Background:

NRC works to protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis and meet immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement, and contribute to durable solutions. Through our mobile emergency response capacity, we provide lifesaving multisectoral assistance to crisis affected populations in hard-to-reach areas across South Sudan. In areas throughout the country where we have established operations, we ensure that displacement affected people are safe, can exercise their rights, access quality services and protection and secure durable solutions. To that end, we contribute to safe and stable environment needed to allow for return and reintegration or integration of displaced communities. We do this through advocacy, coordination, and collaboration, as well as integrated and multi-sectoral long-term interventions. 

In South Sudan, NRC established in 2004 and provides humanitarian aid and supports durable solutions with integrated and multi-sectoral long-term interventions in six core competencies: Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence, Education, WASH and Shelter. In line with NRC global direction, our WASH and Shelter programmes are transitioning from mainly humanitarian response to support communities with more sustainable water systems and sanitation facilities in response to securing lasting solutions. Also, NRC has the ambition to grow its urban programming to facilitate durable solutions for the swelling urban population in South Sudan.

What you will do:

Generic Responsibilities:

1. Develop Shelter strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro LFAs that are aligned with regional and global strategies and priorities. 
2. Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, CC tools, handbooks and guidelines.

3. Responsible for the development and management of funding proposals, project budgets, and donor reports.

4. Provide technical direction and project implementation support.

5. Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff where relevant.

6. Ensure that key learnings are extracted from CC implementation and incorporate them in CC and staff development processes.

7. Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums/cluster/working groups.

8. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

9. Identify trends, relevant modalities, and donor priorities. Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports.

10. Ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and manage active S&S projects grants, in line with donor requirements.

• Develop and introduce technical processes and tools for the implementation of S&S projects in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.

• Ensure quality implementation processes are integrated into the programme in line with NRC global policies, including Safe and Inclusive Programming/Protection mainstreaming, Market Systems, and other relevant priorities. 

• Develop, manage and monitor project budget(s) according to NRC’s Financial Handbook and donor requirements. 

• Monitor technical quality of Shelter projects, document project achievements and deliverables, communicate the progress of the implementation transparently, and trouble-shoot issues related to the programme. 

• Explore new S&S activities and synergies with other NRC CCs. 

• Maintain and grow S&S technical and operational capacity through recruitments and S&S project staff capacity development. 

• Promote the rights of people affected by displacement and contribute to the CO Advocacy Strategy. 

• Represent NRC with the WASH sector, relevant donors, government ministries, and in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings in country as required.

What you will bring:

Generic professional competencies: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context.

• Experience with providing emergency and/or protracted-crisis Shelter assistance in rural and urban contexts.

• Experience undertaking projects through cash and vouchers 

• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.

• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

 

All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

 

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in South Sudan preferred.

• Experience with start-up or expansion of new programmes and programme development

• Ability to work effectively across cultures, in sensitive environments and with different stakeholders

What we offer:

• Duty station: Juba, South Sudan

• Contract: national contract, 12 months 

• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s national salary scale. 

• 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.

Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC

Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates only: To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity MarketPlace.

• 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.

• Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

• 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.

• This position is only open to candidates who have the legal right to work in South Sudan. NRC will not sponsor visa nor work permits as the contract is national.

• If you have any questions about this role, please email ESA Recruitment esa.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.

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.

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An estimated 9.4 million people in South Sudan need humanitarian assistance and protection services in 2023, reflecting 76 per cent of the population. Many of the 2.3 million South Sudanese living in protracted displacement since 2013 have been displaced multiple times and cannot return home. The ongoing conflict in Sudan continues to drive significant displacement into South Sudan with hundred thousands new arrivals since April 2023. The returnees are encouraged to go to areas of origin, places that are equally vulnerable and lack basic services. Often their houses, land or property has been destroyed by the civil war or is occupied. Humanitarian actors are over stretched by the volume of returns and associated needs. 

 

Over 83 per cent of South Sudan’s population relies on subsistence farming, livelihood, and fishing as their primary source of livelihoods, leaving them vulnerable to climatic and conflict related shocks and stressors. Disrupted supply chains, weakening currency, and rising cost, diminishes the purchasing power of the population, exacerbating existing malnutrition and food insecurity. South Sudan remains one of the most severe protection crises in the world, with high levels of gender-based violence and significant gross human rights violations across the country, and with people impacted by violence having limited access to justice and the rule of law. 

 

Despite significant deployment of humanitarian assistance, the cumulative effects of years of conflict, a surge in sub-national violence, and unprecedented flooding, leaves vulnerable population in urgent needs of basic services and protection. 

 

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

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