Head of Global Strategy Planning and Development Section

3 weeks ago

Oslo, Oslo County, Norway NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council Full time
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights.

NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.

NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.


Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks.

NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.


NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

An exciting opportunity to head up the NRC's global Strategy, Planning and Knowledge Management Section

What we are looking for


The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking a
highly qualified,
experienced, and dynamic Head of Global Strategy Planning and Development Section.



More about the Global Strategy Planning and Development section


The Strategy, Planning and Knowledge Management Section is the result of a merger between the Knowledge Management & Intl Comms (KMIC) and the Strategic Planning and Development (SPD) units in NRC's Organisational Development Department.

The merger's objective is to improve collaboration between the complementary and partly overlapping areas of responsibility in the two current units and to create synergies from bringing people and competencies together under one leadership.


The vision for new Strategy, Planning and Knowledge management (SPK) is establishing a competent and authoritative section to maintain NRC's knowledge and normative guidance on strategy, change management and org development.

The section will be the preferred go-to place for quality support to the organisation within these areas and knowledge management and internal communication.


What you will do
The SPK role is a global one and includes:

  • provide strategic direction the areas within the section's mandate
- ensure governance and risk management for the section and thematic areas
- develop policy, tools and guidance
- provide operational support and expertise to management
- facilitate processes and offer operational support within for the areas of SPK's responsibilities.

  • Line management, incl. performance management of staff, and budget responsibility for the section
  • Enable, coordinate and enable teams across NRC within SPK's areas of responsibilities
  • Monitor NRC's performance within areas of responsibility and identify improvement areas
  • Manage and support e.g. organisational development projects, cost efficiency initiatives and other organisational development initiatives.
Please download the[ detailed job description ])to learn more about the position.

What you will bring

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, preferably within the humanitarian field
  • Higher education on Masters level, or equivalent, within a relevant field, e.g. Organisational development, Administration, Leadership
  • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts; experience from working in humanitarian field context and broad knowledge of NRC is an advantage
  • Professional knowledge of organisational, strategic development processes
  • Professional knowledge of change management and business process optimisation
  • Documented results related to the position's responsibilities

What we offer

  • Duty station: Oslo, Norway (Hybrid work model)
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Travel:

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