Duty station: Preferably Oslo, Norway or Amman, Jordan (or other NRC Office location, subject to legal capability). Please state if you would be willing to relocate to Oslo or Amman in your cover letter in order to be considered, if not, alternative locations you would like to explore (subject to legal capability).
About NRC
The AELA Regional Office, located in Oslo, and the MERO Regional Office based in Amman, Jordan oversee the country programmes in the regions, and provides strategic guidance and oversight across core programme, advocacy and support functions.
The Asia, Europe and Latin America (AELA) Region for NRC comprises a diverse range of country programmes across a vast geographical area. Of four regions in Field Operations, the Asia, Europe and Latin America RO is based in Head Office (HO) covering: three sub-regions: Latin America, Afghanistan/Iran and South East Asia and a stand-alone programme: Ukraine. The operating environment is varied, encompassing a complex and multi-faceted set of humanitarian and recovery response needs in countries that are either fragile, environmentally vulnerable or both.
NRC in the Middle East (MERO) is responding to the Syria and Iraq crisis, assisting refugees in Jordan, Libya, Lebanon and Iraq as well as the displaced. NRC also works in Palestine and with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. NRC works in shelter, emergency distributions, education, water and sanitation and legal assistance. Our response on the ground has grown rapidly with the dramatic rise in displacement and we now have over 3,000 staff members working on the NRC regional response.
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About the role
The Regional Cash & Markets Adviser is a new position, which has been established to support NRC operations in the AELA and ME regions in the development of the thematic area as an emerging part of programme development and delivery at NRC. The Regional Cash & Markets Adviser will provide specialist advice and guidance to the Country Director and/or Head of Programme, and any Thematic Specialists/PDMs at Country level where the thematic area is a programme priority, ensuring that optimal programme strategies, structures, systems, policy, tools and practices are in place. The Regional Cash & Markets Adviser will provide a range of advisory support, technical oversight and capacity building to CO staff in relation to their own specialist area of expertise. The Regional Cash & Markets Adviser will also contribute to funding bids from the thematic perspective and assist the Country Offices (CO) to ensure that donor opportunities are identified, and donor obligations and requirements are met. The position will also support the development of regional strategic partnerships with financial service providers and other CVA actors.
They will have a key relationship with NRC’s Head Office Programme Development and Innovation Unit and the Global Development Lead responsible for the overall policy and development of the thematic topic and will contribute to the organisational learning on the thematic topic.
The Core Competency (CC) and Thematic team are part of a technical matrix structure and are required to work collaboratively with colleagues in both the technical and the operational management structures in country offices, and the regional management group. They also have a technical accountability to the global programme function, policy, strategy, and direction as determined through the Head Office level of NRC. Collaborative working with colleagues within the wider regional programme team, at HO and in other Regions is essential to effectiveness in the role and maximising the shared learning across NRC.
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About you
- Minimum 8 years of relevant leadership/management experience within the humanitarian field.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in designing, implementing and managing a range of market based approach programmes including cash and voucher assistance projects, market strengthening/ support and market change interventions, income generation and similar related interventions throughout the project cycle, especially in refugee/ IDP/ displacement contexts. Significant expertise in the application of market based approaches (including CVA) across NRC’s core competencies is very desirable.
- Senior level Livelihoods, Economic Security or similar programme and/or technical supervision experience (ideally in the Asia / Latin America / Middle East).
- Knowledge of and experience of using relevant market assessment tools and methodologies – EMMA, PCMA, RAM etc, as well as value chain analysis and labour market assessments.
- Advanced understanding and experience on programme monitoring and evaluation issues. Ability to design M&E tools relevant to cash and markets focused interventions, and roll them out to the technical and M&E teams.
- Experience in leading multi-sectoral assessment teams and providing technical guidance on analysis of the data collected, for programme design and adjustment.
- High level of communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills.
- Good understanding and programmatic experience on various cross cutting issues such as gender, protection and environment.
- Ability to write high quality concept notes and technical sections for donor proposals.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.
- Ability to work closely with field based national staff and experience in various staff training and development approaches.
- High level of communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills.
- Proven ability to research, write reports and present findings on market assessment and cash transfers activities.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Spanish an asset.
- Knowledge of the context in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East.
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Experience with project development, especially from an emergency and post-emergency phases.
- Experience in working on resilience programming and durable solutions for the displaced.
- Experience working with various donors and conversant with their technical frameworks and strategies (eg. UNHCR, UNICEF, FCDO, SIDA, ECHO, EU, BHA, etc.).
- Experience in capacity building and community mobilization.
- Experience in advocacy work.
- Experience with coordination mechanisms (cluster and sectorial).
- Experience in resource mobilisation and in particular working with EU donors, American donors and UN agencies.
What we offer:
- Type of contract:** 24 months, projecting start date for beginning of January 2022.
- Salary/benefits: According to NRC salary scale, terms and conditions.
- Duty station: Norway,** Oslo or Amman, Jordan OR any NRC Office location, subject to legal capability. Please state your preferred (s) locations in your cover letter.
- Travel:** 40 % internationally.
NRC might review applications before advert deadline, therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.