Protection Officer (Geneina) – NRC
Job Description
| Organization | The Norwegian Refugee Council |
| Salary/benefits | According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions |
| Duty station | Geneina |
| Travel | Within the State |
| Closing date | 19th October 2022 |
Protection Officer (National Position) –Advertisement
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NRC resumed operations in Sudan in 2020, providing humanitarian assistance, protection, and durable solutions. Our country programme integrates all of NRC’s six core competencies (camp management, education, ICLA, livelihoods, shelter, and WASH), and provides a rapid response capacity (including for the recent refugee emergency in eastern Sudan), and thematic capacities for cash and markets-based approaches, advocacy, digital modes of assistance, and co-leading various technical and strategic coordination platforms.
Role Specific Information
The following is a brief description of the role.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Implement delegated protection project portfolio according to plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
- Implementation of NRC’s protection policy at the field level
- Produce data collection, reports and analysis as required
- Represent NRC in field level protection meetings and coordination with relevant partners
- Provide day-to-day support to referral focal points, programme and support teams in host communities to identify and remediate protection gaps
- Work closely with NRC teams on the ground to ensure protection priorities are identified
- Carry out project activities in a timely manner
- Carry out safety audits and mapping exercises
- Represent NRC in relevant internal and external coordination meetings in host communities
- Support programme protection mainstreaming initiatives
- Build strong working relationships with mandated and specialised protection actors
- Work with TL on Protection trainings
- Support in preparing and compiling relevant reports and analyses
- Any other duties as requested by manager
Job Specification
- Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Some knowledge of English
- University degree in a relevant subject, ideal
- At least 1 years’ experience in a project implementation position in an NGO or UN agency, ideal
- Good communication and external representation skills;
- Good capacity to plan, prioritize, and multitask;
- Excellent team-working skills
- Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to cope with stressful situations;
- Good computer literacy, including MS Office (Word and Excel);
- Experience in Protection programming is strongly preferred
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply!
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Geneina
Travel: Within the State
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
NB: 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.
To apply please visit www.nrc.no careers
Closing date: 19th October 2022
