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Education Project Manager (Syria Response Office)

HR – SRO, Norwegian Refugee Council

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NRC currently has more than 2,000 staff in the Middle East region assisting people displaced by conflict in Syria . As a leading humanitarian organization, we support displaced persons by implementing programs across the Shelter, Education, Food Security, Information Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sectors with strong protection and resilience focus integrated into our programs.

NRC Syria Response Office is looking for a Education Project Manager that will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of Core Competencies (CC) programmes/projects in a small and medium size Country Operation or a start- up/small CC in a large country.

Application deadline:

22/09/2019

Employer:

Norwegian Refugee Council

Town/city:

amman

Title:

Education Project Manager

Full-time/part-time:

Full-time

Employment type:

Permanent position

Percentage of full-time:

100

Webcruiter ID:

4127298202

Positions:

1

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Duties and responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the CC strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro LFAs
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, CC tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Contribute to the development and management of funding proposals, project budgets and donor reports
• Overall management of education project staff
• Collaborate with the Education Specialist to ensure high technical quality of project/s
• Manage CC Education projects implementation (activities, budgets and projects’ documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
• Provide regular progress reports to the Area Manager and the Education Specialist
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
• Liaison and collaboration with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums/cluster/working groups
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy and ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection while exploring and assessing new and better ways to assist
• Coordinate with Area Office management to ensure the provision of Children and Youth Programming, Adult Education and Basic Education activities
• Work with partner staff to build capacity both internally in NRC and in the partner agency
• Design and develop program approaches and activities that can be piloted and expanded to other project areas
• Build capacity of education teams to operationalize quality, timely and comprehensive education programming
• Support the development of NRC and Education Sector Response Strategies

Our ideal candidate

• A committed individual with experience from working in a senior level project implementation position in humanitarian/recovery contexts and within clusters.
• Experience from working in complex/volatile contexts, liaising with authorities
• Strong management experience, including remote management
• Experience with managing youth programs and INEE
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Fluency in Arabic language an asset.
• Technical CC Education expertise, children, youth, adult and basic education activities preferred
• Knowledge of the Syria context

Personal qualities

A strategic thinker, who manages resources to optimize results. An individual capable of managing performance and development whilst empowering and building trust.

Additional information

• Contract period: 12 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
• Duty station: Amman, willing to travel approximately 10 %
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Applications might be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible

** 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 **