Area Manager, South-East Myanmar (National Position)

NRC is looking for a motivated and collaborative leader to join the team in South-East Myanmar as an Area Manager. If you are someone who enjoys networking, leading and inspiring teams, and ensuring operational efficiencies, this is the role for you! This position is open to Myanmarese Nationals only.

What You Will Do

• Expansion of NRC’s South-East operation (operational and programmatic expansion).
• Strategy implementation.
• Budget ownership and management.
• Donor engagement and commitment.
• Emergency response implementation.
• Health, safety, and security management.

What You Will Bring

• Senior Project Management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Cluster coordination, grants management, programme development, and advocacy experience.
• Internally displaced persons response experience.
• South-East Myanmar context knowledge.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.

What Makes This Position Attractive?

• The South-East Area Office is the most established in Myanmar for NRC.
• The Area Office has a large and established team.
• This is a national position, open only to Burmese nationals.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What We Offer

• Hpa-An, Myanmar duty station.
• 24 months contract duration.
• 30% travel, approximately.
• Grade 10 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

About Us

Please view the full Job Description here .

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.