The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for a strategic, experienced and collaborative Education Project Manager to lead the implementation and quality delivery of NRC's Education portfolio across the West Bank. The role oversees projects through the full project cycle, from design and planning to implementation, monitoring, reporting and learning, ensuring alignment with NRC's strategy, donor commitments and quality standards.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead Education project implementation: oversee planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of the Education portfolio across the West Bank.
- Manage budgets and resources: provide budget oversight, maintain appropriate spending and burn rates, and manage procurement, logistics, staffing and cash forecasting.
- Provide technical leadership and team development: guide and mentor Education teams and implementing partners, strengthen technical capacity and support performance management.
- Support programme development and strategy: contribute to needs assessments, programme design, proposals, budgets, project extensions and emergency preparedness, promoting integrated and durable solutions.
- Coordinate stakeholders and partnerships: build relationships with donors, implementing partners, government counterparts, clusters, working groups and communities.
Requirements:
- Minimum 4 years of experience developing and leading large, complex and/or multi-sectoral projects in humanitarian, protracted crisis or development settings.
- Senior-level project management experience, including working with consortia or partnerships.
- Demonstrated experience managing development donors, including compliance and reporting.
- Proven experience in capacity building, coaching and mentoring technical teams.
- Strong experience working in complex and volatile environments.
- Fluency in Arabic and English.
- Strong understanding of the education sector and operational context in the West Bank, including access restrictions and movement constraints.
- Practical expertise in protection mainstreaming, child safeguarding and gender-sensitive programming in formal and non-formal education settings.
- Experience delivering non-formal education (NFE), remedial and emergency education for vulnerable and displacement-affected children and youth, psychosocial support (PSS), flexible NFE pathways, TVET and market-oriented skills programmes.
- Bachelor's degree.
What NRC offers: Duty station West Bank, Palestine; 12-month fixed-term national contract, renewable based on performance, funding and need; 40% travel; Grade 8 on NRC's national grading structure. NRC is an equal opportunities employer.
* Apply Before 22/10/2026, 16:55
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online through the NRC careers portal. Create a profile using your full name as given on your passport, complete all required fields for experience, employment history and education, and submit your application with your latest CV and cover letter in English. Attach copies of your academic and professional certificates. Internal candidates should log in with their official email address or use Opportunity Marketplace. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the West Bank; NRC cannot provide work permits or visa sponsorship. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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