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What are we looking for?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking a dedicated, resilient, and dynamic professional to fill the role of Violence Protection Program Development Manager. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and implementation of the Violence Protection (Vp) program in Norway and Mexico. The NRC’s Vp program aims to reduce and mitigate the impact of violence and other protection risks on individuals and communities. It employs strategies that enable them to recover from and respond to recurring risks, ensuring their physical safety, dignity, and resilience, while also promoting reintegration and social cohesion.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Direct supervision of the PfV team under your responsibility. This includes:
- Performance management: definition of individual objectives aligned with the national strategy and programmatic priorities, accompanied by regular monitoring, and support for their fulfillment.
- Development of organizational charts, recruitment processes, induction and training plan for staff.
- Develop and provide relevant technical and operational training, including induction of new staff to ensure compliance with competency standards and regulations.
- Development and/or updating of the annual PfV strategy, including theory of change and logical framework.
- Responsible for defining, adapting, and growing NRC’s PfV program in NCA&M, ensuring that it remains relevant, needs-based, and programmatic evidence-based.
- Ensure that the development strategies for protection against violence are aligned with national strategies, global protection frameworks, including safe and inclusive programming standards.
- Lead the proposal writing/program development processes to diversify the donor funding base.
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Education and experience requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a senior project implementation role in a humanitarian or recovery context .
- Advanced academic qualification in a relevant field (law, social sciences or related disciplines).
- A clear understanding of protection issues, legal frameworks, and professional standards in humanitarian and displacement contexts.
- Experience working in complex and volatile humanitarian contexts.
- Experience in managing protection cases and community interventions.
- Documented results related to the responsibilities of the position.
- Knowledge of one’s own leadership skills/profile.
- Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken.
- Experience facilitating training both at the office level and in the field.
- Experience and knowledge of the Latin American context (Central America and Mexico is an asset).
- Knowledge of relevant international and national legal and political frameworks, with a focus on international humanitarian law, human rights and the protection of children in armed conflicts.
- Experience in the implementation of new protection programs, including assessment, strategy development and program proposals.
- Ability to use ICT software to develop proposals, budgets, work plans and monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Knowledge and understanding of humanitarian standards such as Sphere and HAP.
- Experience in staff training and capacity building, and aptitude for community mobilization
What do we offer?
- Type of contract: Employment contract (Mexican or Honduran national) for 1 year, with the possibility of renewal according to budget and performance
- Compensation/Benefits: In accordance with NRC’s salary scales, terms and conditions, this position is Grade 9.
- Location: Mexico City (Mexico), San Pedro Sula or Tegucigalpa (Honduras), with 40% of travel and trips
- NRC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to promoting equality among our candidates regardless of age, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity, or physical abilities.
- We think outside the box, value your ideas, and give high levels of responsibility to all employees. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to be heard and take initiative.
Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC
Important information about the application process
- Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
- When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
- Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
- Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
- If you have any questions about this role, please email aela.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.
Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization 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.
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NRC has been responding to the growing internal and external displacement in Northern Central America and Mexico since 2015, focusing on the protection crisis and integrating legal assistance and education interventions. NRC is an internationally recognized humanitarian organization with over 30 years of experience working in Latin America, leading humanitarian action in many of the countries where it operates.
The Latin American (LA) region faces multiple complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the armed conflict in Colombia, and the pervasive high levels of generalised violence in the North of Central America and in Mexico. These conditions produce some of the highest forced displacement numbers in the world. According to UNHCR, there are over 15 million displacement-affected people, including some 7,4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across NRC country programme coverage in Latin America. The LA region also witnesses record numbers of transcontinental population movements generating significant protection risks as people are obliged to cross borders often through routes where conditions are dramatic. Restrictive asylum and migration policies also create flows of deportees and returnees, who struggle to re-integrate in their communities and often face violence, retaliation, discrimination, and exclusion. Those phenomena are accelerating across the region.
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
About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world’s most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.
At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.
Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:
• treat everyone with respect and dignity
• contribute to building a safe environment for all
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH
How to apply
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