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  • Posted: Jun 21, 2017
    Deadline: Jul 4, 2017
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    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, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, 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
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    Regional Advocacy Advisor - Region Horn of Africa

    Job description

    • Generic responsibilities
    • Responsible for adherence to relevant NRC policies, guidance and procedures
    • Develop access, protection and advocacy strategy and ensure that objectives from NRC Global Advocacy Strategy are reflected
    • Responsible for monitoring and analysis of the humanitarian situation, access and protection concerns in the region, emerging trends and displacement patterns
    • Develop, manage and undertake specific research activities with the aim to provide contextual analysis and provide briefings
    • Accountable for drafting protection policy and advocacy products such as bi-weekly briefing notes, position papers, talking points, key messages, quarterly trend reports and ad-hoc reports as relevant.
    • Training to Country Offices on protection, advocacy and conflict sensitive approaches
    • Support to countries in the planning and implementation of programme/policy advocacy activities and the production of relevant material
    • Establish and strengthen strategic protection and advocacy networks and alliances
    • Specific responsibilities
    • Build capacity of key staff in access, protection and advocacy skills and practices;
    • Coordinate the effective communication of NRC East Africa and Yemen key protection and access messaging
    • Ensure consistency of strategy and messaging across countries in the region
    • Design a result –based protection and advocacy strategy
    • Publish reports and/or articles on key access and protection concerns – either as NRC or as part of an alliance

    Qualifications

    • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
    • Documented experience with research and the production of written materials based on the research (i.e. reports, briefing notes, position papers, talking points and key messages)
    • Documented experience with protection, access and conflict sensitive approaches
    • Documented/proven results related to other key elements of the position’s responsibilities
    • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
    • Fluency in English, both written and verbal

    Education level

    • College / University, Bachelor's degree

    Personal qualities

    • Handling insecure environments
    • Planning and delivering results
    • Working with people
    • Analysing
    • Communicating with impact and respect
    • Coping with change

    We offer

    • Duty station: Nairobi with 20% travel
    • Contract period: 24 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 Nairobi.
    • Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start
    • 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: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location in the "Company name" field for both company and location

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Norwegian Refugee Council on www.webcruiter.no to apply

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