Deadline: 23 July, 2020
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Regional Programme Director.
NRC provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Manage performance and staff development of the regional programme department
- Ensure current donor relations are well managed and explore potential new donor opportunities within the region
- Ensure strategic programme development in the region in line with global programme initiatives
- Provide guidance and ensure support and capacity building related to Project Cycle Management (PCM), monitoring and evaluation framework, integrated programming and programme quality in the region, including the integration of relevant cross-cutting issues such as protection, safe programming, and access
- Liaise with country directors and country offices’ heads of programme to explore and create synergies, and ensure effective and constructive communication between related functions and COs
- Provide contextual programme analysis as input to the regional strategy, annual and trimestrial reports
- Ensure organisational learning from programme implementation and overall programme capacity building in the region
Requirements
- Strategic senior-level manager with a minimum of seven years of relevant management experience from the humanitarian field
- Solid understanding of the context in Central and West Africa
- Good knowledge of own leadership profile and have a passion for working with people from different places and backgrounds
- Positive and energetic person who will encourage people to engage and interact and can empower and build trust in the organisation
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with impact and respect as well as being strong at initiating performance and change
- Experience working in complex and volatile context, have high professional knowledge of humanitarian principles and proven abilities to handle insecure environments
- Work experience from one or several of NRC’s core competencies (shelter, WASH, ICLA, education, food security, camp management) is an asset
- Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal, as well as documented results related to the position’s responsibility
To apply and for more information, click here.
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