Protection from Violence Advisor (Roving) South Sudan (National applicants only)

Provide technical and implementation support to enhance NRC’s protection response.

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Overview

Provide technical and implementation support to enhance NRC’s protection response.

You have:

Minimum of 3-5 years solid experience working on protection related issues in humanitarian emergencies, such as field coordination, programme management and/or provision of technical advice to field teams
Post graduate degree in international law, social sciences or related field, *or* an additional 3 years of relevant experience
Strong project management, analytical, planning and drafting skills
Excellent understanding of protection issues in emergency and displacement situations
Detailed knowledge of humanitarian and protection principles, guidelines for humanitarian assistance
Good understanding of and experience in working with protection cluster or sector coordination
Strong coordination, representation skills and inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently
Self-motivated and excellent observer of protection issues
Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making
Excellent written and spoken English

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Details

The National Roving Protection from Violence Advisor role's is to provide technical and implementation support to field teams to enhance the quality, inclusivity, and effectiveness of NRC’s protection response and to support with the Protection from Violence Specialist in the contextualization of the countrywide strategy, capacity development packages, tools and resources, and contribute to strategic decision-making. They are expected to spend about 70% of their time in the field, with close collaboration with, and under direct supervision by, the Protection from Violence Specialist to enhance strategic implementation.

Qualifications

Minimum of 3-5 years solid experience working on protection related issues in humanitarian emergencies, such as field coordination, programme management and/or provision of technical advice to field teams
Post graduate degree in international law, social sciences or related field, or an additional 3 years of relevant experience
Strong project management, analytical, planning and drafting skills
Excellent understanding of protection issues in emergency and displacement situations
Detailed knowledge of humanitarian and protection principles, guidelines for humanitarian assistance
Good understanding of and experience in working with protection cluster or sector coordination
Strong coordination, representation skills and inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently
Self-motivated and excellent observer of protection issues
Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making
Excellent written and spoken English

Responsibilities

Support the development and contextualisation of in-country technical standards, guidance notes, and programming resources for Protection from Violence programming.
Support the Protection from Violence Specialist to identify the training and development needs within the Protection from Violence teams with the support of the Protection from Violence Coordinators, develop and contextualise training materials based on relevant programme guidelines and SOPs, and support roll-out to teams.
Support the development of reports including situation reports, assessment reports, background documents, briefing papers, information memos, and other relevant protection-specific documents as necessary.
Ensure representation in sectorial coordination, clusters and/or working groups as relevant to Protection from Violence
Support the Protection from Violence Specialist to ensure the achievement of commitments under the Protection from Violence Country Strategy and the Balanced Scorecard.
Act as acting Protection from Violence Specialist when appointed.
Travel to Area Offices to provide support to implementation teams to ensure the technical quality, inclusiveness, and effectiveness of Protection from Violence programming and to ensure quality and compliance with implementation processes, tools, monitoring, and reporting.
Contribute analysis and insights from project areas to inform strategic and programming decisions.

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Potential interview questions

Describe your experience working in humanitarian emergencies, especially in protection-related roles.	To assess your depth of experience in critical situations.	Provide specific examples of your past work and the impact you made.
How have you contributed to the development of training materials in your previous roles?	To evaluate your ability to support capacity development initiatives.	Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you discuss a time when you had to coordinate with multiple stakeholders in a protection response?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use to manage pressure and make timely decisions?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
Please explain how you ensure compliance with humanitarian and protection principles in your work.	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a situation where you identified a significant protection issue and how you addressed it.	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you maintain your knowledge of evolving protection issues and guidelines?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
What key factors do you consider when developing protection programming resources?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.