Program Development Manager

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.
NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency, food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours, notice when a crisis occurs
We are looking for a: Program Development Manager (PDM) for our Information, Counseling and Legalassistance (ICLA) program in Mali/ Burkina Faso.
The purpose of the ICLA PDM position is to be responsible design, develop and implement the ICLA program in Mali/ Burkina Faso.
Mali nationals are encouraged to apply
The ICLA PDM reports to the Area Manager.
Job description
Lead the development of proposals and budgets and reporting for all ICLA projects in Mali
Develop ICLA strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro LFAs
Management and capacity building of project staff
Coordinate and manage ICLA project implementation
Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders
Actively participate in the ICLA cluster and other relevant coordination mechanisms
Qualifications
Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Technical CC ICLA expertise
Fluency in French and English, both written and verbal
Experience in land ‘s right and / or civil documentation
Legal experience a value added
Previous experience in Mali or similar context a value added
Flexible and hard working
Personal qualities
Managing resources to optimize results
Managing performance and development
Empowering and building trust
Handling insecure environments
Working with People
Analysing
Initiating action and change
All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and thefour organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable
Language
French
English
Deadline for application: March 29, 2016
Key info:
Advertiser: Norwegian Refugee Council
To apply: www.nrc.no/vacancies
Ref. nr.: 2997234164
Full time
Search criteria:
Location: Mali
Industry: Emergency Relief
Special field:
Protection / Human Rights
Information, Counselling &Legal AssistanceCoordination
Role: Middle / line manager
Job location:Bamako/Mali
Contact info: Kathinka Devold Kjellsen:Regional HR Adviser(+47) 97508058
We offer
Commencement: June 2016
Contract period: 16 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions
Duty station: GAO with travel to other field offices. GAO is a non-family duty station.
International staff members are required to live in joint accommodation.
Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start
Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the « Company name » field for both company and location