Project Coordinator External Relation

An exciting opportunity to head up the Project Coordination role for a leading international NGO working in Oslo, Norway.

What we are looking for

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking a highly qualified, resilient and dynamic Project Coordinator to provide project support across External Relations, including extra capacity to make up for “missing staff”, especially in global fundraising while the GF Director is working part time. It is a very flexible role with a mix of administration, business process and short term gap filling. Duties include organising meetings, taking minutes, preparing reports, data collection and analysis, focal communication point, finance support, business process documentation.

More about Exrel

NRC External relations (Exrel) is a global team responsible for engaging with private individuals and organisation to build awareness of NRCs work and raise resources for NRC, especially unearmarked funds. To do this Exrel has four focus areas; Public Engagement who give a global public voice to NRC and the people we serve; Fundraising who grow our income of unearmarked funding from private individuals; Donor Management who ensure our income from regular donors; Corporate who get grants and pro bono resources from private organisations and high net worth individuals. In addition, there is a Governance function that crosses all these functions focused on legal, financial, human resource and other ‘fit for purpose’ activities.

What you will do

• Exrel All staff meeting owner.
• Support to Global fundraising on administration and finance.
• Support exrel finance reporting.
• Provide summaries of Exrel organization e.g. organogram project
• Project to define onboarding of new exrel staff.
• Project to define exrel specific procurement procedure.
• Manage Exrel NRC Intranet project
• Manage Exrel Sharepoint project
• Other projects and cover support as needed.

Please download the detailed Job description to learn more about the position.

What you will bring

• Ability to be part of a team.
• Happy with technology.
• Able to operate independently once given direction.
• Able to follow procedures and instructions.
• Numerate and analytical
• Ability to use English as a working language, written and verbal
• Able to present and explain, as well as raise questions.
• Business / commercial / curious mindset.

What we offer

Duty station: Oslo Norway

Contract: national contract, 12 months (extension possible, dependent on funding)

Travel: up to 0%

Salary/benefits: grade 7 on NRC’s Head Office salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions

NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, 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.

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Important information about the application process

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When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.

Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.

Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.

If you have any questions about this role, please email [email protected] with the job title as the subject line.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

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