The Education Project Manager leads the implementation of NRC’s education programmes in North Darfur / Sudan, ensuring quality delivery in line with strategies and donor requirements. The role includes managing staff, budgets, and activities, targeting vulnerable populations, and building team capacity. It also involves coordinating with stakeholders and partners, supporting programme development and innovation, and ensuring effective reporting, compliance, and advocacy for displaced populations.The following is a brief description of the role.
The Education Project Manager is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and quality assurance of education programming in line with organizational strategies and donor requirements. The role includes line management of project staff, overseeing budgets, activities, and documentation, and ensuring assistance reaches the most vulnerable populations. It involves strengthening team capacity through training and mentoring, coordinating closely with internal departments and external stakeholders, and maintaining high technical standards across education interventions, including youth programming. The position also supports innovation through market-based approaches, partnership development with local authorities and organizations, and the development of new project concepts, while contributing to advocacy efforts and ensuring effective reporting and collaboration across functions.
Generic responsibilities
Line management for project staff
Contribute to the development of Country, Area and Education strategies, initiate and participate in the development of relevant Education projects
Coordinate and manage Education project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projects
Provide regular progress reports to the Area Manager and the Education Specialist
Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
Develop and manage project budget (in cooperation with Core Competencies) and coordinate across Core Competencies
Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
Promote the rights of displaced people in line with the advocacy strategy
Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures, and a specific responsibility for the functions policies and procedures
Specific responsibilities
Oversee high quality implementation of education (including youth) grants, including development of appropriate tools, guidance, systems
Develop capacities of a Sudanese project team to complete project implementation, through training, mentoring, and coaching
Develop relevant capacities and partnership with local education authorities, local partner organisations, and other civil society stakeholders
Lead a local market analysis for educational inputs and services, analysing response options for cash and voucher assistance, and market-based programming
Support and collaborate with NRC’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Team in conducting baseline, learning, and impact assessments, and relevant analytical activities
Lead narrative reporting on activities delivered in area of operations, in collaboration with MEL colleagues, education staff and partners.
With technical support from the Specialist, lead assessments to inform education programming.
Responsible for attending relevant Education specific meetings and coordination for a, representing NRC strictly within the limit set out by the Area Office.
Ensure age and culturally appropriate accountability mechanisms are rolled out and that the highest standards of safeguarding are met.
What you will bring:
1. Professional competencies
Minimum 5 years of experience in education programming in humanitarian or recovery contexts, including at least 2–3 years in a coordination or management role (e.g. Project Manager, Coordinator, Area-level).
Demonstrated international experience in humanitarian contexts (outside home country), preferably in complex emergency or conflict-affected settings.
Proven experience working in high-hardship, high-risk environments, with clear evidence of operating under security, access, and operational constraints.
Strong technical expertise in education programming, including design, implementation, and adaptation in emergency contexts.
Demonstrated track record of results delivery, including managing projects at scale and achieving outputs in challenging environments.
Experience in start-up or scale-up operations, particularly in refugee or displacement settings.
Strong experience in coordination and representation, including engagement with clusters, partners, and local authorities.
Solid understanding of donor compliance and reporting.
Demonstrated leadership and team management skills, with ability to manage diverse teams under pressure.
Fluency in English (written and verbal).
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
Duty station: Sudan, North Darfur (Tawila)
Salary/benefits: grade 8 of NRC’s international pay scale
Duration of Contract: 1 year, fixed term
Travel: 30-40%
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