Somalia: Area Manager - Lower & Middle Juba's - Somalia

Area Manager - Lower & Middle Juba's - Somalia
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 NRC Somalia Country Programme is part of the NRC Horn of Africa, Yemen, Uganda and South Sudan regional mission.Prioritized activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education including youth education; food security; protection and information, counselling and legal Assistance (ICLA).
The purpose of the Area Manager position is to ensure high quality and cost effective programme/project implementation within the designated geographical area.

Job description

• General responsibilities:
• Line management for senior project staff and support functions (and Field Office Coordinators) in the area
• Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Provide area specific input on CC strategies, Country Strategy and Plan of Action
• Organize grants opening and closure meetings at area level
• Implementation of projects (including master support budget and coordinating input for donor proposals and reports) in the area, in compliance with contractual commitments (i.e. quality, synergies, timeliness, use of resources).
• Assess needs, develop emergency response and implement response plans
• Ensure optimal use of resources within the allocated project budgets and CC strategies
• Represent NRC and networking on area level
• Ensure that capacity building is provided to all staff in the area
• Ensure overall security and safety of staff in the area
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Specific responsibilities:
• Represent to all appropriate authorities and act in all official work concerning the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jubbas - Somalia
• Coordinate all of the activities of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jubbas - Somalia including opening and closing of offices in consultation with the CD
• Take lease or tenancy of any property required or convenient for the activities of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jubbas- Somalia
• Make legally binding financial contracts on behalf of Norwegian Refugee Jubbas-Somalia as per the threshold limit stipulated on the authorization table.
• Effect and maintain insurances in respect of business and properties of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jubbas- Somalia
• Effective management of the HR resources in Jubbas- Somalia
• Make any payment ,which is necessary or incidental to the performance of his function based on the budget holder authorization limit
• Maintain effective and deficient documentation of all NRC business in Jubbas-Somalia.
• Undertake Official correspondence at area level.
• Manage Area bank account
• Coordinate all area level programme and operational activities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a Senior Project Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Personal qualities

• Handling insecure environments
• Strategic thinking
• Empowering and building trust
• Managing performance and development
• Managing resources to optimise results

We offer

• Duty station: Kismayo , with travel to other areas of operation
• Contract duration: 12 months with possibility of extension.
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for NRC South & Central Offices.
• Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start.
• 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
• 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.

Please, apply through www.nrc.no, then vacancies