What we are looking for:
Join NRC Sudan as a Protection from Violence (CSP) Adviser!
Step into a critical role where youโll translate global Civilian Self-Protection (CSP) guidance into practical, community-led strategies tailored to Sudanโs complex and rapidly evolving context. With ongoing conflict driving widespread displacement and heightened protection risks, this role demands innovative, decentralized, and locally driven approaches to enhance violence prevention and community safety.
What you will do:
Here are some of your specific responsibilities.
Lead the rollout and contextualization of NRCโs Civilian Self-Protection (CSP) approach in Sudan, ensuring community-led risk analysis, priority-setting, and action planning are embedded in protection programming. Facilitate participatory workshops with displacement-affected communities (IDPs, refugees, host populations) to identify protection risks and co-develop civilian-led mitigation strategies. Support the design and implementation of community-led projects (CLPs) selected through CSP processes, ensuring alignment with NRCโs PfV strategy and Sudan-specific protection priorities. Strengthen linkages between CSP and ongoing protection monitoring, red flag systems, and individual protection assistance (IPA) mechanisms to enable timely responses to high-risk alerts. Mentor and technically support Protection Officers/field teams implementing CSP activities, ensuring compliance with Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP) standards. Liaise with Area Managers, Protection Cluster, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure CSP complements broader protection of civilians (PoC) and peacebuilding strategies. Lead the development of CSP-specific tools, templates, and SOPs adapted to Sudanโs context (e.g., seasonal calendars, risk mapping templates, action plan formats). Regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of CSP activities, collect lessons learned, and contribute to donor reports and global CSP learning efforts. Support in identifying and developing CSP pilot sites and scaling strategies, working in collaboration with MEL and Grants teams.Please download theย detailed job descriptionย to learn more about the position.ย
What you will bring:
University degree in International Relations, Humanitarian Affairs, Law, Social Sciences, Protection Studies, Peacebuilding, or other related fields. ย 5 years and Strong technical knowledge and practical experience with Civilian Self-Protection, Protection of Civilians, or Community-Led Protection models. Demonstrated ability to facilitate community-based protection analysis and co-design of mitigation strategies in displacement settings. Experience designing or supporting early warning mechanisms, or other community-linked alert pathways. Ability to bridge humanitarian protection with peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, or durable solutions approaches is highly desirable. Excellent facilitation and coaching skills to build CSP capacity within NRC teams and local partners. Knowledge of Sudanโs conflict dynamics and community structures is a strong asset. Proficiency in English is required; Arabic is desirableยWhat we offer:
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Important information about the application process
For Internal candidates: 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. 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. We receive many applications for each vacant position and so only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.If you have any questions about this role, please emailย ho.recruitment@nrc.noย 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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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. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย 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.ย 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.ย Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโs work. We expect all employees to:ย โข treat everyone with respect and dignityย โข contribute to building a safe environment for allย โข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย โข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH