Since 2015, NRC Nigeria has been working to help displacement-affected communities meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods, access essential services, and enhance their resilience to future shocks through our six core competencies: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter, Education, Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS), Camp Management, and Protection. NRC provides immediate assistance during the onset of emergencies through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM). In 2021, NRC reached out to over 269,000 people with assistance.
The crisis in Nigeria is marked by brutal violence against civilians, causing acute humanitarian needs and displacement. In the northeast, the 13-year conflict has shattered lives, infrastructure, essential services, and social fabric.
Two million people are internally displaced across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. Approximately half of these live within local communities, increasing pressure on scarce resources. Access to food is limited, particularly in Borno State, where most families are already facing crisis-levels of food insecurity. Civilians, including aid workers, continue to be the target of deadly attacks by non-state armed groups, and transport corridors are persistently insecure.
In the northwest and north-central regions, violence and displacement are rooted in disputes over land and resources, which have been worsened by climate change. Criminality is on the rise. Livelihood opportunities are scarce, and children face an uncertain future, unable to access quality education. Many families have lost their identity papers while fleeing or never obtained them, which hinders their access to essential services.
In Nigeria, NRC places strong emphasis on localization and partnership as a strategic approach to delivering high quality, principled, and sustainable humanitarian assistance. NRC works with a range of national and local partner organisations across multiple states to expand reach, strengthen local capacities, and ensure contextually appropriate responses. The ICLA and PfV programmes are implemented both directly and through partners, requiring strong coordination, technical oversight, and quality assurance mechanisms.
The ICLA/PfV Partnership Coordinator position is based in Maiduguri, Borno State, with responsibility for supporting and overseeing ICLA and PfV partnership projects across NRC’s areas of operation in Nigeria. The role operates within a complex, volatile, and high-risk environment, with frequent field engagement required to support partners, monitor implementation, and ensure compliance with NRC standards, donor requirements, and protection principles. The position plays a critical role in strengthening partner performance, promoting learning and accountability, and contributing to the effective delivery of integrated protection and legal assistance services for conflict affected populations.
We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee.
If you are those people, the Norwegian Refugee Council in Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate ICLA Coordinator (Protection from Violence Partnership) Nigeria Maiduguri to join our team. The ICLA Coordinator (Protection from Violence Partnership) will be responsible for overseeing the effective implementation of ICLA and PfV activities through partner organizations. The role focuses on partner monitoring, provision of technical guidance, financial oversight of partner spending, capacity building, coordination, and quality assurance to ensure compliance with NRC standards, donor requirements, and ICLA/PfV best practices.
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