Deadline: 08 December, 2021
Location: Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has opened applications for the role of Head of Programme.
NRC provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with the head of implementation (HoI) on all phases of the project cycle, leading on strategy, programme design, and proposal development, and supporting the HoI and area managers on quality during implementation, learning, and evaluation
- Lead the CC/programmatic input to the country strategy and contingency planning, and facilitate the development of CC strategies for a coherent, impactful country programme
- Maintain a watching brief on important contextual and humanitarian issues in the country, ensuring the assessment of needs and strategic response to the same
- Drive resource mobilisation to ensure programme ambitions are well resourced
- Work closely with HoI on donor relations during implementation
- Oversee programme design and proposal development
- Ensure appropriate input from technical, operational and financial staff on proposal design, to ensure impactful programming
- Ensure the adequate provision of technical expertise to support programme design, proposal development and implementation
- Collaborate with HoI to drive quality assurance on all programmes, and capture learning for use in future programmes
- Oversee cluster coordination staff, with support from the CD, ensuring no conflict of interest, and enabling NRC to have a positive impact across the sectors where it is active
- Support all phases of grant management
- Support timely launch of projects
Requirements
- Five years, minimum, of senior management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Expertise in NRC’s core competencies will be a major advantage
- Documented results in programme design and fundraising, including with NRC’s key donors
- Experience in advocating for organisational priorities
- Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of the context in the eastern part of the country and the region will be an added advantage
To apply and for more information, click here.
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