Background
NRCโs Emergency Response Section (ERS) leads the organisationโs overall capacity to respond to new and emerging humanitarian crises, including through active monitoring, innovation and system development, crisis activation and emergency deployments. Working across all organisational levels, the ERS provides guidance and capacity to enable established country offices to respond to emerging crises and leads on the establishment of new country start-ups responding to critical humanitarian situations. The ERSโ multi-disciplinary team of roving emergency experts is backed by a small team of technical leads at head office, focused on ensuring that NRCโs emergency responses are principled, timely, agile and relevant to the priorities of people affected by crises.ย
What you will do
Professional Competencies and Qualifications Required
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Degree in related field such as social sciences, humanitarian response.ย Minimum 4 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context, including in the areas of protection or site management Substantial experience working in acute emergency situations. Strong knowledge of global protection standards and humanitarian principles Demonstrated experience in implementation of one or more of the core areas of NRCโs protection from violence programming (Site Management, UDOC, civilian self-protection, humanitarian mediation, case management; and/or individual protection assistance) Documented results related to the positionโs responsibilities Excellent understanding of key cross-cutting technical standards (IASC, protection mainstreaming, IHL, gender and humanitarian principles, donor markers on gender and disability etc.) and a demonstrated ability to integrate them into programming. Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile; ability to think strategically Solid understanding and experience of refugee and IDP crisis contexts Flexible, with the ability to adapt to the programmatic needs of the specific deployment Fluency in English, both written and verbal.ย French, Spanish or Arabic languages skills is preferable Experience in access or other humanitarian negotiations would be an asset. 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.