Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) is a Consortium of national and international organizations whose objective is to support and guide vulnerable communities in Somalia in building their resilience capacities, in their own ways. The Consortium was created in 2013 and is now implementing projects funded by three different donors, in more than ten regions of Somalia.NRC, the lead agency of the Consortium, is looking for a Project Manager to join the team as a member of the Consortium Management Unit (CMU). The position will be based in Nairobi, with 40% travel to Somalia.
Job description
Work with the Consortium Programme Manager and the Programme Management Group (PMG) in coordinating project implementation
Take the lead in developing and scaling a framework for the early warning action system and crisis modifier components of the project
Support the BRCiS Programme Manager in development of strategic Consortium partnerships, and specific learning partnerships
Line manage of BRCiS Project Coordinator and Health & Nutrition Manager
Ensure capacity building of staff and transfer key skills
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders such as donors, consortium members, local civil society organisations, private sector, etc
Ensure narrative reports, regular programme updates, and ad-hoc requests for information adhere to donor requirements, are high quality, and are produced on time.
Work closely with the communications and advocacy manager on providing programme content for all media publications and to develop and disseminate technical-advocacy pieces to donors and external stakeholders
Support the BRCiS Programme Manager and the M&E Manager in defining and supporting the Consortium learning agenda
Facilitate learning through reviews of progress against bench marks, collecting lessons learnt and best practices and facilitating dissemination of the same across the region
Work closely with the Consortium Members to ensuring successful integration and implementation of health and nutrition activities in the resilience interventions, as well as mainstreaming nutrition sensitivity throughout the project.
Take the lead in identifying and documenting best practices, lessons learnt and relevant human interest stories for publication and dissemination
Represent BRCiS at coordination meetings, relevant cluster meetings and other emerging response working groups.
Monitor and ensure programme quality; and contribute to the development of a monitoring, evaluation and learning framework to track progress and results
Work closely with the M&E Manager and M&E team to build programme capacity to roll-out a shock-based measurement framework that measures changes in resilience capacities linked to well-being indicators
Qualifications
Minimum first level university/bachelors degree in international relations, business, economics or related field.
5 years’ experience in humanitarian/development aid in complex and/or insecure environments, preferably in East/Horn of Africa.
Excellent report and proposal writing skills in English language.
Experience in interpreting data and writing reports to a rigorous technical standard.
Excellent English language communication skills – negotiation, networking, influencing, public speaking and facilitating workshops at different levels.
Ability to work closely with field based national staff and experience in various staff training and development approaches
Strong planning, monitoring and organizational skills with good knowledge of the use of logical and result-based monitoring and evaluation frameworks;
Ability to write high quality concept notes and technical sections for donor proposals
Knowledge of the context of Somalia, highly desirable
Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, multi-country disaster preparedness, response and recovery programming.
Experience with project development
Experience with Consortium coordination
Experience in resource mobilisation and working with various donors and conversant with their technical frameworks and strategies
Experience in advocacy work, highly desirable
Personal qualities
Able to initiate action, culturally sensitive and cope with change
Ability to work under pressure and with limited supervision
Able to present and represent an organisation
Flexible and creative, confident in taking initiatives and exploring new opportunities
Commitment to continuous learning and willingness to keep abreast of new developments in the disaster management field
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
We offer
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
Travel: 40% travel to Somalia
Contract Duration: 24 months
Salary & Benefits: NRC offers a competitive compensation package
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activity. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
