Context
Since 2015, NRC Nigeria has been working to help displacement-affected communities meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods, access essential services, and enhance their resilience to future shocks through our six core competencies: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter, Education, Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS), Camp Management, and Protection. NRC provides immediate assistance during the onset of emergencies through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM).
The crisis in Nigeria is marked by brutal violence against civilians, causing acute humanitarian needs and displacement. In the northeast, the 13-year conflict has shattered lives, infrastructure, essential services, and social fabric.
Two million people are internally displaced across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. Approximately half of these live within local communities, increasing pressure on scarce resources. Access to food is limited, particularly in Borno state, where most families are already facing crisis levels of food insecurity. Civilians, including aid workers, continue to be the target of deadly attacks by non-state armed groups, and transport corridors are persistently insecure.
Through Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Core Competency, NRC supports efforts of the Government to increase access to legal and civil documentation, and Housing, Land and Property (HLP) rights for conflict-affected communities in northeast Nigeria. Assistance is focused on the provision of information, counselling and legal assistance on identity documentation and support to secure tenure/shelter to rights-holders, and capacity building for duty-bearers, in collaboration with local authorities, UN and NGO partners.


What we are looking for:
Under the overall supervision of the Area Programme Manager and with the technical support of ICLA Specialist, the Project Manager will be responsible for implementation of activities in Adamawa state.

What you will do:
Budget and administrative responsibility:

Coordination, engagement and representation responsibilities:

Partnership and localization responsibilities:
Lead the partnership and localization agenda for the ICLA programme in in Adamawa, Area office South with guidance from the ICLA Specialist, namely:

Programme development and monitoring

Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the role.


What you will bring:

• Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Technical CC (X) expertise
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in north-east Nigeria
• Knowledge of the legal infrastructure in Nigeria
• Minimum first level university degree; preferable in law or related field of study
• Fluency in English is required. Hausa and other local languages is an added advantage.
• Proven track-record with enabling access for ICLA/Protection programme
• Experience with setting up and managing downstream, partnerships.
• Proven management skills of teams and projects across multiple locations.
• Tech savvy and digitally literate – ideally, experience with tech-enabled program delivery
Technical ICLA expertise, especially in the fields of information dissemination, Collaborative Dispute Resolution (CDR), HLP, and civil documentation.

What we offer:

• Location: Yola
• Contract: 12 months contract
• Salary/benefits: grade 8 on NRC’s scale
• 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.

We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates who have the legal right to work in Nigeria. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.
Send in your application by 1st October (included).
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• Submit your application and CV in English, ensuring 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, as a result only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
If you have any questions about this role, please email cwa.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.

Why NRC?
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• 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.

• 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