Employment Opportunities at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

 

Job Title: Protection Officers (Tanzania Nationals Only) - Tanzania
Deadline for application: 22/05/2019

Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters, NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs
In mid-April 2016, NRC conducted a pre-assessment mission in the refugee camps in north western Tanzania and the assessment revealed that the humanitarian situation for the refugees requires urgent intervention and NRC therefore decided to establish an operational office in Kibondo town, to respond in Mtendeli and/or Nduta refugee camps. The initial interventions will focus in three sectors; shelter, WASH and education (initially construction of permanent classrooms).

To apply for this position please go to NRC website at www.nrc.no and follow the "VACANCIES" link.

Email and paper applications will not be considered.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

The purpose of the Protection Officer position is to implement delegated Education project portfolio. The Protection Officer will be responsible for implementation of day-to-day education project and managing project data (beneficiary registration, baselines, monitoring data) and data collection related to protection component in addition to supporting Protection Assistant with day-to-day work with communities.

Job description

Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.

Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action.

Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.

Ensure proper filing of documents.

Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function.

Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist displaced girls and boys, women and men.

Liaise and collaborate with community stakeholders, Child Protection Committees.

Produce data collection, reports and analysis as required.

Be alert to the security implications of NRC’s activities relating to protection and Human Rights concerns.

Conduct child protection risk assessment and development of participatory risk reduction plans.

Map existing child protection service providers.

Rollout of school codes of conduct.

Rollout of referral mechanisms.

Rollout of child friendly accountability systems.

Establish and build capacity of CPCs in schools.

Sensitise community structures on child protection.

Deliver life skills interventions to support child protection.

Manage project data collection process (beneficiary registration, baselines, monitoring data).

Coordinate with relevant partners within the protection sector and represent NRC at camp relevant meetings.

Supervise the protection assistant ensure s/he prepares and follows weekly and monthly work plans.

To undertake any additional duties determined by the Education Coordinator, Education Manager or Area Manager.

Qualifications
Experience working in protection in a humanitarian/recovery context.
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
Self-motivated, passionate and ready to inspire others on NRCs mandate and our work in protection and advocacy.
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
Commitment to participatory and inclusive methods of working.
Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Kirundi and/or Kiswahili is an asset.
A University degree in law subject will be considered.
At least 2 years’ experience in working in a protection-related field including knowledge of humanitarian principles and minimum protection standards, applying protection standards to vulnerable beneficiaries, referral services, delivering training and awareness raising programs and writing reports/providing information on protection-related themes.
Experience in mainstreaming protection concepts within a humanitarian operation particularly valued.
Advanced computer skills, especially in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
Fluency in written and spoken Kirundi, Kiswahili/Ha, French essential and ability to work in English necessary.

Education field Law
Education title: LEGAL

Education level
College / University, Bachelor's degree

Personal qualities
Initiating action and change
Planning and delivering results
Empowering and building trust
Communicating with impact and respect
Handling insecure environment

We offer
Duty station: Mtendeli
Contract period is for 12 months with possibility of extension.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Mtendeli.

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Job Title: Camp Management Programme Development Manager (PDM)

Deadline: 26th May, 2019

Job Description

Norwegian Refugee Council is looking to hire a Camp Management Programme Development Manager (PDM) whole role is to strengthen, further develop and implement the Camp Management portfolio. The PDM will have overall responsibility for the design and implementation of NRC’s camp management activities in Tanzania.

Generic responsibilities

• Development of the Camp Management Strategy and Macro Log-frame for Tanzania, along with technical standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, Camp Management tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Development and management of proposals for funding, project budgets and donor reports
• Recruitment and overall management of project staff
• Coordinate and support Camp Management project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements    
• Capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
• Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities, UNHCR, NGOs and other stakeholders, and represent NRC in relevant forums/working groups.
• Identify funding opportunities and develop and revise funding proposal, budget and donor reports
• Promote the rights of displaced persons in line with the NRC Advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities

1.  Provision of Technical Support

• Support strengthening the Camp Management Mechanisms (including Standard Operational Procedures) established by the Camp Management Team, while making particular emphasis on meaningful inclusion of the different camp community groups (women, youth, elderly and persons with specific needs) in decision-making processes.
• Assist the Camp Management Team in the establishment and strengthening of an effective and transparent coordination system at camp-level, including coordination of service provision and other defined camp activities.
• Support the Camp Management Team with the ongoing process of clarifying roles and responsibilities among camp stakeholders.

2.  Support Coordination and Strategic Planning at intra and inter-camp levels

• In close consultation with partners, develop concrete initiatives and specific strategies to improve inter and intra-camp coordination, as well as reduce identified risks.
• Contribute with technical support at the inter-camp coordination level, in order to develop, apply and promote harmonized CCCM standards, guidelines and good practices for the overall response.    
• Assess inter-camp level needs and identify problems/gaps and propose/prioritize timely practical actions to respond to particular problems. 
• Help to develop contingency plans in terms of population movements at intra and inter-camp levels 

3.  Monitoring, Reporting, and Development

• Support the development of Camp Management monitoring tools and mechanisms to ensure proper camp management and follow up. 

• Support the quality control and site monitoring to ensure that services provided are according to international best practice standards and to measure progress against implementation plans. 

• Work to ensure adequate reporting and effective information sharing including by disaggregating data by age and gender. 

• Monitor financial spending and budgets for the program. 

• Contribute to donor and management reports on CCCM support projects. 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of programme and project management experience, gained from coordinating and/or managing camp coordination and/or camp management projects in camp and camp like-settings; especially in protracted scenarios.
• Strong co-ordination competence, with the ability to establish and supervise technical lines, promote communication, knowledge sharing and learning culture, manage multiple work streams while ensuring quality.
• Ability to assess institutional and professional capacity, design capacity development strategies, and deliver organisational and staff development through a variety of means, including formal and informal training, mentoring, coaching, on-the-job training and workshop facilitation.
• Ability to rapidly understand the policy, strategic and institutional environment and to provide contextually appropriate and achievable technical advice.
• Understanding and experience of programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting, with the ability to design effective M&E tools and train implementation staff in their use, and to use evidence to enhance programme design and management.
•  Strong understanding and proved experience in developing participatory approaches
• Sound interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with in particular the ability to write concise, accurate reports in easily-understood language.
• Commitment to participatory and inclusive methods of working.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relations with national staff members and other stakeholders.
• Experience living and working in cross-cultural, multi-sector, insecure, and/or remote environments.

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Behavioural competencies

• Managing resources to optimise results.
• Managing performance and development.
• Empowering and building trust.
• Handling insecure environments.
• Strategic thinking.
• Initiating action and change.

We offer
• Duty Station:Kasulu/Makere/Kibondo, Tanzania
• Travel: 50%
• Contract Period: 12 months, with possible extension
• Salary/Benefits: Competitive compensation and benefits package

An approved health clearance will be required before commencement of the contract.
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and employees to check they have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
NRC is an equal opportunity employer with no discrimination in terms of sex, religion, ethnic origin or political affiliation. Females candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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