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• Formulate strategies for Education
  programme
• Keenly monitor the Education projects and
  ensure high technical quality and synergies
• Prepare/verify proposals related to this
  sector
• Tasked with the evaluation, review and
  quality control of ongoing and completed projects
• Identify trends in conditions/standards
  and donor priorities and assess better ways to assist
• Responsible for training and development
  of staff
• Ensure adherence to the CC tools and
  handbooks and other NRC policies
• Build partnerships in the humanitarian
  community and coordinate with authorities at regional and ministry level
• Responsible for providing CC contextual
  analysis and needs assessment as input to Country Strategy and Contingency
  Plan
• Accountable for development of CC
  strategies and CC Macro LFAs
• Accountable for ensuring programme M&E
  according to NRCs standards
• Lead local partners’ assessment, selection
  and capacity building
• Responsible for development of funding
  forecasts for country programme and grants management calendar, including
  maintaining a schedule for donor reporting and compilation of narrative
  and financial donor reports
• Accountable for grants opening and closure
  meetings at country level
• Funding Possibilities –advise AM on
  funding possibilities
• Accountable for development of grants
  proposals and budgets
• In-country representation of NRC
• Promote the rights of IDPs/refugees in
  line with the advocacy strategy
• Line management of project coordinators,
  M&E staff and other senior program staff

• The applicant for the Norwegian Refugee
  Council (NRC) Education Specialist job opportunity should hold post
  graduate qualifications in Project Planning and Management or M&E with
  a bachelor’s degree in Education or other related field
• At least five years’ experience from
  working as a senior Project Manager/Programme Manager in a humanitarian/
  recovery context
• Previous experience from working in
  complex and volatile humanitarian contexts
• Documented results related to the
  position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership
  skills/profile
• Knowledge and experience of humanitarian
  context in East Africa
• Experience in partnership and capacity
  building
• Documented results in advocacy work for
  refugees or IDPs
• Broader understanding of the Education
  Core Competence
• Possess a Valid driver’s license
• Skilled in managing resources to optimize
  results
• Experience in managing performance and
  development
• Skilled in empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments
• Fluency in both written and verbal English

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