Job Opportunity At Norwegian Refugee Council

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.

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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.