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Background:

The humanitarian situation in South Sudan in 2026 remains one of the most severe and complex crisis driven by conflict, economic collapse, climate shocks, disease outbreaks, mass displacement, and shrinking humanitarian funding. An estimated 10 million people will experience critical needs in 2026. The conflict in neighbouring Sudan continues to drive refugee inflows and returnee movements into South Sudan, placing additional pressure on already overstretched services and humanitarian systems. Over 1 million people have crossed into South Sudan since the Sudan conflict began.

NRC works in South Sudan to protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis and meet immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement, and contribute to durable solutions. Access remains one of the most significant operational challenges due to active conflict, insecurity and bureaucratic impediments making it difficult for aid organizations to reach those in need. Our programme primarily includes Rapid response to emergencies, multipurpose cash assistance, legal protection, education, shelter, Water and hygiene promotion. Beyond this, NRC South Sudan has volunteered to co-lead Protection, WASH, Shelter, Land, and Site Coordination Clusters, including HLP and Durable Solutions Working Groups.

What we are looking for:

The main role of the Protection from Violence Development Manager position is technical development of the Protection from Violence Core Competency, strategic direction and quality assurance for the Protection from Violence strategy, and quality control. The Protection from Violence Development Manager is responsible for mentoring, training, and capacity build staff on the Core Competency’s technical capacity.

What you will do:

Generic Responsibilities:

1. Develop the Protection from Violence strategy, technical guidance and Macro Logframes that are aligned with regional and global strategies and priorities

2. Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures

3. Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports

4. Overall management of project staff

5. Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities

6. Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within CC, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation

7. Provide technical direction and project implementation support

8. Ensure that key learnings are extracted from Protection from Violence implementation, and incorporate them in Protection from Violence and staff development processes

9. Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff, in approaches including cash-based interventions and market-based programme

10. Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors

11. Promote the rights of conflict- and displacement-affected people in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Support the development of key technical priorities, guidance, SOPs, and assessment and monitoring tools of the Protection from Violence core competency in South Sudan, specifically risk-based response services (individual protection assistance and protection case management), civilian self-protection, and protection monitoring, analysis, and advocacy.

2. Manage a complex protection programme including implementation, programme development, fundraising and budget development, ensuring overall coordination for implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.

3. Ensure Protection from Violence teams fully understand and can deliver the technical priorities of the Protection from Violence Core competency in South Sudan through capacity building, guidance and SOP development, and engagement with other NRC teams, partners, and external stakeholders.

4. Regular visits to NRC South Sudan Area Offices and as, required, as member of Emergency Rapid Response teams to provide Protection from Violence technical support, oversight for programme quality assurance, and capacity strengthening to team members.

5. Lead the writing and development of the Protection from Violence inputs to funding proposals, using the Core Competency strategy and related documents.

6. Support the review of all donor reports from Area Office teams to ensure quality reporting.

7. Attend Progress Review Meetings, Grant review meetings and Grant opening/closing meetings, and provide technical review and oversight on GORS output and outcome data, supporting outcome monitoring analysis.

8. Retain a close technical and strategic link with the NRC Protection Cluster Co-Coordinator to ensure strategic alignment of Protection from Violence programming with Cluster standards, support evidence-based programming and rapid response to acute shocks, and contribute to Cluster-led analysis and advocacy, as well as ensuring team participation in Protection Cluster meetings and, where relevant, quality sub-national co-coordination.

9. Collaborate with MEAL unit to ensure quality control of activities, conduct lessons learned, and complete outcome monitoring analysis, and to ensure compliance with NRC standards for monitoring, evaluation, evidence, and learning (including data quality checks and institutional learning).

10. Maintain close technical and strategic link with NRC Information Management Coordinator.

11. Lead and develop the NRC Protection from Violence strategy in the annual planning process.

12. Represent NRC in relevant, technical and programme meetings and donor meetings at the request of the Head of Programme.

13. Line management and professional development of Protection from Violence Coordinator(s).

14. Contribute to Protection from Violence Core Competency Regional/Global tools, guidelines and policy and research studies on relevant thematic topics.

15. Other programme tasks as requested by the Head of Programme.

What you will bring:

Generic professional competencies:

• Graduate degree with minimum three years of relevant experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context.

• Excellent understanding of protection issues in emergency and displacement situations

• Detailed knowledge of humanitarian and protection principles and guidelines for humanitarian assistance

• Good understanding of Protection Cluster coordination mechanisms

• Strong coordination, representation skills and inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently

• Self-motivated and excellent observer of protection issues

• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making

• Excellent written and spoken English

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 international legal and policy processes and instruments relating to displacement, protection, peace/conflict, and humanitarian action

• Cogent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Aptitude to think creatively and boldly, to engage (potentially hostile) protection and access advocacy targets

• Strong experience in programme development and management

• Experience in training facilitation and capacity-building

• Experience in South Sudan mandatory

• Willingness to spend a significant period of time in sub-national locations

What we offer:

• Duty station: Juba Country Office South Sudan

• Contract: national contract, 12 months

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

• Travel: 40%

• 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.

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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.

• 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.

• Mandatory to submit the below when applying:

  • Your most updated English CV and remove all previous outdated CVs.

  • Your most updated Cover Letter

  • Do not attach certificates or any other documents apart from the two mentioned above.

  • Incomplete applications 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.

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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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