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All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships. What we are looking for

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for an experienced, dynamic, and highly strategical individual to take up the role of Regional Education Adviser for Latin America who will responsible for providing specialist advice and guidance to the Country Director and/or Head of Programme and Grants Managers at Country level in ensuring that optimal programme strategies, structures, systems, and resources are in place. The Regional Programme Adviser will provide advisory support, technical oversight, and capacity building to Country Office (CO) staff to ensure the highest quality of programming.

The Regional Programme Adviser will have a number of allocated country offices and will provide a range of advisory support and capacity building to in relation to programme proposal development, grants management, and Project Cycle Management (PCM) (ensuring the effective management of the full programme cycle) according to NRC process, systems and tools. Additionally, they may act as focal point on some specific processes such as Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms, or donor related processes.

What you will do

1. Provide specialist support, advice and guidance to own portfolio of country offices in relation to programme development and to strategic planning in country programmes.
2. Conduct regional analysis of trends in the region as allocated by line manager to contribute to regional understanding and provide evidence for new initiatives (e.g., advocacy, new project ideas, new potential donors or partnerships)
3. Responsible for capacity building and learning and development, as required, including facilitation of induction training for relevant programme personnel in Country Offices Regional Offices.
4. Responsible for quality control of high-risk donor proposals and reports, income forecast and triannual reports and internal programme strategy documents and reports, in regard to NRC strategies and donor compliance.
5. Contribute to identification, development and maintenance of relationships with designated stakeholders (e.g., donors, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector) related to programme and business development.
6. Support programme assessments evaluations in country programmes.

   Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position. 

   What you will bring

   • Minimum 5 years of experience within the humanitarian/recovery context, of which 3 years of Manager/Advisor experience
   • Specialist knowledge and expertise equivalent to an advanced university degree in a relevant field (e.g., international development, politics, social science)
   • Knowledge of institutional donors’ strategies, priorities, and compliance requirements – NMFA and SIDA program based approach, ECHO, BHA, PRM, UN Donors, etc..
   • Track record of successful proposal development, or similar in funding or partnerships
   • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, with preference for previous experience in Latin America
   • Understanding of, and commitment to working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity building
   • Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal 
   • Experience working with overall strategy development and planning
   • Experience of developing learning and development tools and resources to support capacity building
   • Knowledge of and interest in new business opportunities, including commercial partnerships
   • Experience of working with cross-country programmes and donors
   • Experience of working with consortia
   • International experience in and knowledge about the regional context is highly desirable. What we offer
     • Duty station: Bogotá, Colombia
     • Contract: national or international, 12 months, extendable
     • Travel: up to 30% 
     • Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s regional salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions for international contracts
     • NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
     • We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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       • Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
       • Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. 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.
       • If you have any questions about this role, please email aela.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line. Why NRC?

         The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

         Watch this short video to see NRC in action.

         The Latin American (LA) region faces multiple complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the armed conflict in Colombia, and the pervasive high levels of generalised violence in the North of Central America and in Mexico. These conditions produce some of the highest forced displacement numbers in the world. According to UNHCR, there are over 15 million displacement-affected people, including some 7,4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across NRC country programme coverage in Latin America. The LA region also witnesses record numbers of transcontinental population movements generating significant protection risks as people are obliged to cross borders often through routes where conditions are dramatic. Restrictive asylum and migration policies also create flows of deportees and returnees, who struggle to re-integrate in their communities and often face violence, retaliation, discrimination, and exclusion. Those phenomena are accelerating across the region.  

         NRC has been operating in Latin America in a total of 8 countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico with an overall regional budget of approximately 60 million USD and 1,100 dedicated colleagues across the continent. Given the increasing number of displaced people in need of humanitarian assistance in the region, NRC decided to establish a Regional Office in Latin America from early 2024 to oversee the country programmes in the region, and provides strategic guidance and oversight across core programme, advocacy, and support functions. 

         We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

         • do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
         • join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
         • be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.

           Learn more about NRC 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.