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Posted 5 years ago |
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is recruiting candidates for Deputy Director
JOB TITLE: Deputy Director – North East (INGO FORUM)
Webcruiter ID: 4209620425
LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Type: Full Time
Reports to: Director NIF
Supervision of: Access Advisor, Government Liaison Advisor, Admin/Logs Assistant
Travel: 30-40%
Project number: TBD
Duration and type of contract: 12 Months
Role and Responsibilities
- The purpose of the Deputy Director North East positionis to provide field level support to the Forum and its member organizations, supporting humanitarian efforts in the north-east BAY states (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) through high quality information exchange, coordination, multi-stakeholder engagement, facilitating effective INGO representation in decision-making mechanisms, and advocacy efforts.
- S/he will serve as the primary liaison linking Abuja coordination structure with up-to-date realities from the north-east response.
Context/ Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Advanced University Degree in Public Policy, International Development, Political Science, International Relations, Journalism, Social Sciences, International Development or related technical field or undergraduate degree with significant field experience in development or resilience contexts
- Demonstrated experience of 5-7 years in managing humanitarian emergency responses in conflict contexts
- Demonstrated experience of coordination in complex emergencies and/or active engagement in high level humanitarian coordination structures (eg. as member on HCT)
- Knowledge and understanding of key thematic priority areas including access, protection, humanitarian aid architecture in conflict settings, and responses to acute and protracted crises.
- Proven relationship building skills and ability to facilitate common space between disparate views and agendas.
- Ability to represent collective views diplomatically to various stakeholders
- Public speaking skills
- Experience in developing advocacy strategies and stakeholder maps.
- Applied knowledge and experience of working in insecure contexts and in constrained access contexts
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Job Features
Deadline | 3rd April, 2020. |