Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator Myanmar

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contracts.

What we are looking for

NRC is looking for a Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator to join the Myanmar mission. The role holder will work in partnership with UNHCR, to provide leadership and ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, coherent, and effective Protection response in Myanmar. He/she will be responsibility for ensuring that the Protection Cluster is informed by NGO perspectives, and for ensuring that the NGO membership is contributing to, and sharing, Protection Cluster responsibilities. The Co-Coordinator will contribute to the development of the active engagement and technical capacity of members of the Protection Cluster.

If you are a seasoned and adaptable executive who is analytically inclined; with strong interpersonal, networking, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills; the ability to build constructive relationships with external parties; and able to deliver results under pressure, then this is the role for you.

What you will do

• Planning and strategy development, including a cluster strategy.
• Humanitarian partners inclusion for the cluster.
• Humanitarian coordination mechanisms establishment and maintenance.
• Participatory and community based approaches in cluster needs assessment, analysis, planning, monitoring, and response.
• Monitoring, reporting, and analysis for the Protection Cluster.
• Advocacy and resource mobilisation.
• Capacity-building, guidance and facilitate trainings and workshops for staff, cluster partners, and relevant counterparts.
• Donor reporting.
• Protection documentation development.
• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here.

What you will bring

• Advanced degree.
• Protection experience in a humanitarian assistance.
• Cluster systems, procedures, and governance structures expertise.
• Humanitarian response and coordination mechanisms, and humanitarian reform understanding.
• Protection matters within UN agencies exposure.
• Complex, and volatile context exposure.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.

What makes this position attractive?

• NRC has delivered humanitarian assistance and protection to vulnerable affected populations in Myanmar since 2008, following Cyclone Nargis. Over that time, NRC has evolved into a complex and mature mission with an excellent reputation for technical skill and delivery of programmes.
• NRC has hosted the Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator since 2021. This hosting arrangement is based on the agreement and collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. NRC, as the NGO Co-Coordination Agency, will appoint a Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator, full time. The Co-coordinator will be reporting to NRC for all contractual arrangements and will be accountable to the NGOs partners of the cluster.
• This role requires the ability to take into consideration the interests of NGOs while advocating or lobbying for any cause. The cluster is guided by the principles of neutrality, impartiality, and advocacy for all.
• This is an opportunity to join one of the most respected humanitarian actors in Myanmar that has a strong reputation with donors, embassies, clusters, and peer agencies, and the chance to work with a diverse portfolio of donors and partners.
• Meaningful work, with a high-quality integrated programme that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
• Learn more about NRC’s operation in Myanmar here.

What we offer

• Yangon, Myanmar duty station, subject to receiving appropriate documentation. The successful candidate will be expected to work from home/remotely for extended periods of time.
• 24-month contract duration (renewable, subjecting to funding, performance, and requirements).
• 25% travel, approximately.
• Grade 8 in NRC’s Salary Scale, with accompanying terms and conditions. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
• Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC.

Important information about the application process

• To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official NRC email address.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and you meet most, but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
• For any queries, please email us at aela.recruitment@nrc.no with “Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator Myanmar” as the subject line.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

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NRC responds to the diverse needs faced by populations in Myanmar through the delivery of integrated programming and advocacy to ensure that conflict and displacement-affected communities can meet their needs and exercise their rights. NRC works with a range of different local and international partners to deliver a multi-faceted response that includes emergency response to rapid onset needs, providing essential services to internally displaced people in protracted displacement, and contributing to pathways to durable solutions.

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

• Do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
• Join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
• Be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.

Learn more about NRC here.