South Sudan: Consortium Manager

The Norwegian Refugee Council in South Sudan is looking for a Consortium Manager to provide overall management of the Consortium Management Unit (CMG). This is a unique and varied role that will be responsible for oversight of the programme including M&E, accountability, finance, coordination and representation.

Responsibilities:

· Management: Provide overall managements of the Consortium Management Unit.

· Monitoring: responsible for the standardization of M&E data, data quality and analysis, feedback mechanisms and protection and inclusion mainstreaming. Manage market, labour and attitudinal baseline, mid-term and end evaluation.

· Accountability: quality control and ensuring accountability of sub-partners.

· Coordination with stakeholders: develop strong relationships with stakeholders, facilitate start-up and consortium meetings, ensure joint field missions, provide updates and communications to the donor.

· Financial coordination: budget monitoring, review of cash forecasts; management of cash requests, fund transfers to partners and the civil society funding mechanism (grant awards).

· Management of project documents: support the establishment and management of a system for consolidation of financial, reporting, donor and project documents.

· External representation: represent the consortium members during external meetings, with local authorities, and other fora.

· Training: organize and facilitate training or workshops for consortium staff members.

· Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

Qualifications and Experience

· Minimum First Level University Degree/BA in relevant field, preferably Economic and Social studies, International Development

· Minimum 5 years of humanitarian experience across multiple contexts, with at least 2 years’ experience of youth programmes

· At least 3 years’ experience managing multi-million (EURO) projects;

· Experience in consortium management or extensive involvement in a consortium, with a multi-year duration

· Experience developing training tools, manuals, information management systems for humanitarian action and accountability to affected people

· Self-motivated, confident communicator and public speaker, with experience in giving briefings and presentations.

· Strong inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently

· Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making

· Fluency in English, both written and verbal

· Experience or knowledge of South Sudan context, preferred

Personal Qualities

· Good communication and interpersonal skills

· Strong organisational skills and ability to work well in teams

· Good cultural awareness and sensitivity

· Highly approachable, trustworthy and confidential

· Advanced English Language level (Business English is a plus)

· Knowledge of the NGO operations and the dynamics of the humanitarian sector is a plus

· Good level of proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis (SPSS preferred)

· Proven presentation, training and facilitation skills

We Offer:

· Contract period: 24 months with possibility of extension

· Salary benefits: According to NRC’s general directions

· Duty station: Juba, with frequent visits to field sites

· NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

To apply, please visit out website: www.nrc.no/vacancies