Area Manager Sudan Darfur (Multiple Locations)

The Area Manager position ensures delivery of the NRC country strategy within their Area Office in Sudan, focusing on programme implementation, staff management, security, and coordination in a complex humanitarian context. The role involves leadership, emergency response, and representation at local and regional levels.

Responsibilities

• Line management responsibilities for directly reporting staff including senior project staff and support functions in the area
• Management of workforce planning, recruitment, staff induction and development and ensuring Duty of Care for own staff
• Ensure overall security and safety of staff in the area
• Provide capacity building to all staff in the area
• Implement projects in compliance with contractual commitments and aligned to regional and global strategies
• Assess needs, develop emergency response and implement response plans including cash-based interventions and market-based programmes
• Ensure optimal use of resources within allocated project budgets and country strategies
• Represent NRC and networking on area level
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Member of the Country Management Group (CMG)
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Develop and lead the Area Management Team
• Ensure participation of displacement- and conflict-affected people in decision-making processes and accountability loops
• Manage relationships with local authorities and institutions, support local partners and engage with local institutions and systems
• Support delivery of NRC Sudan’s country strategy including technology use, local markets and service providers, protection, and systems engagement
• Develop an area programme assisting at least 500,000 people annually and making strategic impact beyond programme delivery
• Develop access protocols and engagement strategies for external relations and principled negotiations
• Build a team culture of improvement and accountability
• Ensure timely response to emergencies when NRC is best placed to respond
• Position NRC Sudan as a systems enabler and supporter of local opportunities despite protection crisis
• Support analysis of decentralized authority within the Area Office for logistics, finance, and HR functions
• Participate and represent NRC in relevant State and region-level coordination fora and ensure sectoral/thematic coordination delegation
• Membership in the state-level INGO Forum Steering Committee

Requirements

• Minimum 4-5 years of experience from working as a Senior Project Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Experience in implementing and managing cash-based interventions and market-based programmes as well as partnerships with national NGOs
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge and active interest of the context in Sudan is desirable
• Knowledge of Arabic language or other local languages is desirable
• Experience with high-risk contexts, access constrained operating environments, and hardship duty stations with limited amenities
• Strong leadership skills and a supportive management style, including in remote modalities
• Creativity and open-ness to new ways of working
• Efficient and effective communication skills to influence power internally and externally

Skills

• Humanitarian Programme Management
• Cash-Based Interventions
• Market-Based Programmes
• Partnership Management
• Leadership Skills
• Virtual Team Management
• Emergency Response
• Security Coordination
• Programme Implementation
• Staff Management
• Communications Skills
• Context Analysis Sudan
• High-Risk Context Operations
• Access Constrained Operations
• Humanitarian Coordination

Languages

English, Arabic