Area Manager At Norwegian Refugee Council

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Country Director, the Area Manager has the overall responsibility for their designated area and ensures that NRC´s programme and operations in the area develops in line with NRC’s mission, policies, and country specific strategies. This position will also ensure high quality and cost-effective programme/project implementation within the designated geographical area in Libya.

What you will do:

Generic responsibilities:

• Member of the Country Management Group (CMG).
• Provide area specific input on Core Competency (CC) strategies, Country Strategy and Plan of Action.
• Organise grants opening and closure meetings at Area Level.
• Implementation of projects (including area master support budget and coordinating input for donor proposals and reports) in the area.
• Assess needs, develop, and implement response plans with a focus on hard-to-reach areas including cash-based interventions and market-based programmes
• Ensure optimal use of resources within the allocated project budgets and CC strategies
• Overall responsibility of managing Libya Area office and sub offices and represent NRC at area level with local stakeholders and national and international NGOs.
• Lead the senior Area Management Team (AMT) and cultivate a robust workplace culture.
• Responsible for staff security in the Area, including supporting security risk assessments for possible new areas of intervention.
• Lead the development and implementation of the area level strategy to respond to emerging humanitarian needs and strengthen NRC’s position to support durable solutions for affected communities in Libya.
• Facilitate strong coordination and regular flow of information between the areas of operations as well as with the NRC Libya Country Office.
• Oversee programme and operational meetings and ensure work plans are developed to meet targets and donor commitments.
• Lead on performance management of direct reports and provide constructive feedback on areas of improvement
• Roll out capacity building plan for staff in the Area Office, ensuring access to learning initiatives and trainings with a strong focus staff development, care, and retention.
• Contextualize, adapt, and implement SOPs and procedures to ensure effective provision of assistance to hard-to-reach areas including through remote management as required
• Support the development of assessment, concept notes, project proposals, and budget development for scale-up and post emergency activities.
• Ensure NRC’s data collection systems are in place and information is properly stored and analyzed.
• Actively promote PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC.
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees and refugees in line with the advocacy strategy
  Specific responsibilities

Professional Competencies and Qualifications Required

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance

• Bachelor degree in a related field
• 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 preferably the Libyan context.
• Experience in implementing and managing cash-based interventions and market-based programmes
• Experience with remote management and delivering assistance in hard to reach areas
• Experience in change management and implementing policies and procedures
• Experience with capacity building of staff to take on senior leadership positions
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile with documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Behavioural competencies

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

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility: At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take initiative.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

Additional Information:

Duty Station: Tripoli, Libya

Travel: 30% to NRC Libya areas of operation

Duration of contract: 12 months extendable based on funding, performance, and the need for the position

Grade 10 in NRC’s grading structure

Reporting line: Country Director

Provides supervision to: Area Programme Manager, Area Support Coordinators, Area HSS

ABOUT US

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.