Norwegian Refugee Council Jobs in Jordan: Grant Facility Director - Middle East Office

Norwegian Refugee Council is offering a job opportunity in Amman, Jordan as an Grant Facility Director - Middle East Office. The Grant Facility Director leads the Facility and is overall responsible for both strategic direction and operational leadership. The position holder is responsible to drive advocacy of the project, manage its resources and build the capacity of the team to ensure successful strategy implementation.

• Generic Responsibilities: Regional representation towards external stakeholders and the B4PF governing bodies including for advocacy that advances B4PF objectives.
• Specific Responsibilities:

1. Strategy: Set strategic directions and the effective functioning of the facility across its three key pillars (project finance, knowledge management and technical assistance).
2. Fund Management Unit (FMU): Responsible for the recruitment and management of the Facility Management Unit (FMU).
3. Governance: Secretariat support to the Supervisory Board and Advisory Board if needed.
4. Delivery: Review and sign off on all Call for proposals (CFP) and subsequently B4PF awards.
5. Representation, Knowledge Management and Learning: Working with the MEAL Advisor, develop a Knowledge Management action plan ensuring learning is captured and transferred internally across partners and externally with relevant coordination/communities of practices.

Professional competencies

• Generic professional competencies for this position:

1. Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Senior Manager/Head of Programs/Country Director in a peacebuilding/recovery context
2. Experience in the area of bottom-up peacebuilding approaches
3. Experience managing NGO Grant Facilities
4. Effective communication, interpersonal, facilitation and diplomatic skills, including the professional credibility to provide coordination and sometimes guidance to member organizations.
5. Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
6. Fluency in English, both written and verbal, with strong writing and editing skills.

• Context/Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:

1. Prior expertise working in the MENA Region (Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Libya, Syria) is mandatory.
2. Arabic language skills are a strong advantage.
3. Prior experience working with KfW-funded projects is an advantage.

Behavioural competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, the following are essential for this position:

1. Strategic thinking
2. Coping with change
3. Managing performance and development
4. Empowering and building trust
5. Managing resources to optimize results
6. Influencing
7. Handling insecure environments

About Norwegian Refugee Council:

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. It works in crises across more than 30 countries, where it helps to save lives and rebuild futures.

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