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

We are seeking to hire the Head of Programme position is to assume overall responsibility for programme development and strategic vision in the country promoting learning and a cost-conscious culture as well as ensure effective and constructive communication between related functions, Partners and Area offices.

What you will do

• Line management for Core Competence Specialists
• Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Provide programme input to Country Strategy and Plan of Action
• Development of Core Competency strategies that are aligned to regional and global priorities & strategies
• Development of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes
• Identify funding opportunities, develop funding strategies and forecasts

What you will bring

• Ensure strategic programme development in the country in line with the region and global programme initiatives.
• Overseeing specific advances in NRC’s Innovation, Protection, Markets and Digital programming, through an increasingly localized and networked approach
• Contribute to expanding the use of Cash Based Programmes and increasing use of technology as a way of increasing efficiency of the programmes in liaison with partners.
• Contribute to strengthening accountability to beneficiaries through improving M&E systems, the establishment of beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms and improved needs assessments for evidence-based programming with partners
• Facilitate initiatives for integrated programme analysis and response analysis, including the integration of relevant cross-cutting issues such as protection, safe programming and access
• Oversee Project Cycle Management (PCM), through field support missions and partners.
• Liaise with Area managers to explore and create synergies and ensure effective and constructive communication between the CO, AO and partners.

• Line management for Core Competence Specialists
• Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Provide programme input to Country Strategy and Plan of Action
• Development of Core Competency strategies that are aligned to regional and global priorities & strategies
• Development of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes
• Identify funding opportunities, develop funding strategies and forecasts
• Ensure strategic programme development in the country in line with the region and global programme initiatives.
• Overseeing specific advances in NRC’s Innovation, Protection, Markets and Digital programming, through an increasingly localized and networked approach
• Contribute to expanding the use of Cash Based Programmes and increasing use of technology as a way of increasing efficiency of the programmes in liaison with partners.
• Contribute to strengthening accountability to beneficiaries through improving M&E systems, the establishment of beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms and improved needs assessments for evidence-based programming with partners
• Facilitate initiatives for integrated programme analysis and response analysis, including the integration of relevant cross-cutting issues such as protection, safe programming and access
• Oversee Project Cycle Management (PCM), through field support missions and partners.
• Liaise with Area managers to explore and create synergies and ensure effective and constructive communication between the CO, AO and partners.

• Strategic programme development
• Innovation, Protection, Markets and Digital programming
• Cash Based Programmes
• Technology implementation
• M&E systems
• Beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms
• Needs assessments
• Integrated programme analysis
• Response analysis
• Project Cycle Management (PCM)
• Communication
• Synergy creation

• BA/BSc/HND