All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
Background:
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.
NRC 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.
NRC is present and operational in Ukraine since end of 2014 and specifically in Odesa, South Ukraine since May 2022, where NRC is implementing Protection, Urban Displacement Out of Camps (UDOC), Education, Shelter/WASH, and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) programs.
Role and responsibilitiesThe Area Programme Manager (APM) is responsible for implementing holistic and need-based programmes and representing NRC at coordination forums, as delegated by the Area Manager (AM). The APM is a member of the Area Management Team (AMT).
The following is a brief description of the role.
Generic responsibilities
Line management for Core Competencies (CC) Project Managers or Coordinators Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures Responsible for ensuring programme support to integrated programme, coordination and technical quality in the Area office Provide area specific input relevant for NRC Ukraine and CC strategies Compliance to donor standards, and grant management and regular reporting to donors in Area, within the NRC Ukraine grants management structure Responsible for grants management and BPO allocations in Area Ensure compliance with contractual commitments and extracting and implementing key learnings from project implementation Coordinate emergency responses in Area Ensure a capacity building plan for all technical staff is developed and implementedSpecific responsibilities
Acting AM when appointed Ensure systems for program quality control, monitoring and evaluation, and approach to identifying and acting on key learning in project implementation Lead AO proposal development, identify targeted population needs, 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/PDMs, including for new areas of operation Work with CC Specialists/PDMs to develop programmatic strategy for both emergency and transitional/ durable solutions responses (with a focus on returns) Responsible for the implementation of the Project Cycle Management (PCM) system Oversight of projects implementation, including targets and budgets, in coordination with all Project Managers and Coordinators Coordinate with finance department to ensure effective and transparent project progress forecast Regular 1:1 meeting with direct line reports and support with drafting and following up on the Work and Development Plans (WDPs) for all direct reports Oversight of reporting for AO level projectsCritical interfaces
By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:
Proposal development: Area Manager, Specialists/PDMs, Head of Program (Hop) Budget Programme Overview and allocation of shared costs: Finance Manager, Area Manager, PDMs, ASM Grant management: Area Managers, Grant Manager, HoP Donor reports: CC Specialists/PDMs, PMs/Coordinators, Grants, M&E, HoPScale and scope of position
Staff: Project Managers, M&E Coordinator
Stakeholders: Donors, UN agencies, INGOs, local NGOs, civil society, governmental bodies
Budgets: Responsible for NRC AO full portfolio of budgets
Information: GORS, Agresso, NRC People, Intranet, Master budget
Legal or compliance: term of employment, donors
CompetenciesCompetencies are important in order for the employee and the organization to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories
1. Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance
Generic professional competencies:
Minimum 4 years’ experience in a senior programme management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context Minimum 4 years’ experience in people management in a complex programme Experience working in complex and volatile contexts Sectoral expertise including in recovery and durable solutions programming Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile Fluency in English, both written and verbalContext related skills, knowledge and experience:
Knowledge of the context in Ukraine is an advantage Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian languages is an advantage Experience of developing programme in a large and rapidly expanding country programme Professional qualification in grants management, Monitoring & Evaluation, or technical sectors is an advantage2. Behavioural competencies
Strategic thinking Initiating action and change Influencing Handling insecure environments Performance ManagementThe employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:
The Job Description The Work and Development Plan The Competency FrameworkAdditional Information:
Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline