Norwegian Refugee Council ,Programme Development Manager Jobs in Uganda - 2015

Closing date: 26 Jul 2015

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 descriptionDevelop 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
QualificationsMinimum 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 fieldSocial sciense
Agricultural / Forestry / Aquaculture
Education
Education levelCollege / University, Bachelor’s degree
Personal qualitiesKnowledge 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 offerContract period: 12 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions
Duty Station: Adjumani, West Nile, Uganda
Miscellaneous infoTravel: Some travelling must be expected
How to apply:apply through www.nrc.no, then vacancies