Vacancies at Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

As a Member of the Fighting Inequality Community of Practice, you will be expected to actively contribute to the FI dialog at HQ and engage with the FI team at NCA HQ, with a view of creating greater synergy for strengthening FI building programming, efforts and approach.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Provide guidance on Fighting Inequality advocacy strategic programme planning and implementation, ensure timely and high-quality donor and internal reporting; ensure implementation of NCA APA Strategy.
• In collaboration with the Global Lead on Fighting Inequality, coordinate and provide technical guidance to NCA country offices’ FI and advocacy programmes.
• Under the leadership of the head of programme, together with the head of finance, provide budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with NCA and donor requirements.
• In collaboration with the Global Lead on Fighting Inequality, coordinate and support country programmes in drafting concept papers, project proposals and budgets in line with the approved programme strategy.
• Under the oversight of the Programme Director and Head of Programmes, ensure that NCA maintains excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders.
• Support local, national and regional advocacy initiatives and link them to global advocacy processes, particularly related to the human rights in extractives (Alternative Mining indaba), advocacy campaigns for tax and ebt justice as well as advocacy iniatiatives to promote civic space.

Qualifications And Requirements

• University Degree development studies or social science (or any other equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in advocacy strategy planning, campaigning and programme implementation
• Strong advocacy and communication skills, with ability to meet deadlines.
• Technical skills in Fighting Inequality programming and advocacy.
• Advanced skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Teams, Project management tools
• Experience in providing capacity building for staff and partners
• He/she must have good knowledge of Humanitarian standards and principles including Do No Harm, SPHERE, Child Protection and Core Humanitarian Standards on accountability.

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As a member of the Peacebuilding Community of Practice, you will be expected to actively contribute to the peace building dialog at HQ and engage with the peacebuilding team at NCA HQ, with a view of creating greater synergy for strengthening peace building programming, efforts and approach.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Under the oversight of the Head of programmes, ensure that cross-cutting issues (gender, accountability, conflict sensitivity, environment) are mainstreamed in programme design, implementation, monitored and reported on, and that NCA APA follows up on NCA’s commitment to CHS.
• Coordinate and support partners institutional and organisational capacity
• Under the leadership of the head of programme, together with the head of finance, provide budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with NCA and donor requirements.
• Coordinate with and support country programmes in drafting concept papers, project proposals and budgets in line with the approved programme strategy.
• Contribute towards maintaining and developing excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders.
• Support and link up the different programmes’ advocacy initiatives

Qualifications And Requirements

• University Degree development studies or social science (or any other equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in peacebuilding programme implementation
• Strong peacebuilding and communication skills, with ability to meet deadlines.
• Technical skills in Peacebuilding and advocacy.
• Advanced skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Teams, Project management tools
• Experience in providing capacity building for staff and partners
• He/she must have good knowledge of Humanitarian standards and principles including Do No Harm, SPHERE, Child Protection and Core Humanitarian Standards on accountability.