Norwegian People's Aid
Job Vacancy
Programme Manager
Conflict Preparedness and Protection and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education
Locations: State of Palestine, Ramallah, Gaza
time type: Full time
End Date: April 5, 2026
job requisition id: JR101330
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, as a successful upper-level manager in an international organization
- At least 5 years of direct Mine Action sector experience in Palestine, including developing, delivering and supporting (including MEAL) CPP and EORE programming
- Experience with developing strategies, plans and innovative and creative approaches to programming in CPP and EORE in both development and humanitarian (early recovery) contexts, 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, including capacity building
- 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 in spoken and written English and Arabic
- Experience with organizational learning methodologies, including partnership focused capacity building, while utilizing monitoring and evaluation for learning
- Experience with building the technical capacity of national authorities, sector specific to HMA including CPP and EORE
- Experience with crisis management, including comprehensive safety, security and duty of care approaches based on comprehensive context analysis and in consultation with partners
- Proven ability to establish and maintain high-level diplomatic and professional relationships with government agencies, ministries, national stakeholders, UN, NGOs, and donors, etc.
- Strong writing skills for strategies, proposals, concept notes, business plans, budgets, and reports
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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 CPP and EORE programming
- Lead, develop and line manage the CPP‑EORE team, fostering strong team culture and integrated approaches with civil society, protection, gender/SGBV and FSL.
- Actively contribute to the Palestine Management Team (PMT) and the strategic development of the country programme.
- Represent NPA with key partners, stakeholders, donors, UN and NGOs, in close coordination with the Country Director and other Programme Managers.
- Lead programme planning, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance, ensuring relevance, impact, efficiency, accountability and compliance.
- Hold overall responsibility for donor relations, resource mobilisation and proposal development for CPP‑EORE (HMA).
- Ensure sound financial, grant and risk management, including compliance, reporting, duty of care, safety and security.
- Strengthen partnerships and coordination, including consortia and sector networks, and contribute to integrated and early recovery initiatives.
- Support MEAL, IM, accountability to affected populations, and care‑for‑carers (MHPSS) approaches.
- Contribute actively to communications and advocacy related to Palestine.
- NGOs, and donors, etc.
- Strong writing skills for strategies, proposals, concept notes, business plans, budgets, and reports
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.
We look forward to hearing from you!
