Project Manager BRCiS Somalia Mogadishu - Norwegian Refugee Council
Norwegian Refugee Council
Mogadishu, Somalia
7 months ago
Deadline Mar 17, 2024
Females are highly encouraged to apply.
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 multiple humanitarian and development donors, in more than ten regions of Somalia. All projects are managed by BRCiS' independent Consortium Management Unit (CMU) responsible for coordinating implementation of all consortium activities across consortium Members (including ACF, Concern Worldwide, GREDO, the IRC, KAALO, NRC and Save the Children) and additional local, downstream implementing partners.
The BRCiS Project Manager, Resilient Livelihoods will be contracted through NRC, the consortium lead agency, but will sit within the BRCiS' independent Consortium Management Unit (CMU) responsible for coordinating implementation of all consortium activities across consortium Members and additional local, downstream implementing partners. The Project Manager, Resilient Livelihoods will be assigned a dedicated portfolio of projects that he/she will be responsible for managing. These projects adopt market-based approaches to supporting vulnerable households in rural and peri-urban locations to secure more resilient livelihoods and thereby strengthen their broader market systems.
Key objectives for this role include:
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Professional competencies and experience for this position:
Important information about the application process
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.
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The drought situation in Somalia has deteriorated rapidly and intensified much earlier than seen over the last decade. Life-saving assistance is urgently needed to halt further internal displacement.
Our emergency teams are on the ground responding to the ever-increasing needs. We target those who have been forced to flee with our activities, from building shelters to tackling agricultural challenges, and enabling them to acquire new skills that can increase their resilience to shocks in the future.
We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Experience: 5 Years
Job Type: Full-time
Category: Management
Qualifications: Applicable degree in international relations, business, economics or related field.
Headquarters: Oslo, Norway
Industries: NGO
Email: nrc@nrc.no
Website: www.nrc.no
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