Area Manager East – Ukraine At Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council has been present in Ukraine since 2014, helping more than 700,000 people with food, shelter, water, sanitation, and legal assistance. Rapid change of situation in February 2022 during which whole Ukraine became affected by the conflict required significant scale-up of emergency programmes.

Today NRC is providing support to people affected by armed conflict and those fleeing in search of safety.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Ukraine Country Programme is growing rapidly, to become one of the largest in NRC globally. The Area Manager position in Dnipro, will therefore lead what is becoming one of NRC’s largest Area Offices, comparable to a small Country Office. We are therefore looking for an experienced candidate that is able to manage rapid growth and scale up in an emergency response setting.

Below is a list of the general responsibilities – a full Job Description can be found on our website.

1. Line management for senior project staff and support functions (and Field Office Coordinators) in the area
2. Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
3. Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
4. Provide area specific input on CC strategies, Country Strategy and Plan of Action
5. Organize grants opening and closure meetings at area level
6. 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) and aligned to regional and global strategies
7. Assess needs, develop emergency response and implement response plans for in kind assistance and cash-based interventions and market based programmes
8. Ensure optimal use of resources within the allocated project budgets and CC strategies
9. Represent NRC and networking on area level
10. Ensure that capacity building is provided to all staff in the area
11. Ensure overall security and safety of staff in the area
12. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience from working on Area management or general managerial positions in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Previous experience working with partners
• Previous experience in a similar senior management role (e.g. Area Manager, Country Director)
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Experience in implementing in-kind assistance and managing cash-based interventions and market based programmes
• Emergency response experience
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Basic knowledge of the context in Ukraine
• Experience with start-up

Access to a Schengen visa is required for positions in Ukraine

What We Offer

• Duty Station – Ukraine, Dnipro (subject to change)
• Unaccompanied contract
• Approximately 30% travel
• Contract length: 24 months
• Salary: According to NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including R&R.