Lebanon Protection Consortium Adviser

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

1. Background:

The LPC Adviser is responsible for overseeing NRC’s programme intervention as part of the Lebanon Protection Consortium (LPC). S/he will ensure that all projects and project activities meet relevant quality and compliance standards, extend adequate levels of high-quality support to the Core Competency Project Managers in Area Offices. LPC Adviser will ensure that NRC implements holistic and needs-based programming in adherence with NRC and LPC standards. The LPC Adviser will represent NRC at LPC working group level.

2. Role and responsibilities:

The LPC Adviser is responsible for implementing integrated programmes for LPC and representing NRC at relevant coordination forums, as delegated by the Head of Programmes, and is a member of the NRC Programme Management Unit (PMU).

Generic responsibilities

1. Adhere to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
2. Ensur programme support to integrated programme, coordination and technical quality in the area office relevant for LPC
3. Provide area specific input relevant for the Consortium Programme strategies
4. Take responsibility of grants management and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) allocations in the relevant area
5. Ensure compliance with contractual commitments and extracting and implementing key learnings from project implementation
6. Ensure capacity building of all technical staff where needed
7. Liaise with consortia partners and managers for jointly implemented programmes
8. Oversee and take responsibility of mainstreaming protection guidelines in the NRC’s related activities as per NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and ensures that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.

Specific responsibilities

1. Contribute to planning and implementation of needs assessments, with technical support from Core Competency Specialists, including for new areas of operation.
2. Contribute actively to program/proposal development, providing area-specific inputs and reviewing/consolidating contributions from Area Project Managers.
3. Identify funding opportunities and develop funding strategy and forecasts in line with the NRC Lebanon donor strategy
4. Coordinate with relevant Support functions (Logistics, Finance, HR) to ensure timely, compliant, cost-effective and high-quality project planning and implementation.
5. Manage systems for quality control, monitoring and evaluation, and incorporate key learning in program development, adjustment and implementation; ensure full compliance with NRC’s Project Cycle Management Framework across all grants administered in the area of operation.
6. Represent NRC externally with regards to programmatic issues, including in relevant coordination forums and vis-à-vis donors in the area and in Beirut when needed, authorities as well as other relevant external stakeholders.
7. Ensure protection is mainstreamed across all Core Competences operating in Bekaa (Shelter, WASH, ICLA, Education, CMC)
8. Contribute to area and country level strategy development.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Proposal development: Area Managers, Country Program Support Unit; Regional Programme Adviser
• Programme implementation: Area managers, Head of Programme and Head of Consortia
• BPO and allocation of shared costs: Finance Manager/Coordinator, Area Managers
• Grant management: Area Managers, Country Support functions, Grants Manager
• Capacity development: Programme Specialists

1. Competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field
• Minimum 4 years’ experience from a management position in a humanitarian/ recovery context
• Programme expertise and understanding of the context (Lebanon crisis)

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Proficiency in Arabic would be a major asset
• Demonstrated ability to perform well in a highly fluid environment where both context and organizational structure are subject to continuous, abrupt and substantial change.

2. Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, the following are essential for this position:

• Strategic thinking
• Managing resources to optimise results
• Empowering and building trust
• Initiating action and change
• Influencing
• Handling insecure environments