Area Manager, Puntland - Somalia

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 4000 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 NRC Somalia Programme is part of the NRC Horn of Africa ,Yemen, Uganda & South Sudan regional programme. Operations in the region began in Somali land in 2004, expanded to Puntland in 2006, South Central in Somalia and Kenya in 2007. Since 2011, five more programmes have been established in the region: Ethiopia, Yemen Djibouti, South Sudan & Uganda. Recently the NRC South Sudan and Uganda programmes were incorporated into the region. Prioritized activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education including youth education; protection; food security and distribution; and Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) . The Regional Office is situated in Kenya (Nairobi), with a country office in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Juba (South Sudan), Mogadishu (Somalia) and Sanaa (Yemen) and Adjumani (Uganda) The Area Manager in Puntland is responsible for overall coordination and management of the Programmes in the area. He/she reports to the Country Director-Somalia. Applicants for this position may be considered for similar positions in other countries within the region. CANDIDATES SHOULD APPLY ON LINE BY GOING THROUGH www.nrc.no, then vacancies. EMAIL AND PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Job description

· Overall management of the Core Competencies activities, field offices and staff within the specific area, including the Area Management Team (AMT)

· Development and execution of the strategy for the area

· Adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements

· Emergency response capacity in the area

· Safety and security of staff

· Area level advocacy

· External representation, coordination and relationship building

· Responsible for shared resource allocation

· Implementation of policies and procedures

· Learning, training and development of staff

· Specific responsibilities are:

· Exploring new hard to reach areas of programming in Puntland area

· Paying particular attention to return and seeing how NRC can be positioned for the return

Qualifications

· Relevant education, preferably in management, social sciences or international development

· Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a Senior Project Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context

· Previous experience from working in complex contexts

· Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

· Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile

· Fluency in English, both written and verbal

· Solid field experience, preferably from return/IDP programmes

· Experience in capacity building and training

· Experience in staff management

· Experience of management of projects to deadlines

· Experience in logistics/administration management

· Experience of coordination and advocacy work

· Proven management and programme development experience

· Solid experience from development of proposals, budgets and reports

· Behavioral competencies. These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job, the following are essential for this position:

· Handling insecure environments

· Strategic thinking

· Initiating action and change

· Empowering and building trust

Personal qualities

· Knowledge of the context in Somalia

· Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage

· Behavioral competencies.These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. The following are essential for this position:

· Managing resources to optimize results

· Managing performance and development

· Empowering and building trust

· Handling insecure environments

We offer

· Commencement: ASAP

· Contract period: 16 months

· Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard. Please note that tax fees may occur for some countries.

· Duty station: Garowe with travels to other operational areas including Bossaso and Galkaio.

· Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.

How to apply:

Apply through www.nrc.no, then vacancies