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Humanitarian Access Project Manager

Category: General Management/Admin

Job Description

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Job Responsibilities

  • Implementing the project: Responsible for timely and quality implementation of project deliverables in accordance with project documents and plans, and NRC policies and values.
  • Administering the grant: Responsible for developing budgets in line with donor and NRC requirements, ensuring the project is delivered within the budget and donor reporting requirements are met.
  • Engaging NRC staff in the project: Responsible for working with multiple departments to ensure project delivery—including Country Offices, Innovation team, capacity building team, and more.
  • Representing NRC with the donor: Responsible for working with the foundations adviser and access team to provide the donor with information and updates as needed.
  • Coordinating closely with the Grant management lead overseeing all access grants
  • Project Implementation support (30%) to BHA/USAID grant: 
  • Support research: Conduct research in collaboration with global NRC Access staff including the management of steering committees. Activities may include conducting background research, interviewing humanitarian staff and parties to conflict, arranging travel, working with translators, and developing research tools. Activities will also include liaising with copy editors and graphic designers and ensuring a smooth publication and promotion timeline.
  • Contribute to NRC USA thought leadership: Work with the NRC USA advocacy and policy team to identify and organize activities that promote NRC’s work on access in Washington and beyond, building on the grant outputs and access team activities.
  • Support humanitarian policy: Support the Hard-to-Reach team’s Global Lead, the NRC USA advocacy team and the Geneva Policy Section on matters pertaining to access related policy. 
  • Support project management (30%) of BHA/USAID grant: 
  • With direction from the Project Manager leading the BHA/USAID grant implementation, support: 
  • Procurement: Managing all paperwork in relation to contracting logistics for: consultants, (recruitment, payment, evaluation, etc.) and procurement (i.e. software licenses, ad hoc services, A/V rental equipment, etc) in accordance with NRC and USAID policy. Develop independent relationship with NRC Logistics team. 
  • Compliance: Ensure that project documentation is well-organized and maintained, particularly documents of monitoring and evaluation activities, such as sign-in sheets or evaluations. Ensure that HR handbook, Finance Handbook and USAID protocols are observed.
  • Project management: Adhere to reporting deadlines, conduct proactive donor engagement, and support the administration of the project. Regularly update the project team on indicator progress. Support project and activity monitoring for progress reports and final reports.

Skills

  • Minimum five years of relevant experience.
  • Two years’ experience in project management or monitoring and evaluation, including contract management and procurement.
  • Master’s degree in related field (or bachelor’s with equivalent work experience).
  • Knowledge of humanitarian access issues and hard-to-reach contexts.
  • Computer skills (common Microsoft Windows and Office applications). 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Conscientiousness and reliability, with strong planning skills and excellent attention to detail 
  • Fluency in English required, second language (particularly one used in a country of NRC operation) desirable. 
  • Sense of humor desirable
  • Knowledge and understanding at operational level of humanitarian standards and coordination mechanisms, humanitarian principles, humanitarian access, and humanitarian financing. 
  • Experience working in a hard-to-reach area or on access issues desirable but not required.

Salary

  • Negotiable

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Norwegian Refugee Council

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Job Summary

  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Location: United States of America
  • Employment Type: Contractual
  • Experience: 5 to 6 Year (s)
  • Vacancy: Not Specific
  • Gender: Any
  • Published on:April 22, 2024
  • Application Deadline: May 30, 2024
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