Regional Durable Solutions & Self-Reliance Adviser

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• Responsible for ensuring compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures in relation to the overarching strategic objective while contributing to the development of strategies, tools and approaches with a focus on innovation and piloting.
• Contribute to the NRC global development and operationalisation of the strategic objective of durable solutions and self-reliance, through collaborative working with the NRC Global Lead, S SR&DS, and by sharing learning and expertise with Head Office and other Regional Offices.
• Responsible for  supporting the development of country/regional cross-border and return strategy and implementation plans in line with global guidance and policy (on return).
• Responsible for ensuring SR/DS technical knowledge informs programme-based advocacy strategies.
• Contribute to the resource mobilization and fundraising for regional programme development related to Durable Solutions. 

• Responsible for providing advice, technical support, and capacity building support to the Country Offices in the region on thematic of durable solutions and self-reliance, in alignment with the global strategy. 
• Working with RO sector and thematic programme advisers to mainstream of self-reliance and durable solutions to advance a multi-year integrated, holistic response in line with the global Response Policy .
• Facilitating and stimulating an environment conducive to innovation that ensures impactful durable solutions and self-reliance implementation. Keeping informed on innovation insights and analysis of relevance to the thematic of durable solutions and self-reliance. Ensure this knowledge is integrated into the systems and culture of the organisation at country and regional levels.
• Contribute to development and delivery of induction and training provision of Country Office and Regional Office staff in relation to durable solutions and self-reliance. 
• Contribute to recruitment interviews for technical staff in Country Offices in the region. 

• Responsible for ensuring that best practices related to durable solutions and self-reliance programmes or initiatives are identified, documented, and disseminated both within the region and with the Global Lead, Durable Solutions and Self-Reliance.
• Work in partnership with the MEL staff to ensure the alignment of the programmatic areas in the MEL and PCM systems in relation to durable solutions and self-reliance.
• Responsible for insuring that SR/DS learning informs strategy and implementation
• Responsible for ensuring that  SR/DS n  M&E measures in the region are aligned with global guidance and adequate to determine progress towards durable solutions for relevant programmes.

• Responsible for identification, development and maintenance of relationships with relevant stakeholders (e.g., donors, UN agencies, NGOs, research- and educational institutions, private sector) related to Durable Solution and Self-Reliance.
• Responsible for development of success stories related to self-reliance and solutions in joint work with advocacy and programme colleagues.
• Work in partnership with the regional and country office advocacy leads to identify and develop regional advocacy issues related to Durable Solution and Self-Reliance.
• Responsible for identification of best practises and learning to be shared with other regions and regional durable solutions secretariats/platforms, including but not limited to through the internal monthly cross-regional DS meeting 

• Cross-border context analysis, internal and external coordination:               
• Responsible for leading on Cross-border dynamics/Pendular movement assessments and analysis across the region. 
• Build linkages, communications and cross-border approaches between NRC offices to facilitate DS.
• Responsible for developing displacement and protection data analysis on a quarterly basis (for both internal and external audiences).
• Facilitate regional coordination with external partners for improved access to, use of and contributions to contextual data. 
• Focal point for regional inter-agency coordination (UNHCR, IOM, Main I NGOs).
• Consolidation of learning related to ICLA Cross-border initiative (in terms of costs, processes, tools, success/challenges, internal evaluation…) to inform other CC cross-border analyses/initiatives.
• Return analysis, monitoring, using NRC return guidance and principles:
• Responsible for developing return preparedness and planning scenario, plans and tools to support Ukraine Country Office.
• Monitoring host countries conditions and challenges to return
• Promotion of DS in Country Offices
• Work with CC/ Thematic specialists integrate DS into sector programming approaches
• Promote durable solutions in country office programmes and plans.
• Advocacy: engagement for informed and voluntary choices for displaced people regarding their future and depending on the context, for refugees to be locally integrated in the short and medium term until a return may be feasible if this is what displaced people wish; technical knowledge about specific barriers to access services, rights and work opportunities to be shared with relevant colleagues for further advocacy engagement.
• Learning Facilitation of CO/RO and organizational learning on DS applied in CEERO that have Global relevance.

• Minimum six years of documented international experience working on durable solutions and self-reliance related programming in a humanitarian and/or development setting.
• Experience of delivering learning and development as part of quality improvement and capacity strengthening.
• Experience in monitoring and analysis 
• Experience in drafting and encouraging implementation of policy/strategic guidance, and developing practical tools and resources
• Understanding of and commitment to organisational learning, and the role and contribution of MEL to quality management and development
• Understanding of and commitment to integrated programming approaches
• Experience of project cycle management, including MEL, and of programme design / facilitation of programme design workshops.
• Experience of assessments and analysis, programme development and design.
• Extensive experience in programming in complex and volatile contexts with preference for previous experience in Central and Easter Europe.
• University degree in a relevant Social Science study

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