Programme
Development Manager – Uganda
Norwegian Refugee Council
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 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 Shelter, Education, Food
security, Legal Assistance, Camp Management Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
sectors.
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been implementing projects for Internally
Displaced Persons and Refugees in Northern Uganda, West Nile and South Western
respectively, since 1997. Having smoothly phased-out by end of August 2014 in
the North, NRC reopened from September 2014, to compliment efforts of the
Government of Uganda and UNHCR in supporting the South Sudanese Refugees
currently settled in the Districts of Adjumani and Arua in West Nile. With
funding from SIDA, NMFA, ECHO, NRC is implementing integrated projects in
Adjumani/Arua refugee settlements.
The Programme Development Manager (PDM) is responsible for the development and
monitoring of all projects (or core competence) in West Nile. The current
projects include education, livelihoods/food security and WASH.
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners/employees and to
check that its partners/employees have not been involved in illegal activities.
NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Job
description
- Develop
strategies for Education, Livelihoods, WASH and other programmes that may
come at national level - Monitor
the projects and ensure high technical quality and synergies - Prepare/verify
proposals related to this sector - Evaluation,
review and quality control of ongoing and completed projects - Identify
trends in conditions/standards and donor priorities and assess better ways
to assist - Training
and development of staff - Ensure
adherence to the CC tools and handbooks and other NRC policies - Develop
partnerships in the humanitarian community and coordinate with authorities
at regional and ministry level - Specific
tasks are: - Responsible
for providing programme contextual analysis and needs assessment as input
to Country Strategy and Contingency Plan - Accountable
for development of Proramme strategies and Macro LFAs - Accountable
for ensuring programme M&E according to NRCs standards - Lead
local partners’ assessment, selection and capacity building - Responsible
for development of funding forecasts for country programme and grants
management calendar, including proposals and reporting to donors - Accountable
for grants opening and closure meetings at country level - Accountable
for development of grants proposals and budgets - In-country
representation of NRC - Promote
the rights of IDPs/refugees in line with the advocacy strategy - Line
management of project coordinators, M&E staff and other senior program
staff
Qualifications
- Minimum
4 years experience from working as a senior Project Manager/Programme
Manager in a humanitarian/ recovery context - Experience
from working in complex and volatile contexts - Cone
competency expertise - Documented
results related to the position’s responsibilities - Knowledge
about own leadership skills/profile - Fluency
in English, both written and verbal - Valid
driver’s license
Education
field
- Social
sciense - Agricultural
/ Forestry / Aquaculture - Education
Education
level
- College
/ University, Bachelor’s degree
Personal
qualities
- Knowledge
and experience of humanitarian context in East Africa - Experience
in partnership and capacity building - Documented
results in advocacy work for refugees or IDPs - Broader
understanding of more than one programme (in this context livelihoods,
education and WASH) - All
employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our
Codes of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated,
innovative, inclusive and accountable
We
offer
- Contract
period: 12 months - Salary/benefits:
According to NRC’s general directions - Duty
Station: Adjumani, West Nile, Uganda
Miscellaneous
info
- Travel:
Some travelling must be expected
apply through www.nrc.no, then vacancies