What we are looking for:ย
A highly qualified, experienced and dynamic education professional to provide support to our teams in NRC Libya Office. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the Education program in Tripoli, while adhering to NRC's governance protocols and principles for education projects, as well as related advocacy and coordination activities. The position holder will be in charge of managing and supervising all educational activities from inception to completion.
What you will do:
- Contribute to the development of Country, Area and Education Programme strategies, initiate and participate in the development of relevant Education Programme projects.
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
- Coordinate with Area Office management to ensure the provision of Children and Youth Programming, and Basic Education activities.
- Build capacity of education teams to operationalize quality, timely and comprehensive education programming.
- Ensure the use of existing monitoring and evaluation processes with the Education team and collaborate with the Country Office to develop or streamline new Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) tools to support a responsive and effective programming approach.
- Promote increased inclusion and accessibility within all education activities.
- Support the development of NRC Education Response Strategies.
- Ensure quality control of education activities through the development and rollout of output and outcome level monitoring and evaluation tools, guidelines and procedures.
- Participation of BVA and PCM meeting to provide updates on work, spending and procurement plans.
- Assess trends and changes in the context and assess needs of children and youth in order to identify gaps in education service provision and identify ways to better assist people in need.
- Contribute to the development of the NRC education strategy and macro-log frame, theories of change, and NRC education work-plan and ensure they link to other Core Competencies.
- Oversee and is responsible of Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP) guidelines in the NRCโs related activities as per NRCโs guidelines and ensure that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.
- Ensure appropriate Financial and Logistical NRC systems/ procedures are adhered to within the Education team (including supply chain management)
- Overall budget management for all the Education projects/portfolio implemented in the Area and ensure appropriate burn-rates are maintained and that solutions to over/under expenditure are applied.
- Drawing up plans, proposals, and budgets for new projects/extensions of projects in conjunction with the relevant team, both programme and support staff.
- Provide regular progress reports to the Area Manager and the Education Specialist.
- Member of the Area Management Team for A05.
Please download theย detailed job descriptionย to learn more about the position.ย
What you will bring:
- Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Experience of working in complex and volatile contexts. Knowledge of the context in Libya is highly desirable.
- Technical education expertiseย
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile with documented results related to the positionโs responsibilities.ย
- Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing a high and diverse workload.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal (working language of office). Good knowledge of Arabic Language is an added advantage. What we offer:
- Duty station: Tripoli, Libya.
- Contract: Fixed termย 12 months (renewable based on funding)
- Travel: 40% to areas of operations.
- Salary/benefits: grade 8 on NRCโs 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.
Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC Important information about the application process
- Internal candidates only: To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity MarketPlace.
- 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.
- We receive many applications for each vacant position and so only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- We welcome applications from all eligible and interested individuals possessing the requisite work authorization or the ability to promptly obtain legal authorization for employment in Tunisia. Send in your application by latest August 25, 2024.
- If you have any questions about this role, please emailย mero.recruitment@nrc.noย 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.
NRC began operations in Libya in 2017 and has continued to scale up its operational and programming presence supporting Libyan IDPs, returnees and host communities as well as vulnerable migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Over the past year, NRC in Libya supported more than 70,000 people through education, shelter, water, sanitation, general hygiene programs, and protection in all regions of the country. NRC implements education/youth, ICLA, shelter and multi-purpose cash assistance activities across the country. NRC continues to scale up its advocacy and rapid needs assessment capacity to improve the protection environment for the most vulnerable communities in Libya and to support them in accessing durable solutions. NRC is the co-lead of the National Education and Shelter/ NFI Sector Working Groups and is an active member of the Libya INGO Forum. In support of the Libya response, NRC has 130 team members and offices in Tunis (Tunisia), Tripoli, Misrata, Ajdabiya and Benghazi (Libya). NRC is also expanding operations in Eastern Libya in response to the recent storm and floods.ย
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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
- do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
- join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
- be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.
Learn more about NRC's operations in Libyaย here. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.ย At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.ย Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโs work. We expect all employees to:ย โข treat everyone with respect and dignityย โข contribute to building a safe environment for allย โข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย โข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH