Job Opportunity at Norwegian Refugee Council - Education Project Manager (Tanzania) - Internal

 *This position is open to internal applicants only*

The purpose of the Project Manager is to be responsible to develop and implement Education programme/project in Tanzania.


Duties and responsibilities

Generic responsibilities

  • Develop the Education Minimum standards – technical SOPs / guidelines
  • Contribute to the development of Integrated and Education strategies, initiate and participate in the development of relevant Education projects
  • Coordinate and manage education project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
  • Develop and manage Education project budgets
  • Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projects
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and assess new and better ways to provide assistance
  • Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
  • Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums/cluster/working groups.
  • Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, CC tools, handbooks and guidelines
  • Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities

  • Coordinate and lead on the different Education consortium and partnerships (Norcap, Babawatoto, Right to Play)
  • Develop and maintain strong coordination at national and area level with key education actors (Save the Children, IRC, Plan International Unicef, UNHCR) to develop joint programming
  • Lead on the AEP curriculum revision
  • Develop a Youth Strategy for NRC Tanzania

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Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian context
  • Experience from working in refugee context
  • Technical Education expertise – strategy, development, coordination
  • Management experience
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal

 Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

  • Knowledge of the context in Tanzania
  • Experience with curriculum revision
  • Personal qualities
  • Managing resources to optimize results
  • Managing performance and development
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Handling insecure environments


We can offer

Contract period: 12 months, renewable subject to availability of funds.

Fee: From NOK 45,000. Attractive allowances apply

Duty station: Kibondo

Travel: up to 50%.

The deadline for submitting the application is September 22, 2020

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