Education Project Manager Afghanistan Kandahar

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contracts.

We are looking for an internal national Education Project Manager to join our team in Kandahar, Afghanistan

What you will do:-

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

• Set-up, implements, coordinates, and expands the Education project.
• Ensure that NRC anti-corruption guidelines lines are enforced
• Direct management responsibility on budget and activities implementation related to ECE and EiE.
• Coordinate with Logistic department procurement and delivery of materials.
• Directly supervise and build the capacity of the national staff in the Education projects
• Liaise with the Department of Education, Department of Labor and Social Affairs, Department of Economy and other relevant authorities and stakeholders at the district and provincial level
• Represent NRC in UN and Government forums related to Education
• Liaise with UN and other NGOS working in the area.
• Ensures correct implementation of NRC security policy in the office by Education team members
• Identify and develop project training and teaching materials for ECE and EiE
• Identify and build the capacity of local partners for implementation of the project
• Advocate for the rights of project beneficiaries and displaced people in general and particularly the right to education
• Prepare donor report, proposals and budgets in collaboration with the Education Specialist and Area Manager as needed.
• Prepare regular reports on the project development and achievements.
• Coordinate closely with other CC-PMs and facilitate integrated programming
• Implement efficient monitoring and evaluation systems - monitor and ensure quality control of the entire project, travel regularly to project sites to ensure that all education activities are conducted in accordance with NRC policy, norms and standards.
• Other task as assigned by Area Manager or Education CC Specialist

What you will bring:-

• 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 Education expertise
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:

• University degree/ Certification/ Diploma within Education / Management/ Development. Master is an asset
• Experience in Education in Emergencies is an advantage
• Strong management skills, including personnel and financial management
• Experience in capacity building and training of staff
• Experience of proposal and report writing
• Experience in logistics and administrative management
• Experience of coordination and advocacy work
• Political and cultural awareness and experience of working where insecurity is an issue
• Strong analytical thinking skills (qualitative and qualitative)
• Advanced computer skills

We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please view the full Job description here

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Please note:

• Kindly submit your CV and application in English and include your full name as written in your passport.
• Please include all relevant employment history and education when completing your application. Uploaded CV's will not be considered.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

What we provide:

• Type of contract: Fixed term contract.
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC salary scale, terms and conditions.
• Duty station: Kandahar - Afghanistan
• Travel: As dictated by the needs of the job from time to time

If you meet most, but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply so that we may consider what you have to offer.

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