Regional Programme Director Central & Eastern Europe (Internal Only)

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 12 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 12 (NRC) contracts.

Background

This is a six-month gap filling interim position, focused on the continued development and establishment of a Regional response to the Ukraine crisis.

NRC has recently set up a regional office based out of Warsaw to support the country operations in the region. The Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office (CEERO) will ensure a centralised structure in proximity to the crisis and will provide coordinated support, management, advice and oversight to the country operations.

Role and responsibilities

The Regional Programme Director in the Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office is responsible for leading and coordinating programme support to NRC operations in the region. This includes overall responsibility for programme development and strategic vision in the region promoting learning and cost-conscious culture. The Regional Programme Director has the overall responsibility to develop and ensure good partnership relations. This will be fulfilled through the following:

Responsibilities

1. Capitalise on regional opportunities and experiences to further strengthen and develop NRC’s programmes in the region
2. Ensure donor relations are well managed and utilized to a maximum and further explore potential new donor opportunities within the region
3. Serve as the focal point for input of relevant content to the Region’s annual and triannual reports
4. Serve as the Region’s focal point to the Head Office (HO) Global Programme Section, and the HO Partnership and Policy Department on Programme related issues
5. Oversee the timely recruitment of Programme Department staff
6. Liaise with CDs and Country Offices’ Heads of Programme to ensure effective and constructive communication between related functions and COs
7. Manage performance and staff development of the Department’s members with reference to Unit’s ToRs
8. Ensure that Heads of Unit are accountable for results
9. Ensure implementation of, and, adherence to NRC’s global policies and initiatives relevant to the Regional Programme Department in strict cooperation with the Regional Head of Compliance
10. In cooperation with the Regional Support Director, explore and create synergies between country offices related to programmatic support and development
11. Identify, develop and coordinate regional resource mobilisation opportunities
12. Contribute to increase the profile of NRC as a leading humanitarian organisation in the region
13. Foster solid working relationships with key staff within the regional donor community and other relevant stakeholders
14. Provide technical support and strengthen capacities on specific programmatic aspects
15. Upon request, deputize for the NRC Ukraine Response Regional Director

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What We Are Looking For

• Minimum 7 years of relevant leadership/management experience within the humanitarian field
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience in Programme management
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the context in the Central and Eastern Europe; command of languages spoken in the region will be an asset
• Experience with country office start-up, exit, emergency response, nexus and durable solutions programming
• Experience in change management is desirable

What We Offer

• Duty Station: Warsaw (Poland), travel 25%. Specific remote locations may be considered.
• Contract: 6 month fixed-term
• NRC’s Salary Scale: NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package

This is an internal vacancy, NRC will only accept applications from NRC staff and/or former NRC staff within the past 2 years

NRC will review candidates on ongoing basis. Interested candidates are recommended to apply early.