NRC Iraq is looking for an Area Support Manager to join the Southern Area Office. The role holder will be responsible for all matters related to Human Resources, Administration, Finance, Logistics, and ICT. They will work closely with the Area Manager in implementing NRC-specific policies, procedures and ensuring compliance with internal, national and donor regulations and laws.
If you are an influential people leader with a passion for support functions and staff capacity building this is the role you have been looking for.
**This role is open to Iraq nationals only**
What You Will Do
People Management
Responsible for recruitment, onboarding, and induction of ASM direct reports. Prioritise mentoring and capacity building of national staff as part of NRC’s nationalisation strategy. Make sure all support staff have work and development plans in place, and receive regular feedback on their performance.Support Systems and Procedures
Ensure coverage of the Master Budget, ensuring that efficient, sustainable, and flexible HR structures are in place. Responsible for regular updates of the Master Support Budget at the Area Office level, ensuring salary spending plan and non-salary spending lines for Support costs are regularly updated. Ensure project procurement plan and vehicle mapping plan are available and updated regularly. Accountable to ensure support staff meet all monthly finance, logistics and HR deadlines and submit any required reports or information on time. Update the master budget monthly (in collaboration with Area Manager). Responsible for scheduling and chairing monthly Area budget vs actual (BvA) meetings.Compliance
Perform regular spot-checks on supporting documentation to identify areas of improvement regarding the quality of documentation. Responsible for corruption mapping and mitigation practices and procedures for the area office. Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders as required. Accountable for ensuring support staff complete and upload documents to the filing tree as required by securing support documents (SSD) policy. Submit weekly/ monthly reports as required pertaining to support functions, progress, and challenges. Actively promote PSEA (Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC.What You Will Bring
Experience from working as a Finance/Logistics/HR Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context. Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts. Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Fluency in Arabic, both written and verbal an asset. Knowledge of context in Iraq/ the Middle East an asset. Experience of managing a large portfolio. Experience of implementing support functions in humanitarian programmes.What We Offer
Ramadi, Iraq duty station. Until 31st December (Renewable, NRC Contracts run Jan- Dec yearly pending funding and performance). 50 % travel, approximately to Baghdad, Basra, and the Country Office in Erbil. NRC is committed to our localisation strategy including with respect to our workforce in Iraq, whenever possible NRC will recruit new staff from the local area of the programme operations. NRC will endeavour to hire staff that together represent the balance of diversity in the governorate of operations. Senior Grade 8 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying
We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here. Learn more about NRC’s operation in Iraq here. To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity Marketplace. Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your employment history, experience, responsibilities, and education in your application. Ensure to attach your latest CV. Submit your application and CV in English. When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted. For any queries, please email us at mero.recruitment@nrc.no with “Area Support Manager-Ramadi” as the subject line. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps 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. Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.