Job Vacancies at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Job Identification: 3450
Locations: Maiduguri, Borno and Yola, Adamawa
Job Category: Education
Job Schedule: Full time
Reports to: Area Manager North, Area Manager South
Supervision of: Education staff, including Team Leader and Education Officers
Travel: 40% (to project locations, in North East)
Project numbers: NGFM
Duration and type of contract:12 months (renewable based on performance and funding)

Background

• The Norwegian Refugee Council has been working in north-eastern Nigeria since June 2015, and began working in Plateau state in 2021,implementing Livelihoods and Food Security, Shelter, WASH, Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) and Education activities to benefit internally displaced, returnee and host communities.
• NRC’s Education Core Competency is currently implementing projects focused on support to formal education and nonformal literacy, numeracy and vocational classes including teacher training, construction of temporary learning spaces, community mobilization and training for school-based management councils with funding from ECHO, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF.
• All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs guide our actions and relationships.

Role and Responsibilities
The purpose of the Education Project Manager position is to ensure effective implementation of NRC’s education portfolio at area level, and the Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Adhering to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
• Coordinating and managing education project implementation including development of budgets and spending plans, workplans, reports and other project documentation.
• Preparing regular progress reports on activities, spending, procurement and staffing for Area Manager, Education Specialist, donors and NRC’s Regional Office.
• Managing and monitoring project budget.
• Coordinating and consulting program activities and needs with Protection, Monitoring and Evaluation, Grants, Compliance, Finance, Logistics and Human Resources Departments.
• Developing and maintaining monitoring and evaluation tools and systems to ensure project implementation quality and coherence with project design, donor requirements and NRC policies and requirements.
• Conduct regular field visits to all location in order to ensure that projects are implemented in a timely manner and adapted to local needs.
• Contributing to the development of country, area and education strategies and participating in the development of education proposals.
• Recruiting and line managing education staff and providing them with technical and administrative support.
• Carrying out training needs assessment and systematically building the capacity of education staff at area level to ensure quality implementation.
• Applying protection and prevention mechanisms in all project activities and interactions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and beneficiaries.
• Representing NRC in meetings and sector forums and coordinate with state authorities, education actors and other key stakeholders
• Supporting the Education Specialist on development of proposals, concept notes and contextualization of activities and materials.

Critical Interfaces
The Education Project Manager will interact with the following:

• Project planning and implementation: Area Managers, Education Specialist, Field Office Coordinators, Support Coordinators.
• Area operations: Area Managers and Field Office Coordinators.
• Staff capacity building: Area Managers and Education Specialist.
• Sector coordination and representation: Education in Emergencies Working Group, Borno State education authorities, beneficiary communities.
• Internal coordination: Monitoring and Evaluation, Protection, Compliance, Finance, Logistic, Grants, Communication and Human Resources.

Scale and Scope of the Position

• Staff: Direct line management of Project Officers, indirect management of Project Assistants and associated incentive staff.
• Stakeholders: Key external stakeholders include UNICEF, local MoE and SUBEB officials, partner INGOs and local NGOs, civil society, governmental bodies, community leaders, headmasters and teachers, SBMCs
• Budgets: Area level responsibility for education project budgets.
• Information: GORS data reporting, reports, project proposals, intranet, proposal budgets
• Legal or compliance: Donor guidelines relating to Education projects, NRC Terms of Employment, NRC Security policy, NRC Code of Conduct, NRC Policies, NRC security standard Operating Procedures, vendor requirements

Competencies
Professional competencies

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian, development or recovery context.
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Technical education expertise in non-formal education, youth programming.
• Development of reports, work plans, budgets, spending plans and other project planning tools.
• Experience managing staff, including remote management.
• Experience coordinating with government and sector stakeholders.
• Fluency in English, and excellent reporting writing skills.
• Candidates with university or advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection will be considered in lieu
• Experience interacting with education stakeholders at community, school, LGA and state level.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Context specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the humanitarian situation and implementation challenges in Northeast Nigeria.
• Fluency in Hausa with additional local languages preferred.
• Experience in managing projects in insecure hard-to-reach areas.

Behavioural competencies:

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments

Performance Management:
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework

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Job Identification: 3534
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Project number:  NGFX0000
Supervision of: Logistics Team Lead
Duration and type of contract: 31 December 2021

Role and Responsibilities

• The purpose of this position is to ensure effective and efficient delivery of goods and services while ensuring the NRC value for money principles are followed to the latter.

Generic Responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
• Provide anti-corruption, transparency, and cost-efficiency focus in all procurement processes
• Conduct procurement process with a focus on country and NRC regulations
• Prepare procurement documents in line with NRC procurement procedures

Specific Responsibilities

• Prepare requests for quotations and source bids & quotations in accordance with NRC procurement regulations and thresholds.
• Prepare the payment requests, while ensuring accuracy and complete supporting documents are attached.
• Maintain proper files for procurement documents (and upload all documents in Agresso)
• Ensure that all procurements are done in accordance with NRC logistics policies, procedures, and donor regulations
• Check and receive purchase requisitions and initiate the procurement process according to NRC procurement regulations and thresholds
• Ensure RFQs, are prepared and sent out within the agreed lead time
• Complete and issue purchase orders in accordance with NRC regulations.
• Check procurement documents (Bid analysis, Purchase Orders, and Payment documents, etc...) and submit them to signatories for verifications and approvals.
• Follow up with suppliers and organize for delivery of materials.
• Support the Procurement officer in Conducting regular market surveys to identify suitable and reliable suppliers and service providers
• Update and share the procurement tracker on a regular basis
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Critical Interfaces
By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Finance department
• Vendors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or it equivalent
• Experience from working as a Support Function Staff in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluent in spoken English, Hausa and any other local language

Competencies
Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organization to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

Professional Competencies:

• Experience from working as a Procurement Assistant in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Good communication in English
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Interpersonal skills, computer skills
• Compliance with NRC and donor policies, procedures, and systems which are related to Logistics

Behavioral Competencies:
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect

Performance Management:
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework

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Job Identification: 3535
Location: North East, Nigeria
Project number: NGFP0000
Job Category: Administration
Supervision of: Logistics Team Lead
Duration and type of contract: To 31 December 2021

Role and Responsibilities

• The purpose of this position is to ensure effective and efficient delivery of goods and services while ensuring NRC value for money principle are followed to the latter.

Generic Responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Responsible for the effective management of the procurement process as per the NRC regulations
• Provide anti-corruption, transparency and cost-efficiency focus in all procurement processes
• Prepare procurement documents in line with NRC procurement procedures
• Conduct market surveys and assessment and maintain a clean vendor database system
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports and sent to Logistics Team Lead
• Ensure proper filing and uploading of documents on 365

Specific Responsibilities
These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly:

• Ensure that all procurements are done in accordance with NRC logistics policies, procedures and donor regulations
• Check and receive purchase requisitions and initiate the procurement process according to NRC procurement regulations and thresholds
• Ensure RFQs, are prepared and sent out within the agreed lead time
• Complete and issue purchase orders in accordance with NRC regulations.
• Check procurement documents (Bid analysis, Purchase orders and Payment documents etc...) and submit to signatories for verifications and approvals.
• Check payment documents as per procurement checklist before submission for approvals and to finance.
• Follow up with suppliers and organize for delivery of materials.
• Conduct regular market surveys to identify suitable and reliable suppliers and service providers
• Maintain updated vendor data base at area level
• Update and share the procurement tracker on regular basis
• Submit invoices from suppliers and the relevant procurement documents to finance
• Train and supervise the procurement assistants

Critical Interfaces
By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• CCs
• Finance
• Vendors

Performance Management:
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or it equivalent
• At least 3 years Working Experience in a Similar Position
• Experience from working as a Support Function Staff in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluent in spoken English, Hausa, and any other local language

Competencies
Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

Professional Competencies:
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance:

• Experience from working as a Procurement Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Good communication in English
• Good negotiation skills
• Compliance with NRC and donor policies, procedures and systems which are related to Logistics

Behavioural Competencies:
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect