Generic Responsibilities:
Actively promote the rights of displaced persons PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC.
Specific Responsibilities:
Provide technical direction to Education team in the North Area Office, and ensure program results are achieved within time, scope, and budget.
Provide guidance on Donor regulations to project staff and implementing organisations and ensure compliance.
Develop work plans, ensure efficiency in project activity scheduling for quality outcomes.
Coordinate with MEAL and CC Specialists on monitoring and tracking results.
Engage with project stakeholders including consortium members and local actors for synergies and standardization of approaches.
Represent the project in various forums such as emergency coordination meetings, education cluster, Technical Working Groups including the Refugee working Group, donor engagement meetings, project steering group meetings.
Engage and coordinate with various relevant consortium members, State and County level education officials, external stakeholders, including private sector actors for a coordinated approach and optimal resource usage.
Compile regular project reports and other written outputs for both internal and external audiences for programme visibility and advocacy purposes
Ensure timely implementation of project activities by NRC and implementing partners as agreed in the project documents and partners’ MOU/Agreements
Plan and oversee the strategic capacity building of NRC team and implementing partners staff including ongoing coaching and mentoring.
Ensure strong community participation including full observation of Accountability to Affected communities’ principles
Undertake any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
What will you bring:
Generic professional competencies:
At least a master’s degree in education or equivalent; Advance degree in Social Sciences or any other relevant field
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management in insecure, complex, and volatile environments.
Experience in managing multiple projects funded through diverse mechanisms;
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, coaching and capacity building as well as ability to work with culturally diverse teams
Excellent writing and speaking skills and ability to develop complex arguments
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Fluency in English, both verbal and written
Excellent knowledge of education in emergencies programming, strong understanding of INEE minimum standards and humanitarian principles including, policies, frameworks, networks, and stakeholders
Strong experience working in a partnership model and establishing and maintaining coordination and communication systems at inter-agency level
Technical expertise in education, youth skills development, teacher professional development, socio- emotional learning, psychosocial support, disability inclusion, gender mainstreaming, conflict sensitive programming
Remote management experience – proven ability to manage large projects implemented in different geographic areas
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple projects funded by different donors, with varying implementation timelines, reporting requirements, compliance frameworks
Knowledge of South Sudan Context
Knowledge of Juba Arabic or any other local language
Duty station: Aweil
Contract: national contract, 5 Months (with possibility of extension).
Salary/benefits: grade 8 on NRC’s national salary scale.
Travel: Frequent travel required to field offices in the North AO (Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Western Bahr El Ghazal and Warrap).
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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When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
Mandatory to submit the below when applying:
Your most updated English CV and remove all previous outdated CVs.
English Cover Letter
Do not attach certificates or any other documents apart from the two mentioned above.
Incomplete applications or the ones submitted in other languages than English will not considered.
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.
This position is only open to candidates who have the legal right to work in South Sudan. NRC will not sponsor visa nor work permits as the contract is national.
If you have any questions about this role, please email ESA Recruitment esa.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation 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.
An estimated 9.4 million people in South Sudan need humanitarian assistance and protection services in 2023, reflecting 76 per cent of the population. Many of the 2.3 million South Sudanese living in protracted displacement since 2013 have been displaced multiple times and cannot return home. The ongoing conflict in Sudan continues to drive significant displacement into South Sudan with hundred thousands new arrivals since April 2023. The returnees are encouraged to go to areas of origin, places that are equally vulnerable and lack basic services. Often their houses, land or property has been destroyed by the civil war or is occupied. Humanitarian actors are over stretched by the volume of returns and associated needs.
Over 83 per cent of South Sudan’s population relies on subsistence farming, livelihood, and fishing as their primary source of livelihoods, leaving them vulnerable to climatic and conflict related shocks and stressors. Disrupted supply chains, weakening currency, and rising cost, diminishes the purchasing power of the population, exacerbating existing malnutrition and food insecurity. South Sudan remains one of the most severe protection crises in the world, with high levels of gender-based violence and significant gross human rights violations across the country, and with people impacted by violence having limited access to justice and the rule of law.
Despite significant deployment of humanitarian assistance, the cumulative effects of years of conflict, a surge in sub-national violence, and unprecedented flooding, leaves vulnerable population in urgent needs of basic services and protection.
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.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future. We started our relief efforts after World War Two. Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 40 countries. We specialise in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance, protection from violence, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
We stand up for people forced to flee. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people. We promote and defend displaced people's rights and dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the international arena. NRC’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva is a global leader in monitoring, reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
We work with partners across the world through NORCAP, our global provider of humanitarian, development and peacebuilding expertise. NORCAP collaborates with local, national and international partners on finding sustainable solutions to meet the needs of people at risk.
Around 15,000 humanitarians work with the NRC. Most of us are hired locally to work in the field, and a small number are based at our head office in Oslo. Many of our colleagues were once themselves forced to flee their homes.
NRC assisted almost 9.1 million people worldwide in 2024, and with your support, we can help even more.
In order to meet the needs of more than 120 million displaced people worldwide, we need to unite forces across sectors and work together as one team. Through mutual partnerships we are dedicated to finding unique solutions for people who have been forced to flee, helping them build a sustainable future for themselves and their communities.
To find out how you can support our work, please visit nrc.no/corporate or send an e-mail to corporate@nrc.no.
