Organization: NRC – Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Addis Ababa
Grade: Senior level – Senior
Occupational Groups:
Project and Programme Management
Managerial positions
Closing Date: 2024-05-05
Your purpose as the Head of Programme is to assume overall responsibility for programme development and strategic vision in the country promoting learning and a cost-conscious culture as well as ensure effective and constructive communication between related functions and Area offices.
Your overall responsibility is to develop and ensure good partnership relations and ensure programme relevant advocacy priorities are identified and taken forward. You will have line management responsibility as well as responsibility to manage and ensure support and capacity building related to PCM, M&E framework, integrated programming, and programme quality.
Specific responsibilities
Overseeing specific advances in NRC’s Innovation, Protection, Markets and Digital programming, through an increasingly localized and networked approach
Contribute to strengthening accountability to beneficiaries through improving M&E systems, the establishment of beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms and improved needs assessments for evidence-based programming.
Facilitate initiatives for integrated programme analysis and response analysis, including the integration of relevant cross-cutting issues such as protection, safe programming, and access
Oversee Project Cycle Management (PCM), including through field support missions
Liaise with Area managers to explore and create synergies and ensure effective and constructive communication between the CO and AOs.
Provide contextual programme analysis as input to the county strategy, annual and trimestral reports.
Manage performance and staff development of the Programme department.
Ensure current donor relations are well managed and explore potential new donor opportunities
Ensure programme relevant advocacy priorities are identified and taken forward.
Contribute to expanding the use of Cash Based Programmes and increase use of technology as a way of increasing efficiency of the programmes
Carry out other duties as assigned by the Country Director.
Ensure strategic programme development in the country in line with the region and global programme initiatives.
Professional competencies:
Minimum 8 years’ experience from a senior management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context
Experience of working in complex and volatile contexts
NRC Core competencies expertise
Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
High level of communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills
Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context/Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
Knowledge of the context in Ethiopia is advantageous
Culturally sensitive, with the ability to work within different cultural contexts
Proven ability to live and work in hardship duty stations, sometimes under stressful environment
Experience in resource mobilization and in particular working with EU donors, American donors and UN agencies
Empowering and building trust and community mobilization
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24 months renewable fixed term contract subject to terms and conditions
We aim to attract internationally experienced candidates
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A chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields
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