Head of Programme – NRC Ukraine

Background

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.

Prior to the escalation in armed conflict in February, NRC’s operations focused on government-controlled areas (GCA) of the Donbas Region (Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts). With the temporary relocation of NRC’s staff and operations to Central and Western Ukraine, NRC will continue to support populations in the East with emergency, life-saving food, NFI and emergency shelter assistance to people trapped in hot zones. In the West, NRC established a temporary national HUB in the Ivano-Frankivska region and is establishing area offices in Ternopil and Dnipro. Additionally, NRC is planning to establish field offices in Lviv and Mokachevo. The Western response will focus on assisting people on the move with cash and ICLA services and provide multi-sectoral support to key transit points. The Eastern response will initially focus on procurement and delivery of food and key relief items to Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.

We are seeking highly qualified, resilient, dynamic professionals to respond to Ukraine crisis and support people in Ukraine and refugees in the neighbouring host countries.

Your passion, skills, and experience can make a big difference.

Duties & Responsibilities

The purpose of the Head of Programme position is to develop and ensure implementation of holistic high-quality programmes. This is an interesting time to lead the Progammes unit in NRC’s largest growing country programme globally.

Below is a list of the general responsibilities, please download a Job Description from our website for further details.

1. Line management for Core Competence Specialists and PDMs
2. Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
3. Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
4. Provide programme input to Country Strategy and Plan of Action
5. Development of Core Competency strategies
6. Development of holistic and needs based programmes
7. Identify funding opportunities, develop funding strategies and forecasts
8. Grants management, BPO allocations and reporting to donors, including compliance with donor standards
9. Quality control, M&E and organizational learning
10. Capacity building of all technical staff
11. In-country representation and networking
12. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
13. Promote the rights of refugees and displaced in line with the advocacy strategy. Ensure that key learnings are extracted from operations regarding protection and incorporate them into programme strategy and staff development processes.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience from a senior management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Core competency expertise, including vis-à-vis durable solutions
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Valid driver’s license
• Experience in the former Soviet Union/Eastern Europe (asset)
• Knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian languages (asset)

Access to a Schengen visa is required for positions in Ukraine

What We Offer

• Duty Station – Kyiv, Ukraine
• 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.

NRC is very grateful to those who have responded thus far and continue to heed to our calls for support. This is going a long way in addressing the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns currently affecting the people of Ukraine.

Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. Due to large response, NRC will not provide feedback to those candidates who do not meet criteria and/or not follow the application process.