Education Project Manager/Education Project Manager in Norwegian Refugee Council / NRC

Croatian Refugee Council (NRC)is an independent humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in 1946. We provide assistance, protect the rights and contribute to solving the problems of refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons affected by armed conflict.  NRC began its activities in Ukraine at the end of 2014, supporting people affected by the conflict in the east of the country. We are now increasing our efforts in Ukraine and neighboring countries to provide assistance to people forced to flee their homes due to war. 

We are looking for Training Project Manager to the main office in the country, which will support our team in Kyiv.

General duties:
- Promoting the development of country, district and CC strategies, participating in the development of relevant CC projects.
- Coordinating and managing the implementation of projects in the field of education (educational activities in emergency situations, procurement and project documentation) in accordance with proposals, strategies and requirements of donors.
- Development and management of the project budget in cooperation with the education coordinator and other CC.
- Providing regular progress reports to the Program Manager and CC Specialist.
- Ensuring that projects are aimed at the most needy recipients, research and evaluation of new and better ways to help.
- Establishing communication and cooperation with relevant local authoritiesand other key parties.
- Promote the rights of internally displaced persons/returnees in accordance with the strategy of promoting interests.
- Actively promote the standards and principles of PES (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) within the NRC and among recipients of NRC services.
- Ensuring that projects are directed to the most needy recipients, research and evaluation of new and better ways of assistance.

Specific duties:
- Scaling up the educational response at the regional level under the technical guidance of an education specialist.
- Identifying new opportunities for programs, synergies with other CCs and partnerships.
- Implementation of technical guidance and ensuring high technical quality of projects.
- Ensuring the quality of programs and implementation of the NRC Safe and Inclusive Schools Program, guaranteeing the integration of gender and protective aspects, safety criteria and inclusive programming.
- Creation and management of educational projects at the regional level, in particular, taking into account all NRC work areas: non-formal education, formal education
- Providing leadership and support to the education team.
- Management of line activities and provision of professional development of project personnel and transfer of key skills.  Adherence to NRC policies and procedures.
- Support the development of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, ensuring the implementation of M&E and active coordination to ensure monitoring exercises and accurate data collection and reporting.
- Initiating and conducting new education-related assessments at the regional level in collaboration with other CC project managers to ensure synergies and multi-sectoral responses.

< strong style="font-weight: 700">2. Competencies
- At least 3 years of experience in the position of implementing projects at the highest level in humanitarian context.
- Experience of working in difficult and unstable conditions.
- Technical expertise on education issues and understanding of minimum education standards.
- Управління командою - досвід в побудові команди.
- Навички письмового звітування - включаючи аналіз.
- Документовані результати, пов'язані з відповідальністю за посаду.
- Вільне володіння англійською мовою, як письмово, так і усно.
- Дійсне водійське посвідчення.
- Experience in the formation and scaling of education in emergency situations, including assessment, development of response strategies.
< span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal">- Experience working with local authorities, host communities and displaced persons.
- Experience in using ICT tools in conducting assessments, analysis, documentation and reporting.

We offer:
- Official employment, employment contract until the end of the year with the possibility of extension.
- Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the employment conditions of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
- Health insurance.
- Courses English language.
- 24 working days of vacation.
- Working hours 9.00-17.00.

The deadline for submitting applications is up to June 6, 2024. NRC may review a candidate's application before the announcement deadline, so interested candidates are encouraged to submit their resume as early as possible.

We only contact candidates who were included in the "short list" of applicants based on the selection results.

We reserve the right, at our own discretion, to stop this competition at any time what a moment.

Detailed job description can be found at link

Applications are accepted only through site to 31.05.2024