Norwegian People's Aid

Job Vacancy

Programme Manager

Civil Society and Humanitarian Cooperation

Locations: State of Palestine, Ramallah, Gaza

time type: Full time

End Date: April 5, 2026

job requisition id: JR101329

What we offer

• An exciting Programme Manager position that aims to support the growth of the country programme during a critical and urgent time for Palestine, and whereby coordination is of the upmost importance, solidarity and operational support towards CSOs is essential and NPA provides both the West Bank and Gaza contexts with flagship approaches to partnerships across sectors.
• Be part of a committed team that works across Palestine with a diverse and impressive portfolio of CSO partners who are both long-standing and exciting new partners joining in 2026
• A national contract and a competitive employment opportunity, with NPA being active in Palestine since 1987.

Requirements

• Higher degree in relevant field, or significant relevant experience
• Documented leadership skills with the ability to build team and include others in decision making
• At least 5 years’ experience from complex and volatile contexts, conflict or post-conflict environment, preferably from the Middle East and Palestine itself, as a successful upper-level manager in an international organization with documented good results
• Proven and practical multi-sectoral experience in two of the three sectors; gender-SGBV, protection and FSL partnerships and programming through local partners
• Experience with the strategic development of strategies, plans and programming in both development and humanitarian (recovery) programmes, with experience working through locally-led coordination and delivery modalities, including consortia
• Demonstrated experience in work with civil society organizations and developing programmes based on partner collaboration
• Strong people management experience with proven ability to lead and manage a multidisciplinary and multicultural team, and given challenging access often remotely
• Experience of resource mobilization, including strategies and fundraising, and drafting of proposals and reports
• Proficiency on English alongside Arabic
• Experience with organizational learning methodologies, including partnership focused capacity building, while utilizing monitoring and evaluation for learning
• Experience with crisis management, including comprehensive safety, security and duty of care approaches based on context analysis and consultations with partners
• Proven ability to establish and maintain high-level diplomatic and professional relationships with government agencies, ministries, national stakeholders, NGOs, and donors, etc.
• Strong writing skills for strategies, proposals, concept notes, business plans, budgets, and reports

• Core Competencies for Managers in NPA:
  • Integrity: Ethical decision-making and honesty. Managers embody our values and ensure employees follow ethical standards.
  • Trust: Build and maintain reliability. Create a safe space for expression and development. Balance trust and control, delegate wisely, and encourage learning and innovation.
  • Openness: Foster innovation and development through effective communication and inclusion of relevant skills.
  • Accountability: Achieve results with employees through clear direction and goals, balancing strategic initiatives with operational tasks. Provide feedback and hold everyone accountable for performance and work calmly under pressure in stressful and hazardous conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for NPA’s civil society and humanitarian programming, ensuring alignment with the country strategy, ceasefire-related planning, and NPA principles and policies.
• Lead, manage, and develop a multidisciplinary programme team, including direct line management and active participation in the Palestine Management Team.
• Oversee programme planning, implementation, quality, compliance, and accountability, including financial management, grant oversight, and donor relations.
• Represent NPA with partners, donors, NGOs, UN actors, and other stakeholders, and contribute to strategic partnerships, consortia, and resource mobilization.
• Support risk management, safety and security, and duty of care for staff and partners, in close collaboration with the Country Director.
• Contribute to learning, MEAL, communications, and advocacy, and promote accountability to affected populations, including care-for-carers and MHPSS principles.

About the Recruitment Process

We work continuously for more diversity and inclusion throughout Norwegian People's Aid. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Please note, that only applications submitted through our career site will be considered. Applications and resumes sent via e-mail will not be reviewed.

We kindly ask you to carefully read NPA’s Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Anti-Corruption Policy, before you submit your application. If you are the selected candidate for this position, you will be asked to complete and sign a Safeguarding self-declaration as well as our Code of Conduct. All policies related to ethics can be found on our website.

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