Protection Project Manager

NRC Iraq is looking for a Protection Manager to join the team. The role holder will be responsible for rolling out the Protection from Violence program in Kirkuk, mentoring the newly recruited team and ensuring a qualitative implementation of activities with a focus on protection case management (integrated with ICLA assistance) and protection monitoring and analysis.

If you are an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated profile with a strong background in Protection, then this is the role for you!

** This position is open for National Iraqi candidates only**

What You Will Do

• Support the training, mentoring, and coaching of Specialised Protection Services on Protection Case Management, in-line with NRC modalities and toolkit, and in coordination with the PDM
• Ensure the alignment of Specialised Protection activities among the different field teams and provide feedback on the development of common guidelines and SOPs to the PDM
• Provide area-based conflict-sensitive and protection analysis and monitoring based on programmatic demands
• Maintain a case management tracking system in line with CO approach and tools
• Monitor trends in protection risks resulting in provision of Specialised Protection Services and engage with other protection actors, including other protection teams in NRC, to address risks at the community level
• Facilitate mediations and dialogue when needed and relevant with local authorities, security forces, and community leadership to improve the impact of the Specialised Protection Services in coordination with the AM, HSS, and the PDM.
• Ensure implementation of appropriate M&E response, including engaging M&E team to develop tools and approaches and offering training on safe M&E of Specialised Protection activities
• Contribute to capturing lessons learnt on the project methodology and implementation
• Technical and managerial support to the implementation of Specialise Protection work plans
• Provide input for regional/global reporting to the donor, both narrative and financial

What You Will Bring

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a senior-level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Technical Protection case management expertise
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• At least 5 years of experience in Protection related work
• University degree in social work, psychology, or social sciences. Psychosocial counseling training is a plus.
• Strong understanding of basic counseling and psychosocial support concepts; extensive experience in providing those services to marginalized groups and individuals exposed to violence

What Makes This Position Attractive?

• The humanitarian crisis in Iraq remains one of the largest and most volatile in the world. Four years since the end of the active armed conflict, displacement in Iraq remains complex with protracted and secondary displacement.
• This is an opportunity to contribute to the protection and assistance of internally displaced Iraqis, Syrian refugees, returnees, and host communities, focusing on those in protracted displacement in camps, informal settlements, and areas of return, with a particular emphasis on hard-to-reach populations.
• Meaningful work that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities. We are continuing to shift towards early recovery programming, aiming for sustainable development, and providing integrated and localized services to assist the displacement-affected populations while maintaining our capacity to respond to immediate humanitarian needs.
• NRC is currently supported by multiple institutional, bilateral, and multilateral donors. These include the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, KfW Development Bank (KfW), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), European Union Regional Trust Fund (EUTF), International Trade Centre (ITC), United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), Department for International Development (DFID), Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), U.S. State Department Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), etc
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture which empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What We Offer

• Kirkuk, Iraq duty station.
• 6-month contract duration (non-renewable)
• 30% travel, (in-country)
• Grade 8 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, 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.

Key Information – Please Take Note When Applying

• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here.
• Learn more about NRC’s operation in Iraq here.
• To apply as an internal candidate, click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRC’s internal career site.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your employment history, experience, responsibilities, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• NRC is committed to our localisation strategy including with respect to our workforce in Iraq, whenever possible NRC will recruit new staff from the local area of the programme operations.
• NRC will endeavour to hire staff that together represent the balance of diversity in the governorate of operations.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
• For any queries, please email us at [email protected] “Protection Manager Iraq-Kirkuk” as the subject line.

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.