(Re-Advertisement) – Area Support Manager, Dnipro-Ukraine

Background

The Norwegian Refugee Council has been present in Ukraine since 2014, helping more than 700,000 people with food, shelter, water, sanitation, and legal assistance. Rapid change of situation in February 2022 during which whole Ukraine became affected by the conflict required significant scale-up of emergency programmes.

Today NRC is providing support to people affected by armed conflict and those fleeing in search of safety.

Prior to the escalation in armed conflict in February, NRC’s operations focused on government-controlled areas (GCA) of the Donbas Region (Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts). With the temporary relocation of NRC’s staff and operations to Central and Western Ukraine, NRC will continue to support populations in the East with emergency, life-saving food, NFI and emergency shelter assistance to people trapped in hot zones. In the West, NRC established a temporary national HUB in the Ivano-Frankivska region and is establishing area offices in Ternopil and Dnipro. Additionally, NRC is planning to establish field offices in Lviv and Mokachevo. The Western response will focus on assisting people on the move with cash and ICLA services and provide multi-sectoral support to key transit points. The Eastern response will initially focus on procurement and delivery of food and key relief items to Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.

We are seeking highly qualified, resilient, dynamic professionals to respond to Ukraine crisis and support people in Ukraine and refugees in the neighbouring host countries.

Your passion, skills, and experience can make a big difference.

Duties & Responsibilities

The purpose of the Support Manager is to coordinate the support functions at a large Area Office and off-load the Area Manager on support functions.

Below is a summary responsibilities, please download Job Descriptionfor further details.

1. Line management for support staff such as Finance, HR & Admin and Logistics/ICT
2. Member of the Area Management Group
3. Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and handbooks, and donor/auditor requirements
4. Provide input on operational support to the Area Plan of Action, and to coordinate and align operational support with program plans at Area level
5. Responsible for ensuring quality support to project implementation
6. Facilitate Area Support Budget, area-level budgets, including support cost
7. Responsible for developing regular reports on Area level to Country Office and AM
8. Responsible for implementation of new country-specific technical SOPs, guidelines and tools in Area (HR, Logistic/ICT, and Finance)
9. Facilitate training for program staff on finance, logistics and HR procedures
10. Responsible for technical capacity building of support staff (HR, Logistic/ICT, and Finance)

Skills & Experience

• Experience from working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the Humanitarian context in the region.
• Human resources management and logistics administration.
• Some experience working with donors and cooperation agencies is an asset.
• Budget management, monitoring, and follow-up on projects.
• Proven experience in using MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).

How to apply

Please submit your application by following this link

What We Offer

• Duty Station: Dnipro,Ukraine
• Unaccompanied contract
• Travel: 30%
• Contract: 12 months
• Salary: Grade 8 According to NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including R&R.

NRC is very grateful to those who have responded thus far and continue to heed to our calls for support. This is going a long way in addressing the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns currently affecting the people of Ukraine.

Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. Due to large response, NRC will not provide feedback to those candidates who do not meet criteria and/or not follow the application process.