About the Job
The Field Office Manager position provides operational leadership and coordination of NRC’s activities at field office level. The FM is responsible for ensuring efficient, secure, and accountable management of the programmes and support functions in the designated field office. The position oversees the operations of the field office including staff management, support and programme coordination, external engagement and representation.
- What you will do
1. Line management responsibilities for directly reporting staff. This includes:
- Performance management process: setting clear goals aligned to country strategy and priorities, and to follow up and support staff’s achievement.
- Responsible for key processes as workforce planning, recruitment, staff induction and development and ensure Duty of Care for own staff
- Provide field-specific analysis and inputs on Area Office strategies.
- Lead and maintain effective communication, coordination, and collaboration with key external stakeholders at the field level, including communities, local authorities, and humanitarian actors.
- Represent NRC in any external stakeholder engagement at field-level, in line with the delegation from the Area Manager.
- Ensure effective coordination and information flow between programme and support teams in the field office and with the Area Office.
- Responsible for field office resources, including budget holder responsibilities for field office budget lines (programme and support), procurement and asset management.
- Ensure timely, efficient, and quality implementation of operations at field level, in line with NRC policies and procedures.
About You
Generic Professional Competencies
- Technical expertise within WASH, Shelter, Education, Cash and Markets, Livelihood and Food Security, Protection or any other relevant technical field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a senior level project implementation and managerial position, preferably in a humanitarian/recovery context, partnerships, civil society strengthening and/or legal assistance projects
- Experience in the field of law and forced displacement
- Project cycle management skills
- Team management experience
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
- Leadership skills
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Experience in complex and volatile humanitarian contexts
- Experience in coordination, inter-agency coordination, representation and facilitation
- Strong understanding of both support functions (Finance, Logistics, etc.) and programme implementation
- Professional level in English, both written and verbal
Context related skills, knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of the Afar Context
- Experience with ICLA, WASH, Shelter, Livelihood and Food Security and Education
- Knowledge and/or experience of the legal and judicial context of Ethiopia is highly desirable
- Experience working in complex politically humanitarian context
- Knowledge of the displacement and Humanitarian context in Afar Ethiopia
- Experience of working with donors (EHF, ECHO, NMFA, SIDA, GFFO, etc.)
- Experience of working in consortia
- Advocacy experience
- Cultural sensitivity
Behavioural competencies
- Communication with impact and respect
- Empowering and building trust
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Managing resources to optimize results.
- Working with people
- Build meaningful relations
- Act with integrity
- Empower people
- Deliver results
Requirement Skill
Ability to work under pressure and meet targets
More Information
- Address Semera
- Qualification BA/BSc
