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Area Programme Manager - Syria

Recife

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Recife
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Emergency Aid and Response
    • Project management
    • Humanitarian Operations
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed


The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

The Programme Manager (PM) is responsible for implementing holistic and needs based programmes and representing NRC at coordination forums, as delegated from Area Manager. The PM is a member of the Area Senior Management Team.

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are seeking a university graduate in relevant field, with a minimum of 4 years of experience working in similar positons in a humanitarian/recovery context and in within Middle East region. We are particularly looking for someone with of the context in Syria; knowledge of complex multi core competency programming and knowledge of donor proposals, budgets, financial reporting.

Position Description: 

Specific Responsibilities related to this position include:

  • Deputy AM when appointed
  • Ensure systems for program quality control, monitoring and evaluation, and approach to identifying and acting on key learning in project implementation
  • Contribute to SRO proposal development, identify donor needs / donor challenges, develop area protocol for go / no go decisions on funding opportunities
  • Regular conference calls, assist with visits and coordination with Donors and other external stakeholders at the area level, in coordination with the AM
  • Contribute to planning and implementation of needs assessments, with CC Specialists, including for new areas of operation 
  • Work with CC PMs to develop programmatic strategy for both emergency and transitional/ durable solutions responses (with a focus on returns)
  • Responsible for the implementation of the PCM system
  • Oversight of implementation of projects, including targets and budgets, in coordination with all project managers 
  • Coordinate with finance dept to ensure effective and transparent project progress forecast
  • Regular 1:1 meeting with direct line reports and completion of work and development plans for all direct reports.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.

Contract period: 12 months

Duty Station: Within the Syria Response Office’s area of operation

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start

NB: Please enter the geographical location in the "Company name" field for both company and location on your application.

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