Job Description
Job Description
- Localisation experts are responsible for the achievement of NORCAP’s localisation strategy in their countries of deployment.
- This includes organisational capacity strengthening of NORCAP Local and National Actor partners in governance and other areas; supporting the participation of Local and National in coordination and decision making structures; encouraging country structures to adopt a more systematic and coordinated approach to localisation and ensuring NORCAP plays a relevant and leading role within this area
- As a Localisation (and organisational development) expert, you will work as part of a small country team with the Lake Chad countries, also including a Gender (and organisational development) Expert, and the regional project team including experts in other countries.
- You will also be part of the wider NORCAP Localisation Community of Practice, within the Humanitarian Response and Resilience department.
Responsibilities
Specific Areas of Responsibility:
- Enabling Participation and Coordination by Local and National Actor partners
- Development and delivery of a capacity strengthening programme
- Leadership, Governance and Advocacy
- Accountability, Learning and Compliance
- Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER)
- Financial management
Qualifications
- Master's Degree and/or equivalent work experience and skills, particularly in the engaging and working with civil society groups in different countries and contexts.
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience within the humanitarian, development, or peacebuilding sectors within national/international NGOs, UN bodies or Government institutions.
- Documented results within organisational development within a humanitarian or development organisation.
- Experience from strategy work, fundraising, project management or advocacy.
- Demonstrable professional knowledge of the humanitarian / development / peacebuilding sectors at both policy and operational level and results related to the post’s responsibilities.
- Demonstrable experience with planning, initiating, implementing, and managing projects in the relevant sector.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Fluency and proficient writing skills in English for all countries and French is required for Francophone countries.