Jordan/Home-based: Regional Adviser Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP )- Middle East Office (Regional candidates only)

A background in protection (mainstreaming) with specific technical expertise in gender, age, diversity mainstreaming, disability inclusion, child protection mainstreaming, gender based violence risk mitigation, and community engagement.

The successful candidate will be driven with strong interpersonal capability as well as communication and ability to build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.

Experience developing and delivering high quality protection-related training/capacity building and tools to support practical implementation of protection standards is required.

What you will do: 

The Regional Adviser is responsible for facilitating and coordinating the roll-out and of the Minimum Standards for Safe and Inclusive Programming as well as the supporting their institutionalization/integration into the Country Office(CO) and Regional Office (RO) systems.

Particular focus will be:

• To support Country Offices (COs) in the Middle East Regional Office (MERO) in the implementation of their 2022-Action Plans that have been developed
• Ensure sustainability and further institutionalisation of Safe and Inclusive Programming across Country Offices and the Regional Office (including through Training of Trainers, integration of SIP into NRC’s ways of working)

You will be responsible for:

• Safe and Inclusive Programming roll-out. Facilitate and coordinate the dissemination, roll-out and institutionalization of Safe and Inclusive Programming in the Regional and Country Offices, in line with NRC's global Safe and Inclusive Programming Strategic Initiative.
• Capacity Development. Provide training (including Training of Trainers), capacity building and mentoring of Country Office and Regional Office staff on Safe and Inclusive Programming.
• Institutionalization of SIP into NRC’s Ways of Working. Support the integration of Safe and Inclusive Programming into NRC’s Ways of Working across relevant departments, particularly the CO and RO programme teams, Monitoring and Evaluation and all support functions.
• Programme Quality. Provide ad hoc technical advice and support to the Regional Programme Unit and Country Office project teams Field Teams throughout the programme-cycle. This is to ensure adherence to the safe programming standards (especially on the minimum standards) during planning, implementation and monitoring of NRC’s programming.
• Grant Processes. Review and provide safe and inclusive programming feedback to project/grant processes, including: concept notes, proposals, grant agreements and reports, in close collaboration with the other Regional Advisers (CC and Programme).
• Reporting. Contribute to reports, including: updates on the Safe and Inclusive Programming roll-out situation reports (sitreps), assessments, background/briefing papers, talking points, information memos, and other relevant documents relating to safe programming as required by the Regional Program Director.

Specific responsibilities are outlined in the job description. Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.

What you will bring: 

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within the area of protection (mainstreaming).

Specific experience, knowledge and expertise in:

• gender, age, diversity mainstreaming, disability inclusion, child protection mainstreaming, gender based violence risk mitigation, and community engagement.
• global protection mainstreaming standards and relevant bodies of international law (international human rights law, international humanitarian law and refugee law).
• donor requirements linked to safe and inclusive programming (protection mainstreaming).
• developing and delivering high quality protection-related training and tools to support practical implementation of protection standards.
• communication and ability to build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.
• driving organisational change processes and ability to think strategically and constructively in developing policy frameworks and guidelines to support institutionalization of protection mainstreaming.
• working with partners and supporting development of their organisational and programmatic protection capacities.
• risk, compliance and accountability mechanism.
• Knowledge of working with NRC’s programmes and systems is an advantage.

Understanding of and commitment to:

• organisational learning, quality management and development.
• working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity strengthening.
• willingness to travel, including in insecure environments.
• Master's degree in related field (desirable).
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Fluency in one or more languages spoken in the region would also be an advantage.

What we offer: 

• Duty station: Amman for Jordanian nationals under national contracts or remote work from home countries for Iraqi, Palestinian, Tunisian, Libyan, Syrian, Lebanese, Yemeni nationals under national contracts.
• Contract: 12 months
• Travel: Approximately 40% regional travel
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s national salary scales, with accompanying terms and conditions/
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

How to Apply: 

Apply here. 

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Important information about the application process: 

• We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates from the region. Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates.
• Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
• Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
• If you have any questions about this role, please email mero.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.

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