Senior Protection Adviser, NRC - NORCAP

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contracts.

Protection is a key thematic area for NORCAP and protecting the lives and rights of people affected by the crisis is at the core of our mission and strategic objectives for the coming years. NORCAP aims to strengthen the capacity of the humanitarian system to provide appropriate and improved protection services. NORCAP does this by supporting interventions that protect, empower, create choice and opportunity for people, by improving impact at global and local level through joint projects with partners and stakeholders; by providing specialized protection expertise and develop capacity that enable partners to meet the needs of people in fragile contexts and crises. We also strengthening the system through support to leadership, coordination, and policy development on protection and by building bridges between the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors.

We are now looking for a senior protection adviser for our protection portfolio, lead the strategic direction and programme design related to protection and provide technical expertise and guidance to new and established projects, and across the organisation.

. We are looking for a candidate with solid experience and understanding of protection and extensive experience in delivering high-quality protection specific programmes and work across sectors. Experience in how to coordinate and lead interagency work with different partners, as well as experience with humanitarian protection work is a requirement. Experience with community-based protection approaches is an asset.

What You Will Do:

You will be responsible for developing and delivering results within protection as a thematic area, in accordance with the NORCAP strategy and relevant thematic strategic plans, to ensure that NORCAP is a relevant and leading actor within this thematic area. You will also work within the team structure in the department.

You will also be responsible for the strategic direction and programme design related to Protection and as such safeguard technical content and related strategic direction of the protection portfolio in NORCAP. This will involve a combination of quality assurance; technical and strategic thought leadership; technical support to project teams and management. The position will further outline the NORCAPs approach to protection and continue to develop ongoing projects but also new initiatives. The position will make sure that protection is integrated into multi-disciplinary programming in preparedness, prevention and response strategy and design.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing new initiatives and projects within protection, and new and innovative approaches
• Provide strategic and technical advice to NORCAPs humanitarian programmes and responses on protection
• Represent NORCAP strategy and priorities in global facing workstreams, including in relevant technical working groups and global coordination platforms

• Responsible for assessing security risks when developing new initiatives and projects.

• Responsible for fundraising to deliver on the thematic within NORCAP strategy including donor engagement and development of donor proposals

• Oversee the quality of design, monitoring, and evaluation of NORCAP proposals from a thematic perspective.
• Responsible for developing communities of practice
• Maintain and advance new strategic partnerships
• Responsible for analysing sectoral developments to inform future opportunities for programming Responsible for input to NORCAP and NRC advocacy messages and information material Point of contact for NORCAP experts on mission within thematic portfolio (technical line manager), including approve End of Mission reports, debriefs, and strengthen community of practice.
• Responsible to ensure project has available experts and initiate recruitments when needed in close collaboration with Deployment Adviser.
• Make decision on suitable candidate placement in collaboration with the team and advise on other placements within the thematic area

What you will bring

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience within the humanitarian, development, or peacebuilding sectors
• Documented experience in strategy - and programme design and implementation related to protection
• Extensive experience in delivering high-quality protection specific programmes and work across sectors
• Experience in how to coordinate and lead interagency work with different partners,
• Experience with community-based protection approaches is an asset.

• Master’s degree or equivalent (including proven work experience and skills). Documented results within developing and leading programs in the relevant thematic areas

• Experience from strategy work, fundraising, project management and advocacy.

• Demonstrated professional experience in maintaining and developing partner and donor relations
• Demonstrated professional knowledge of the humanitarian/development/peacebuilding sectors at both policy and operational level
• Demonstrated experience with initiating, planning, and executing projects within protection
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Thematic specific competence and programme experience at field level is essential.
• Experience from relevant international/regional organisations or missions from the humanitarian, development or peacebuilding architecture would be a strong advantage.
• Experience from working at strategic level and from leading teams and processes.
• Experience with start-up of new projects and project proposals to donors.
• Proven experience in financial and narrative reporting to donors.
• Experience of working in complex and volatile contexts desirable
• Experience of working with people in complex environments
• Fluency and proficient writing skills in English.

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What makes this position attractive?

• A challenging and exciting opportunity with an international team that provides strategic direction and programme design related to Protection and as such safeguard technical content and related strategic direction of the protection portfolio in NORCAP.
• A full-time, permanent contract with the possibility of extension. This position will be based in Oslo, Norway.
• Salary and benefits according to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions in Oslo, Norway.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the beneficiaries that we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

We are happy about early applicants.