Humanitarian Access Coordinator at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Job Description

• NRC is looking for a Humanitarian Access Coordinator for Nigeria. The purpose of the Humanitarian Access Coordinator position is to promote humanitarian access and coordination efforts, support the day-to-day implementation of the NRC Project in implementation sites, deliver training to staff on day to day negotiation, humanitarian principles and contribute to evidence-based advocacy, work closely with program advocacy, security and access teams to ensure a unified reporting information-sharing on access constraints, enablers, and statistics.

Responsibilities
Humanitarian Access Management and Strategy Implementation:

• Design, in a participatory manner with Area offices and programme unit (CCs), NRC humanitarian access strategy for CO.
• Develop, in a participatory manner, access work plans with Area and field offices.
• Support monitoring and evaluation of access-related initiatives, and other reporting and information/communication flows.
• Support access innovation initiatives in all NRC Area offices.
• Provide area-based access analyses supporting operational implementation or programme development.
• Support Country Director & HSS Manager in mentoring field staff on access and humanitarian principles.
• Collate and compile monthly access report in consultation with all CCs, Area Managers, Program Coordinators and submit to HSSM & Country Director.
• Maintain and update area specific actors and stakeholder mapping, and access constraints tracker for all NRC locations.
• 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.

Access Coordination Support:

• Support the facilitation of access coordination groups which NRC participates in and leads.
• Participate in all Access Working Group meetings, Civil – Military Co meetings and ad hoc meetings as may be required from time to time.
• Participate as required in Area Office coordination meetings.
• Provide briefings, following special research or assessments, to access groups.
• Facilitate field-level coordination meetings, particularly in LGAs
• Conduct regular visit in all NRC field locations including those with potential for interventions and work closely with NRC RRM and other CCs.

Humanitarian Negotiations and Community Outreach:

• Represent NRC as a humanitarian organization in community outreach meetings and in access negotiation meetings with government and non-government stakeholders.
• Strategically network with interlocutors, in a fully principled and transparent manner.
• Coordinate humanitarian negotiations and community outreach plans with all NRC field offices
• Develop training plans for staff on humanitarian principles, negotiation and mediation and CIMCORD.
• Advocate and support field staff to undertake online Access trainings on NRC platform.

Job Requirement

• Degree Level: University, Advanced qualification