Head of Programme
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is recruiting a Head of Programme to be based in Abuja, Nigeria. This full-time role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the country office's programme portfolio, ensuring projects are effectively designed, implemented, monitored, and aligned with NRC's mission, strategy, and donor requirements. The position also covers grants management, fundraising strategy, partnership development, and acting as Country Director when delegated.
- Strategic leadership role overseeing NRC Nigeria's full programme portfolio
- Based in Abuja with full-time employment
- Responsible for grants management, fundraising strategy and donor alignment
- Leads partnership strategy with national and international partners
- Acts as Country Director when delegated
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Head of Programme at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
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Sep 28, 2026, 1:05 PM
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head of Programme
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
What We Are Looking For
The purpose of the Head of Programme position is to develop and ensure implementation of holistic high-quality programmes. In this role you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Country Office’s programme portfolio, ensuring that projects and interventions are effectively designed, implemented, monitored, and aligned with the organization's mission, strategy, and donor requirements.
Additionally, you will be responsible for driving programme quality, impact, accountability, and growth while ensuring efficient use of resources and compliance with organizational policies.
What You Will Do
Responsible for ensuring sound and timely grants management through NRC’s Project Cycle Management (PCM) framework and in line with donor requirements and best practice.
In collaboration with the Programme Unit, lead the development of the Country Office fundraising strategy. This includes the mapping of donor policy and priorities and their alignment with NRC’s programmatic and advocacy goals.
Responsible for strengthening our collaboration with other actors through building and strengthening networks, cooperation and implementing partnerships
Responsible for ensuring consistency and promoting synergy between programme and support units
Lead the development and implementation of NRC’s partnership strategy in Nigeria, ensuring effective collaboration with national and international partners, strengthening partner capacity, and promoting principled, equitable partnerships in line with NRC’s partnership framework.
Responsible for the coherence and quality of core competency programmatic input to all relevant processes and documents;
Acting Country Director (CD) when delegated
Responsible for contributing to the development and implementation of country strategy.
What You Will Bring
Professional Competencies
Experience in NRC Core Competency programming is an asset.
Fluency in English, both written and verbal and excellent drafting skills.
Experience of working on, coordinating or leading consortia or other forms of partnership implementation.
Experience in MEAL systems and approaches, and accountability mechanisms and frameworks.
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
Minimum 5 years’ experience from a senior management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context with responsibility for programme and/or project management
Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.
A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (programme management, business or a social science related). An advanced academic qualification will be an added advantage.
Context Related Skills, Knowledge And Experience:
Managing resources to optimize results.
Act with Integrity.
Knowledge of the Central and West Africa context and crisis;
Effective team building, cross-cultural communication and conflict resolution skills;
Experience in the design and delivery of team capacity strengthening, including remote coaching, mentoring and training.
Empowering and building trust.
Behavioural competencies
Experience of working in integrated programmes.
Deliver Results
Handling insecure environments.
Experience with start-up, scale-up projects, emergency and early recovery contexts.
Experience of mainstreaming evidence-based approaches to programme quality throughout the project cycle.
Initiating action and change.
Knowledge of donor landscape, priorities and conditions.
Strategic thinking.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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