Are you passionate about voicing out challenges faced by displaced people and amplifying their views and concerns? Do you have experience in developing strategies, training staff, gathering evidence and content, developing advocacy and media products, and identifying advocacy opportunities for humanitarian operations? What we are looking for:
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for a highly qualified, resilient, and dynamic advocacy and policy professional to provide support to our teams in Syria. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying priority protection concerns for advocacy, strengthening the incorporation of advocacy into all aspects of NRC’s activities and guiding NRC’s advocacy messaging to promote an improved protection and humanitarian response environment in Syria.
You will provide overall leadership, management and strategic direction to NRC’s policy and advocacy work for Syria Response Office.
You will be expected to provide technical support and capacity building for colleagues and partners working at country level and your thought leadership will be key. Internally, you will an expert resource and adviser on local, regional, and international developments related to Syria and the implications for NRC, its humanitarian operations and advocacy focus. Externally, you will establish and strengthen strategic advocacy networks and alliances which includes but not limited to supporting the Country Director in active engagement with the international community, humanitarian actors including Syrian civil society, and de-facto authorities
What you will do:
Be an active member of the Country Management Group (CMG) and an expert resource and adviser on local, regional,and international developments related Syria and the implications for NRC, its humanitarian operations and advocacy focus. Drive and shape NRC’s profile on Syria (public and private) on priority issues for the organisation. Closely coordinate with the Syria Country Office (SCO) Policy and Communication Manager to ensure coherent NRC Advocacy and Communication on Syria. Lead and coordinate planning and implementation of quality advocacy and lobby activities across the Syria Response programme in cooperation with the SRO Country Director (CD), programme staff and the NRC Middle East Regional Office (MERO). Closely collaborate with NRC’s refugee responses in neighboring countries. Provide effective management, mentoring, and training to the direct reports and ensure day to day support to develop team products. Coordinate the work of the Advocacy Unit as resource center for policy analysis and development within SRO, in close cooperation with the Protection Advisor and Programme specialists. Produce timely and regular advocacy and media products such as briefing notes,fact sheets, talking points, research papers and articles, and where appropriate, support field staff in the production of advocacy products, in line with country and regional priorities. Support the CMG and the Area Offices in the development of internal communication products. Establish and strengthen strategic advocacy networks and alliances. Be abreast of all local, regional and international advocacy initiatives on Syria relevant to SRO. Actively engage with coalition advocacy work on Syria and support the SRO CD in engagement with the international community, humanitarian actors including Syrian civil society, and de-facto authorities. Identify and engage with local, regional,and global policy dialogues pertaining to priority issues for NRC. Position NRC as a leading expert on priority areas of concern for the Syria response. Represent NRC in relevant fora and act as a spokesperson as agreed with the SRO CD and regional office, including with the media. Conduct advocacy training for SRO staff and partners as well as oversee and support staff in information management and data collection, including from local partners, for use in media and advocacy products. Ensure NRC representatives are well briefed on Syria, enabling them to adequate represent NRC SRO with external stakeholders. Provide sound political judgement on issues of extreme sensitivity. Makes decisions and solves problems on complex issues, requiring creative thinking to find the best solutions and drawing on information from a variety of sources to inform decision making. Ensure oversight of sign off for all influencing and media and communications products in Syria as per NRC guidelines.Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.
What you will bring:
Post-graduate with minimum 5 years of experience from working as an Advocacy and Information Adviser/Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context. A Masters in International Affairs, Law, Public Policy, or International Relations is preferable. Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts. Knowledge of the context in Syria and the Middle East is highly desirable. Professional knowledge about protection principles and advocacy, and the use of media for public advocacy Strong managerial, representation, interpersonal, and communication skills essential Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile with documented results related to the position’s responsibilities. Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of the Arabic language is desired.What we offer:
Duty station: Amman, Jordan Contract: 12 months (Renewal is subject to performance and funds availability) Travel: 40% within Syria Response Office Areas of Operations Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale, 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.Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC
Important information about the application process
Internal candidates only: To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity MarketPlace. 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. We receive many applications for each vacant position and so only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Send in your application by latest August 24, 2023. If you have any questions about this role, please email mero.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.
In the Middle East, NRC has over 3,000 staff dedicated to assisting people affected by conflict in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine. Its humanitarian interventions are based upon its programming expertise in the Core Competencies (CCs) of Shelter, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, Livelihoods and Food Security, and Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), with a strong focus on safe and inclusive programming, to aid people affected by conflict. The Syrian Crisis continues into it its twelfth year, and humanitarian and protection needs continue to grow inside Syria as a result of the ongoing complex emergency situation in which displacement is both massive and widespread.
NRC’s programming in Syria has a strong humanitarian, protection and resilience focus that looks to meet vital needs through sustainable solutions to increase early recovery outcomes through integrated programme responses. In this complex, challenging operating environment in Syria, NRC is working to strengthen the quality, responsiveness, integration and sustainability of our programmes. This requires consistent and longer-term support from traditional and non-traditional humanitarian donors, and NEXUS donors looking to support longer term solutions for Syrians affected by the conflict.
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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignityLearn more about NRC's operations in Syria here. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country. Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.