Lead Consultant – Peace and Conflict Analysis (PCA), Sokoto State

About the Organisation

International Alert works with people directly affected by conflict to improve prospects for peace by addressing the structural and proximate causes of violence. In Sokoto State, evolving conflict dynamics linked to climate stress, competition over natural resources, gender inequality, youth exclusion, weak service delivery, and governance challenges continue to undermine stability and development outcomes.

Assignment Overview

To ensure conflict-sensitive and peace-positive programming, International Alert intends to undertake a comprehensive Peace and Conflict Analysis (PCA). The PCA will systematically analyse conflict drivers, actors, trends, and dynamics alongside existing peace factors and opportunities.

The analysis will integrate a gender-sensitive and inclusion lens, with specific focus on climate, women and youth economic empowerment, WASH, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and gender-based violence (GBV).

The findings will inform programme design, adaptation and implementation, ensuring interventions go beyond Do No Harm to actively contribute to conditions that support sustainable peace, inclusive governance and strengthened trust between communities and institutions.

Purpose and Objectives

The overall purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a structured and context-specific Peace and Conflict Analysis of Sokoto State to inform conflict-sensitive programme implementation.

Specific Objectives

• Analyse the conflict profile, root causes, triggers and trends in Sokoto State
• Identify and map key conflict and peace actors, including power dynamics, relationships and influence
• Examine the interaction between conflict dynamics and core project sectors, particularly climate change, women and youth economic empowerment, WASH, SRHR and GBV
• Apply a gender-sensitive and intersectional lens, examining differentiated impacts on women, men, girls, boys and marginalised groups