Protection from Violence Project Manager – Gaza

About the role

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking an experienced Protection from Violence Project Manager to lead high‑quality, life‑saving protection programming in Gaza. You will oversee individual response services, including case management and assistance, while expanding community‑based self‑protection initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the effective implementation of protection projects in line with NRC strategies, proposals, budgets and donor requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance across Protection from Violence programming.
• Manage, mentor and build the capacity of protection project teams, ensuring transfer of technical skills.
• Lead protection case management and individual protection assistance, developing tools, SOPs and case‑management systems.
• Support the rollout of civilian self‑protection activities and community‑led protection initiatives.
• Ensure robust monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting, contributing to donor and internal reports.
• Monitor protection risks and trends, generate analysis and identify opportunities to strengthen outcomes.
• Represent NRC in clusters, coordination forums and working groups, building relationships with authorities, partners, donors and humanitarian actors.
• Advocate with stakeholders and duty‑bearers to address protection risks and achieve meaningful outcomes.
• Ensure programming is safe, inclusive and aligned with NRC policies, standards and international legal frameworks.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of senior‑level project implementation experience in a humanitarian or recovery context.
• Proven experience managing humanitarian protection projects and teams with strong expertise in protection case management and individual protection assistance.
• Experience working in low‑resource, complex humanitarian settings.

Required skills

• Case‑management systems