Norwegian Refugee Council Job Opportunity, Tuesday 18, August 2015

In light of the increase in violence since the beginning of 2014 that has triggered a massive wave of displacement in the north eastern part of Nigeria, NRC is about to start up an emergency response programme in Nigeria to respond to the humanitarian needs.

In the coming months, the main focus for NRC would be conflict affected populations including IDPs, returnees and the local communities in Borno State. NRC will initially be starting activities in the area of food security, water and sanitation and shelter sectors.

NRC is seeking a Protection and Advocacy Adviser (PAA) for NRC Nigeria 2015 to strengthen NRC’s response to prioritized advocacy and protection issues.

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY ADVISER

The PAA reports to the Country Director.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ensure that NRC’s global advocacy and protection strategies and policies are implemented

Ensure that protection, advocacy and gender is mainstreamed into the overall country strategy

Strengthen NRC’s response to prioritized country advocacy and protection issues both within the country and internationally

Provide timely and context specific information to internal and external stakeholders

Support and train programme staff to mainstream protection and do-no-harm into their projects and activities

Ensure that core competency staff identify and respond to prioritised advocacy and protection concerns

Play an active and strategic role in the humanitarian community to strengthen the advocacy and protection response in accordance with the country strategy

Support to the protection working group

Provide protection and conflict analysis

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a Protection and Advocacy Adviser/Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context

Professional knowledge of humanitarian and protection principles

Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile

Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Valid driver’s license

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Managing resources to optimize results

Analyzing

Influencing

Handling insecure environments

All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

WE OFFER

Commencement: September 2015

Contract period: 12 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s International general directions and free housing of moderate standard.

Duty station: Abuja with travel to the field. Abuja is not a family duty station,

Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the “Company name” field for both company and location.

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DUE DATE: 31 August, 2015