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Humanitarian Mediation Project Manager - Mali

Timbuktu

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Timbuktu
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
    • Emergency Aid and Response
    • Protection / Human Rights
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Peace and Development
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

Founded in 1946, today the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) works in both new and protracted crises across 31 countries. Our 6,000 employees provide life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. NRC specialises in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance, camp management, and water, sanitation and hygiene. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people. We promote and defend their rights and dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the international arena.

NRC’s expert deployment capacity, NORCAP, boasts around 1,000 experts from all over the world who can be deployed within 72 hours. NORCAP experts help improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. 

NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

 NRC is looking for a Humanitarian Mediation Manager to be responsible for implementing and supervising the Humanitarian Mediation Project in Mali. This is is part of a project being implemented in 3 countries in the Central West Africa (CWA) region. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to improving the protection of civilians in Mali through an innovative and pro-active protection process, relying on third party neutral mediation and facilitation of dialogue. The project will look at how humanitarian mediation can help to prevent or mitigate tensions between various stakeholders. It will also explore how this participatory and inclusive methodology can foster participation of communities and accountability of humanitarian teams, enhancing the ownership of communities in the search for durable and sustainable solutions to the problems they are facing.

The Humanitarian Mediation Project Manager reports to the Head of Programme

Job description

  • Contribute to the development of minimum standards and tools for monitoring Humanitarian Mediation interventions
  • Train, mentor and coach humanitarian mediation team on conflict sensitive and protection analysis and monitoring
  • Train, mentor and coach humanitarian mediation team on humanitarian mediation planning process and humanitarian mediation interventions
  • Contribute to improving project intervention tools and methodology
  • Coordinate and manage Humanitarian Mediation project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
  • Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projects
  • Provide regular progress reports to the Head of Programme and the Regional Mediation Adviser
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
  • Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
  • Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level (project implementation) position in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Technical expertise in mediation
  • Field experience in mediation preferably in conflict context
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
  • Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal
  • Technical expertise and field experience in conflict sensitive- and protection analysis and monitoring
  • Proven technical skills and expertise in mediation
  • Proven field experience in mediation preferably in a conflict context
  • Knowledge of the context in Mali
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including capacities to negotiate with non-government stakeholders
  • Valid driver’s license

Personal qualities

  • Analysing
  • Strategic thinking
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Handling insecure environments
  • Managing performance and development
  • Managing resources to optimize results
  • A good sense of humour is an asset
  • All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability

We offer

  • Commencement: Preferrably mid-December 2017
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
  • Level: Grade 8 in NRC grade structure
  • Duty station: Mopti, with 80% travel to the field
  • Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.

  • Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
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