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Protection Coordinator - Jordan

Amman

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Amman
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Legal - International Law
    • Human Rights
    • Civil Society and Local governance
    • Emergency Aid and Response
    • Protection / Human Rights
    • Protection Officer (Refugee)
    • Animal Health and Veterinary
  • Closing Date: Closed


The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

Rights Respected, People Protected

NRC in Jordan 

Established in 2012 NRC Jordan’s long-term outlook addresses the problems affecting life as a refugee. We work to build the resilience of Syrians, and to relieve the impact on the Jordanian communities that host them.  Syrian refugees in Jordan are struggling. As they contend with difficult living conditions across the country, the obstacles are complex. They struggle to remain registered as refugees, to provide for their families, and to access essential services – including education for their children. The Jordanian communities that host them, meanwhile, feel the impact of hosting high numbers of refugees – with each year that passes, local infrastructure becomes more strained.

Role Specific Information

The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for supporting programme management with protection mainstreaming within the Country Office in line with NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection standards.  The Protection Coordinator will work with programme and support teams to develop protection mainstreaming tools and guidance to ensure protection is integrated within programme cycle management and will support staff and contractor capacity building through trainings and awareness raising sessions on minimum protection standards. The Coordinator will identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff.  The Protection Coordinator will hold regular meetings with identified Programme (Protection) referral focal points to ensure quality in NRC’s response to protection cases. The Coordinator will develop strong working relationships at Amman and field levels with protection actors and provide regular context analysis updates on key protection trends. 

Generic responsibilities:

  • Ensure compliance with NRC (global and national) policies and procedures, handbooks and guidelines and/or propose new initiatives to bridge gaps and implement these.
  • Develops systems and SOP’s and makes sure they are implemented accordingly.
  • Identify, analyse and evaluate key processes and gaps in the team activities and make recommendations for improvement.
  • Liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and/or stakeholders. 

Specific responsibilities:

  • Support the implementation of NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection mainstreaming standards within Country Office through working with programme management.
  • Develop protection mainstreaming tools and guidance and continually update protection mainstreaming action plans to ensure integrated and safe programming.
  • Support the training, capacity building and mentoring of field staff and awareness raising of non-staff (contractors and incentive labour) on minimum protection standards
  • Identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff (camps and urban) to ensure support to programme management on specific programme initiatives and staff mentoring.
  • Convene regular meetings of Programme (Protection) Referral focal points to ensure quality in protection referrals in line with NRC internal SOPs.
  • Develop strong working relationships at the Amman and field level with external protection actors and referral partners.  Represent NRC at the field level in protection coordination meetings
  • Produce regular context analysis updates on key protection trends and contribute to programme development discussions. 

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a university graduate with a minimum of three years previous experience in relevant field. Experience for working as Protection Officer in a humanitarian/recovery , experience working in coordination and liaising with external actors, experience developing and delivering protection training and good presentation skills in Arabic/English, ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines, to have the ability to work independently and proactively with limited daily support and supervision. to have knowledge of the Jordan context and broader Syria crisis and knowledge of global protection standards and relevant bodies of international law.

We are particularly looking for a positive individual with strong communication skills, who can build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.

In this position you will join highly motivated and expert staff who are making a difference to the most vulnerable people in the world's biggest displacement crisis.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline

Contract period:    Through 31st of December 2017 (renewable according to the funds and performance)

Salary/benefits:    2227 JOD (subject to social security and Income tax)

Duty station:        Amman

NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities.

NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

B: Please enter your specific city of residency in Jordan in your application.

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