INGO Forum Coordinator Mozambique Maputo

Background:

The INGO Forum Coordinator is a senior-level professional with extensive experience in advocacy, communication, management, and coordination roles. The role requires strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with forum members and external actors, as well as capabilities in communication, facilitation, negotiation, and mediation.

The coordinator will represent the forum in coordination spaces, In bilateral encounters and strategic events and other fora, ensuring cohesive verbal and visual representation of member organizations.

This position is hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and serves the Steering Committee of the INGO Forum. The role is key for the INGO Forum’s efforts to address humanitarian and development issues in Mozambique with particular focus on access, advocacy and enhanced coordination. The coordinator will facilitate strategic planning, advocacy, and coordination among forum members, ensuring effective collaboration and representation of the forum’s interests nationally, at regional and international levels. As a hosted position, the coordinator will operate within NRC’s organisational framework while maintaining independence to support the Coalition’s objectives.

What you will do:

implementing and coordinating the work of the INGO forum, in matters such as Advocacy, Access, Localisation and more. The role also entails representing the forum in country providing INGO contributions to support and enhance coordination efforts.

General Responsibilities:

• Follow up and finalize the formal registration of the INGO Forum, to allow it to apply independently for funding
• Leading INGO Engagement in the Humanitarian Reset
• Convene INGOs to develop key positioning and proposals for a reimagined humanitarian architecture in Mozambique
• Convene with NNGOs platform to ensure alignment
• Engage with the HC and UN agencies to ensure adequate consideration and involvement of I/NNGOs in the process, including support for facilitating workshops and think-ins
• Facilitate coordination among INGOs, national NGOs, and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT)
• Represent NGO positions in high-level and global fora
• Serve as a focal point for engagement with UN agencies, donors, and government counterparts
• Strategic Engagement and Advocacy
• Lead collective advocacy on humanitarian issues, such as access, principled humanitarian response, and security
• Support to Local Actors
• Strengthen outreach to national NGOs and CSOs, advocate for their inclusion in coordination mechanisms, and ensure capacity-building and coordination

Critical interfaces:

• Engagement with key stakeholders to promote improved humanitarian and development responses.
• Coordination with national coordination mechanism and NGOs.
• Coordination with UN agencies, donors, and other decision-makers.
• Collaboration with forum’s host organisation and country teams.

What you will bring:

Generic professional competencies:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• At least 6-10 years of experience in humanitarian programming, with at least 6 years of experience
• in country programme senior management.
• Strong communication, inter-personal, facilitation and diplomatic skills, including the
• professional credibility to provide coordination and advice to a multi-agency forum.
• Prior experience with humanitarian and/or NGO coordination essential, preferably in
• conflict settings. Previous experience with directly coordinating NGO networks or
• sectors/clusters strongly preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of the UN system, humanitarian coordination architecture, and
• humanitarian principles essential.
• Experience in representation in senior-level coordination mechanisms (HCR, IASC, etc), as well
• as with governments, donors, and UN agencies.
• Experience of partnership work, especially working with community-based organizations.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese .

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience from working in NGOs in Mozambique
• Knowledge of the legal system in Mozambique
• Familiarity with key actors in the humanitarian response within the country.
• Proven ability to analyse information and draft advocacy messages.

What we offer:

• Duty station: Maputo, Mozambique
• Contract duration: Till end of March 2026 (extendable upon funds availability)
• Travel: 15%
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s International salary scale (USD 5,189).
• 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.

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Important information about the application process

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• 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 email esa.recruitment@nrc.no 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.

Organization context

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

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.

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.

Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:

• 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