NRCย Iraq is looking for aย Head of Supportย to join theย mission. The role holder will be responsible to lead theย Support Unit having overall responsibility for ensuring that NRCโs HR, finance, logistics, administration, and ICT systems provide relevant and adequate support to NRCโs Iraq programmes. The HoS will also be responsible for designing, planning and roll out of key strategic initiatives and to monitor the implementation to measure the improvement of systems and structures. This role also includes working closely with the Country Director and Head of Programmes to support and provide recommendations for critical change management processes to ensure that NRCโs structure stays fit for purpose and value for money, in terms of having the right resources and structures to reach the objectives in our strategy. Additionally, they will play a key leadership role in the strategic planning processes, including the annual budget process, workforce planning and talent management.
**Please note for this role, applicants must be legally eligible to work in Iraq. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position. **
What You Will Do
Line management of support managers including Finance, HR & Admin, Logistics, and ICT Member of the Country Management Group (CMG) Ensuring compliance with and adherence to NRCs support focused policies, guidance, handbooks and donor/auditor requirements.ย Facilitate support functions input to the development of the Country Strategy and Plan of Actionย Provide input on operational support in proposal development, and coordinate and align operational support with programme plans.ย Responsible for ensuring quality and timely support to project implementation.ย Facilitate the Master Budget, and country-level budgets including assessing and monitoring costs and resource allocation needs.ย Responsible for the strategic development of support structures both at the Country and Area Office level in collaboration with the CMG especially the Area Managers. Providing training on technical systems, human resource capacity and allocation enabling decentralization where appropriate Responsible for the development of new and update country-specific technical SOPs, guidelines, and tools. Responsible for organisational learning related to programme support. Responsible for technical capacity building of support staffย ยWhat You Will Bring
What We Offer
Erbil, Iraqย duty station. Until 31st December (Renewable, NRC Contracts run Jan- Dec yearly pending funding and performance). 25%ย travel, approximatelyย country wide Seniorย Gradeย 11ย in NRCโs Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Female candidates are strongly encouraged toย apply andย join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying
We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review theย full Job Description here. Learn more aboutย NRCโs operation in Iraqย here. Please note for this role applicants must be legally eligible to work in Iraq. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position. Apply by completing all the system-required fieldsย of your employment history, experience, responsibilities, and education in your application. Please ensure you attach your academic and professional certifications. Ensure toย attach your latest CV. Submit your application and CVย in English. When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport. 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. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted. For any queries, please email us atย mero.recruitment@nrc.noย with โHead of Support, Erbil- Iraqโ as the subject line.Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization 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. Watch this short videoย to see NRC in action. Learn more about NRC 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.