Deadline: 3o August, 2024

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Support the country director, HoP, AMs and the Health, Safety and Security (HSS) Manager in monitoring, reporting access related constraints across the NRC area offices in Nigeria
• Support the country office in reviewing and updating the country access strategy by consolidating contextual information from the various NRC area offices
• Assign, brief and train access focal persons in each CC in order to be able to monitor and report of related constraints
• Work closely with NRC programmes core competencies and field staff to come up with access initiatives in order to overcome various constraints
• Collate and compile monthly access report in consultation with all CCs, area managers, programme coordinators and submit to HSSM, AMs, HOP and CD
• Maintain and update area specific actors and stakeholder mapping, and access constraints tracker for all NRC locations using the available templates
• Continuously and proactively monitor and evaluate the political, economic, social, and humanitarian situation for developments affecting humanitarian access, to inform NRC’s response
• Collaborate with the area managers and advocacy team to respond to monthly access-advocacy global surveys
• Using available NRC resources, generate access constraints maps and share with programme team and supervisor
• Support the HSS team to track and map security incidents which impede access to programme locations
• Participate and represent NRC in all access working group meetings, civil – military co meetings and ad hoc meetings as may be directed from time to time by the supervisor
• Share coordination/AWG updates with the AM, HSSM, HoP and CD
• Participate as required in area office coordination meetings
• Regularly travel to NRC field location and programme sites to conduct actor service mapping, and monitor specific access situation in those location
• Support the field office and programme staff to establish and maintain contact with key interlocutors or community gate keepers
• Conduct regular visit in all NRC field locations including those with potential for interventions and work closely with NRC RRM and other CCs to conduct needs assessment
• Advocate and support field staff and newly recruited staff to undertake online access trainings on NRC platform

Requirements 

• Significant experience in humanitarian operations with a programming or monitoring background
• Strong interpersonal skills, including capacities to negotiate with non-government stakeholders
• Strong report writing ability and negotiation skills
• Transformation of Training (ToT) on Humanitarian Negotiation and Mediation or its equivalent with experience of training frontline staff on Negotiation or basic training on humanitarian access and negotiation
• Three years, minimum, of experience within a similar function with INGOs, the UN, government or private sector
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, particularly in the North East Nigeria
• University degree in Social Studies, Public Administration, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Security Management, Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs, and Disaster Risk Management
• Understanding and respect for humanitarian work, particularly relating to refugee and displacement issues
• Demonstrated ability in both written and spoken English
• Ability to fluently speak Hausa/Kanuri or local language skills highly desired
• Ability to work under stress and in high-risk contexts
• Ability to travel regularly to the field independently and on short notices
• Flexibility to work outside standard working hours
• Excellent computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
• Knowledge and skills on using map applications like ArcGIS, GPS, or other mapping tools

To apply and for more information, click here. 

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