As part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, NORCAP solves challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors in order to better protect lives and rights of people in vulnerable situations. We build partnerships, promote more effective ways of working and provide skilled experts to develop capacity. Since 1991 NORCAP has provided expertise to approximately 10,000 missions across the globe.

We work with and through our partners to address challenges via three core activities:

We develop partnerships with regional and global organisations and national stakeholders. We believe working together in a coordinated and sustainable manner is the best way to reduce needs, risks and vulnerability over time.
We seek and promote more effective ways of working at the global level and in the field. Our aim is not only to reduce needs, but also to create choice and opportunity for vulnerable people.
We deploy skilled experts to develop our partner's capacity. Given their independence from agendas and interests of the organisations they are deployed to, our experts are well placed to identify and address challenges, improve collaboration and encourage new and innovative approaches.

In NORCAP, we have a wide range of ongoing projects and programmes within various areas in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors.

As a Lead Project Manager, you will be the line manager for NORCAP’s PM pool and report to the Head of the Organisational Development Unit. You will also be responsible for delivering project(s) within the approved project mandate to achieve the objectives in a timely, cost-efficient, quality focused manner.

You will work within the team structure in the department. This includes being part of and/or coordinate relevant teams with collective responsibilities for delivering on projects, as defined in team mandates and social contracts.

We are searching for one candidate with:

Relevant higher education
Experience as line manager
Demonstrated professional experience in maintaining and developing partner and donor relations
Demonstrated professional knowledge of the humanitarian sector and/or development settings at both policy and operational level
Demonstrated professional knowledge with Project Management, preferably project management certification (Prince2, PMP or other project management certifications)
Professional experience from working with Results Based Project Cycle Management
Proven experience in grants management and donor compliance including financial and narrative reporting to donors
Demonstrated experience with initiating, planning, and executing projects in the relevant sector
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Fluency and proficient writing skills in English, and professional level Norwegian (oral)
In-dept knowledge about NORCAP and the NORCAP PM role is an asset

Responsibilities include:

Overall leadership and line management for the Project Managers in NORCAP, including resource planning and performance management.
Accountable for planning, delegating, monitoring and control of the project to achieve the objectives within the following parameters: time, cost, quality, scope, benefits, and risk. More specifically, this involves i.e.:
Overseeing and quality assure donor compliance
Accountable for the monthly financial forecast for selected projects
Responsible for appropriate archiving of agreements and other project documentation following NORCAP standard operating procedures.
Ensure that the selected projects are following the NORCAP Project Playbook and all other relevant NORCAP/NRC policies.
Manage the project, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action when necessary.
Ensure effective communication to the donor of progress, results, and impact, in close collaboration with the Thematic Manager.
Ensure coordination and follow-up of project activities in relation to other ongoing activities relevant to the project.

We can offer:

We can offer a strongly committed, challenging and international work environment in a large, world-renowned humanitarian organisation.
The position is a full-time, permanent position at our Head Office in modern locations in central Oslo.
Salary by agreement, good pension and insurance schemes.

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.

For more information about the role, please contact: Trude Bruun Thorstensen, Head of Unit Organizational Development NORCAP, NRC / [email protected]

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: nrc.no