Head of Programme Nigeria at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

What we are looking for 

• The purpose of the Head of Programme position is to develop and ensure implementation of holistic high-quality programmes.
• In this role you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Country Office’s programme portfolio, ensuring that projects and interventions are effectively designed, implemented, monitored, and aligned with the organization’s mission, strategy, and donor requirements.
• Additionally, you will be responsible for driving programme quality, impact, accountability, and growth while ensuring efficient use of resources and compliance with organizational policies.

What you will do 

• In collaboration with the Programme Unit, lead the development of the Country Office fundraising strategy. This includes the mapping of donor policy and priorities and their alignment with NRC’s programmatic and advocacy goals.
• Lead the development and implementation of NRC’s partnership strategy in Nigeria, ensuring effective collaboration with national and international partners, strengthening partner capacity, and promoting principled, equitable partnerships in line with NRC’s partnership framework.
• Responsible for contributing to the development and implementation of country strategy.
• Responsible for the coherence and quality of core competency programmatic input to all relevant processes and documents;
• Responsible for strengthening our collaboration with other actors through building and strengthening networks, cooperation and implementing partnerships
• Responsible for ensuring sound and timely grants management through NRC’s Project Cycle Management (PCM) framework and in line with donor requirements and best practice.
• Responsible for ensuring consistency and promoting synergy between programme and support units
• Acting Country Director (CD) when delegated

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (programme management, business or a social science related). An advanced academic qualification will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience from a senior management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context with responsibility for programme and/or project management
• Experience in NRC Core Competency programming is an asset.
• Experience of working on, coordinating or leading consortia or other forms of partnership implementation.
• Experience in MEAL systems and approaches, and accountability mechanisms and frameworks.
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal and excellent drafting skills.

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the Central and West Africa context and crisis;
• Experience with start-up, scale-up projects, emergency and early recovery contexts.
• Experience of mainstreaming evidence-based approaches to programme quality throughout the project cycle.
• Experience of working in integrated programmes.
• Knowledge of donor landscape, priorities and conditions.
• Effective team building, cross-cultural communication and conflict resolution skills;
• Experience in the design and delivery of team capacity strengthening, including remote coaching, mentoring and training.

Behavioural competencies:

• Strategic thinking.
• Initiating action and change.
• Empowering and building trust.
• Managing resources to optimize results.
• Handling insecure environments.
• Deliver Results
• Act with Integrity.