Global Plan of Action Expert

May 14, 2018 | Norwegian Capacity
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NORCAP is the Norwegian Refugee Council’s global provider of expertise to the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. We build partnerships with international organisations and national actors to protect lives, rights and livelihoods. NORCAP provides expert personnel and collaborates with our partners to identify needs and to establish common goals and projects. We help strengthen partner capacity and improve coordination and collaboration.

Overall Purpose

Background:

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Strategic planning for the Global Plan of Action including:
  ▪ Short term focus: Raising political awareness for the initiative at high level events leading up to the High Level Political Forum in July 2018 and in other fora in 2018;
  ▪ Long term focus: Coordinating stakeholder committees and action assisting the development of the operational level guidelines for the Global Plan of Action.
• Coordinating humanitarian energy efforts on an institutional level by coordinating and supporting the work of the working groups.
• Establishing an institutional platform for humanitarian energy.
• Raising basic awareness for the benefits of sustainable energy solutions in humanitarian assistance and advocating for the topic to be holistically integrated into site and community planning for displaced people.
• Streamlining the messaging for the sector; including consistent review of guiding ‘humanitarian energy’ documents.
• Coordinating regular steering group meetings.

Objectives and expected output:

• Planning and Coordination: Improve energy practice and policy in displacement settings. This will result in reduced energy costs and associated environmental pressures in host countries, and improved resilience of communities and host countries.
• Policy and Advocacy: Involve displaced people and host communities in the new Global Plan of Action to reflect their priorities and needs. This will require coordinated strategies and effective communication across all stakeholders for long-term sustainable energy access.
• Innovative Finance: Bolster finance for sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy investments. This will include delivering innovative financing methods for the sector.
• Technical Expertise and Capacity Building: Utilize the skills and capacities of displaced people and ensure they have an active role for future energy interventions. This includes creating jobs and livelihood opportunities for both displaced people and host communities where possible.
• Data: Harmonize and standardize high-quality, usable data and evidence across the sector for monitoring, learning and evaluation. This will ensure decision-makers have access to the information they need to make sustainable energy choices and report effectively change.

Qualifications:

• Experience with sustainable energy solutions in displacement situation, humanitarian energy
• Master’s degree in political science, environmental technology, engineering or similar. Bachelor degree can be  accepted with 7 years relevant experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in coordination processes, advocacy, policy development and implementation, especially at the international level
• International experience or prior work in an international or regional organisation in developing countries preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in producing coordination, stakeholder engagement, targeted communication and/ or advocacy materials.

Key Skills and competencies:

• Ability to create engagement, mobilize interest and coordinate partners
• Ability to rapidly research, analyse and integrate diverse information from varied sources;
• Ability to package information to meet the needs of a varied audience;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced office environment, both independently and as part of a regional team;
• Ability to undertake basic monitoring and evaluation;
• Superior communication capacity with English proficiency. Knowledge of French or Arabic would be advantageous

Personal Qualities:

• Strong analytical abilities
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with team members and multiple stakeholders at various levels
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in highly stressful situations and contexts

Being an expert in NORCAP gives you:

• A great opportunity to work in an international setting for a world recognized organization
• Significant life experiences through challenges and self-development
• Access to a unique network of humanitarian professionals
• A meaningful job working with the world’s challenges on location 

Mission information:

• One year contract with possibility of extension
• Applicants must be available in a short period of time
• Duty station is Geneva and remote

Practical Information:

• Protection is at the heart of the work NORCAP does; candidates selected for interview can expect for this aspect of their profile to be explored in some detail
• Shortlisted candidates may need to pass an English test as part of the selection process

Application procedures and CV registration:

• Kindly submit your CV and application in English and include your full name as written in your passport
• Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
• NRC reserves the right to conduct a full background check on shortlisted candidates