis. 

Technical skills

• Proven experience in food security, livelihoods, or protection programming in conflict affected or fragile settings.
• Demonstrated expertise in gender and inclusion analysis, with attention to the differentiated impacts on women, children, marginalized groups, and returnees.
• Strong track record in qualitative research methods.
• Excellent analytical and reporting writing skills, with experience producing both internal and external deliverables.
• Familitary with international humanitarian law and other relevant legal frameworks.

Languages

• Excellent communication skills in English (required). 
• Knowledge of French or Arabic (an asset).

Application

We particularly encouraged applications from all qualified candidates without distinction on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

For Application Please only submit your CV and cover letter by October 24 , 2026, by following the application link:

DUTY STATION: Libya 

Expected Start Date: ASAP 

REPORTING TO: Regional Head of Programme — MENA 

BACKGROUND: 

Libya, serving as a transit, destination and influence hub, plays a central role in North Africa. Beyond internal political divisions and localised security tensions, the impact of potential tensions within the country extends across its national borders and could result in heightened protection risks and humanitarian needs.  

Having said that, Geneva Call remained fully operational in Libya from 2019 until 2023 and since then Geneva Call has been in contact with key interlocutors and regularly monitoring the situation. Geneva Call’s programme was focused on engaging, in both in Tripoli and Benghazi, with the different governmental departments, namely with the ministries of defence and interior, as well as their associated civilian offices and supporting forces on the ground. Moreover, engagements were conducted with influential actors such as tribal and community leaders in selected areas.  

In light of the evolving context and the emerging protection priorities on the ground, Geneva Call is aiming to conduct a strategic assessment exercise in Libya to further capitalize on its previous engagements with various state and non-state actors. Geneva Call is planning to explore opportunities for stronger programming and deeper engagement with key stakeholders in Libya, by focusing on the factors that may trigger or fuel violent extremism, radicalisation and disruptions to social cohesion and comprehension by key actors of humanitarian norms, paying particular attention to both internal and cross-border dynamics.  

For this purpose, Geneva Call is seeking to contract a strategic expert on a consultancy basis to support this assessment and deliver on the sub-objectives detailed below.

OBJECTIVES 

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Head of Programme – MENA, the main objectives of the assignment to be conducted by the Libya Strategic Expert are the following: 

• Develop comprehensive contextual analysis on political, security and social dynamics relevant to current dynamics in Libya and potential conflict links and spillover from neighbouring countries (Sahel and Sudan). This will include regional and cross-regional external factors that exacerbate extremism. 

• Identify and map out different state and other stakeholders’ relevant promotion of protection, social cohesion and prevention of extremism on the ground. 

• Analyse the Protection of Civilians (PoC) landscape in Libya, identifying emerging protection issues, emerging risks, response gaps and priority geographical areas to inform future programming. 

• Identify strategic and programmatic opportunities directly and through partners, potential entry points and areas for engagement to inform future interventions in Libya, with a focus on returns, reintegration, protection of social cohesion, and prevention of violent extremism.  

METHODS AND DELIVERABLES  

The consultancy will run for a period of six weeks (30 days) staring as soon as possible. The consultant is expected to adopt mixed-methods approach combining desk research with field-level engagement and will deliver: 

• Inception report and work plan outlining the proposed methodology, assessment questions, scope, key activities and approach to field-level engagement and data collection. 

• A comprehensive protection and strategic contextual analysis covering key protection risks, emerging trends, geographical hotspots, response gaps and relevant stakeholders. 

• Final report presenting key findings, conflict analysis, strategic opportunities and recommendations. 

• An executive summary (max 10 pages) summarizing key findings and recommendations for senior management, relevant interlocutors, and donors; 

• A PowerPoint presentation summarizing the key findings and recommendations. 

Management of the consultancy 

• The consultant will report to the Regional Head of Programme – MENA who will provide the necessary guidance and support in the completion of agreed outcomes. 

• The payment of the consultancy will be based on outcomes and will be settled in two tranches: 

• Inception report and approved work plan (20%) 

• Delivery of consultancy report by the end of the consultancy (80%) 

• The total time allocated for the delivery of these outcomes should not exceed six weeks. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

The selected consultant must meet the following criteria: 

• Hold a master’s degree, PhD or equivalent work experience, in social sciences, political science, conflict resolution or any other related field that applies to the assessment. 

• Deep understanding of conflict analysis methodologies (including conflict systems mapping, actors’ analysis), and the specific context of Libya. This expertise enables him/her to guide the team in aligning the assessment with the country’s unique challenges and priorities. 

• Demonstrated track record in delivery of similar actions research consultancies in related thematic areas and in similar contexts. 

• Proven track record of working in Libya and maintained relevant networks in country as well as the wider region of MENA. 

• Excellent writing and communication skills in Arabic and English. 

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 

Interested and qualified consultants must submit their application, no later than 12.10.2026 with the following in one pdf document: 

• An updated curriculum vitae highlighting relevant professional experience and qualifications for this consultancy. 

• Three- page technical proposal document outlining their proposed approach to the assessment, methodological approach and proposed timeline, with reference to the research scope outlined in the ToR. Additionally, candidate is expected to provide examples of previous work preferably related to similar topic.  

• A financial proposal with a detailed budget  

• Full contact information for at least two recent clients as references, if possible.