Career Position for Programme Manager
Job Opportunity: Programme Manager
Organisation: Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) Nigeria
Location: Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Contract Duration: 1 year (with the possibility of extension)
Reporting To: Country Director
Eligibility: Nigerian nationals only
About Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
Norwegian Church Aid is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to providing emergency assistance, clean water, protection, and long-term development support to vulnerable communities worldwide. In northeastern Nigeria, NCA focuses heavily on critical sectors including WASH, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), livelihoods, and emergency response.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Provide overarching strategic direction for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and successful delivery.
Programme Development & Fundraising: Lead resource mobilization efforts, fundraising initiatives, and the preparation of high-quality funding proposals and budgets.
Grant & Compliance Management: Oversee grant operations to guarantee strict adherence to donor requirements and internal organisational standards.
Team Leadership & Capacity Building: Manage programme and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) teams, offering mentorship and technical guidance.
Partnership Building: Strengthen and build strategic collaborations with national NGOs, civil society organisations, government agencies, and key stakeholders.
Quality Assurance & Research: Oversee needs assessments, evaluations, research initiatives, and continuous programme quality improvement.
Emergency Response: Support comprehensive emergency preparedness and response planning.
Coordination & Accountability: Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and knowledge management while ensuring seamless coordination across programme, finance, and operations teams.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Programme Management, or a related field.
Experience: At least 5 years of senior-level experience leading programme design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of multi-year grants.
Domain Expertise: Proven experience managing multisector humanitarian or development programmes, with a strong understanding of the Nigerian context and expertise in one or more areas: WASH, GBV protection, ASRH, or livelihoods.
Donor Relations: Track record of managing major donor-funded projects (e.g., Norad, UN agencies, EU, ECHO) and successful multi-year fundraising.
Skills: Strong leadership, team management, communication, presentation, and high-level reporting skills, alongside experience collaborating with local NGOs and civil society.
Language: Excellent written and spoken English proficiency.
Added Advantage
Familiarity and experience using software tools such as Copilot, GIS, SPSS, SQL, or similar technical applications.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified Nigerian nationals are invited to submit an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a compelling cover letter through the official NCA recruitment portal.
Note: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; therefore, early submission is strongly encouraged. Only candidates who meet the required qualifications will be contacted for subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
