Protection from Violence Programme Development Manager Syria Response Office

Does your interest lie in making a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals? Do you have strong implementation oversight experience as well as an enthusiastic and proactive approach to building a program portfolio? Do you have experience in developing, leading and supporting Protection from Violence (PfV) programming? We’re seeking a strong and proactive Protection from Violence Programme Development Manager to lead our programming in Syria Response Office (SRO).

What we are looking for:

A highly qualified, experienced, and proactive Protection from Violence professional to provide support to our teams in Syria Response Office (SRO). The successful candidate will lead the development of the Protection from Violence Core Competency for Syria as well as support the piloting of protection case management interventions. They will also be responsible for developing technical tools and guidance, conducting learning of the pilot programmes, as well as exploring other potential areas of expansion and support on fundraising.

What you will do:

• Develop Protection from Violence strategy, technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)/guidelines and macro-log frames LFAs).
• Responsible for development and manage funding proposal, project budgets and donor reports.
• Coordinate and manage Protection from Violence CC project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.
• Develop the Protection from Violence (PfV) Core Competency (CC) in the SRO, with a particular focus on protection case management and individual protection assistance, as well as the potential to explore other areas, such as civilian self-protection.
• Work closely with the Area Offices, to support the start-up of PfV interventions and conducting protection needs assessments including developing tools/guidance required for new activities.
• Conduct analysis of data collected through multiple sources (including NRC’s own protection needs assessments) and produce high-quality reports or other documents/initiatives as needed with a focus on protection from violence, security context and analysis.
• Ensure timely and quality implementation of outcome monitoring exercises in coordination with the MEL team and project staff, together with data analysis.
• Work to promote the integration of PfV projects with other CCs in programme design and implementation.
• Develop and pursue a funding strategy, including lead programme development/proposal writing processes, to increase scope of programme portfolio and diversify donor funding base.
• Support relevant staff such as the HoP and Country Director to position NRC with donors to access opportunities for PfV programmes.
• Engage in humanitarian coordination structures, collaborating with other organizations and partners to ensure the PfV programme is aligned with broader efforts to prevent violence, coercion, and deliberate deprivation.
• Provide support to country advocacy work such as ensuring protection information and analysis is fed into regular key messaging, in collaboration with CO and regional colleagues.
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from implementation from PfV programmes and are used to inform the future direction of the PfV CC.
• Contribute to Protection from Violence Core Competency Regional/Global strategy, tools, guidelines and policy and research studies on relevant thematic topics.
• Provide PfV specific support and input to the recruitment process for PfV project staff.

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What you will bring:

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts. Knowledge of the context in Syria and neighbouring countries is highly desirable.
• Technical expertise in Protection programming, in particular case management, cash for protection, civilian self-protection, protection risk analysis.
• Experience and knowledge of community engagement approaches.
• Experience with remotely managed programming is an asset.
• Knowledge and skills in market analysis, cash-based interventions, and market-based programmes
• Experience with new programming start-up and expansion desirable.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile with documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Arabic is highly desirable.

What we offer:

• Duty station: Amman, Jordan
• Contract: 12 months (Fixed-term contract renewal based on performance, funds availability and need for the position)
• Travel: Up to 10% international travel
• 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.

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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.

NRC currently has over 3,000 staff across the Middle East dedicated to assisting people affected by conflict in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Palestine. Its humanitarian interventions are based upon its programming expertise in the Core Competencies of Shelter, Education, WASH, Livelihoods and Food Security, and Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) to vulnerable displaced people that were forced to flee.

Entering the thirteenth year of the conflict in 2023, more than half of the Syrian population remains displaced from their homes with 5.4 million refugees living abroad and another 6.8 million internally displaced persons inside Syria. Conflict and protracted mass population displacement, combined with severe economic downturn (fuelled among other things by the impact of the economic collapse in Lebanon, international sanctions and import control, etc.), depreciation of the Syrian pound, inflation with soaring food and fuel prices, loss of livelihoods, water crisis and drought and reduced food production have led to widespread poverty, food insecurity and increased deterioration of the humanitarian situation across Syria.

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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 dignity.

Learn more about NRC’s operations in Syria here.

ABOUT US

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.