Education Project Manager Palestine West Bank

Norwegian Refugee Council · Palestine, State of · Deadline: 22 Oct 2026

Grade: Professional · Schedule: Full time

What we are looking for

We are looking for a strategic, experienced, and collaborative Project Manager with a strong track record of managing complex humanitarian or development programmes in challenging and volatile environments.

The ideal candidate combines strong project, financial management and managerial skills. Its an added advantage to have technical expertise and background in education programming.

If you are an experienced Project Manager with experience in either protection, child safeguarding, psychosocial support, or any other programming for vulnerable and displacement-affected children and youth, we invite you to apply for this position.

To excel in this position you should be able to lead, mentor and build team and partner capacities while maintaining strong relationships with donors, government counterparts, clusters, and other stakeholders.

A strong understanding of the West Bank operating context and the challenges affecting access to education is essential. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound judgement, adaptability, strategic thinking, and a commitment to quality, accountability, inclusion, and protection.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the West Bank, We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.

What you will do

The Education Project Manager will lead the implementation and quality delivery of NRC’s Education portfolio across the West Bank. The role will oversee projects throughout the full project cycle—from design and planning to implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learning—ensuring alignment with NRC’s strategy, donor commitments, and quality standards.

The position will provide strategic and technical leadership to Education programming, support field teams and partners, manage budgets and resources, and contribute to coordination, advocacy, emergency preparedness, and integrated programming across sectors.

Key responsibilities:

Lead Education project implementation: Oversee the planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance of NRC’s Education portfolio across the West Bank, ensuring projects achieve their objectives and meet NRC and donor standards.
Manage budgets and resources: Provide overall budget oversight, maintain appropriate spending and burn rates, and ensure effective management of procurement, logistics, staffing, cash forecasting, and other project resources.
Provide technical leadership and team development: Guide and mentor Education teams and implementing partners, strengthen technical capacity, support performance management, and promote continuous learning and improvement.
Support programme development and strategy: Contribute to needs assessments, programme design, proposals, budgets, project extensions, emergency preparedness, and strategic direction, while promoting integrated and durable solutions across NRC’s Core Competencies.
Coordinate stakeholders and partnerships: Build effective relationships with donors, implementing partners, government counterparts, clusters, working groups, and communities, ensuring effective coordination, communication, accountability, and representation of NRC.

What you will bring

Minimum 4 years of experience developing and leading large, complex and/or multi-sectoral projects in humanitarian, protracted crisis, or development settings.
Senior-level project management experience, including working with consortia, partnerships, or equivalent structures.
Demonstrated experience managing development donors, including donor compliance and reporting.
Proven experience in capacity building, coaching, and mentoring technical teams.
Strong experience working in complex and volatile operating environments.
Strong leadership, strategic thinking, planning, coordination, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken.

Context-specific expertise:

Strong understanding of the education sector and operational context in the West Bank, including access restrictions, movement constraints, and risks affecting schools and communities.
Practical expertise in protection mainstreaming, child safeguarding, and gender-sensitive programming in formal and non-formal education settings.
Demonstrated experience delivering needs-based non-formal education (NFE), remedial education, and emergency education interventions for vulnerable and displacement-affected children and youth.
Proven experience designing and delivering psychosocial support (PSS) within learning environments.
Experience designing and implementing flexible NFE pathways, TVET, and market-oriented technical skills programmes for vulnerable youth.
Strong financial, programme, partnership, reporting, and project-cycle management capabilities.

Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.

What we offer

Duty station: West Bank Palestine
Fixed term contract: 12 months national contract, renewable based on performance, funding and need for the position
Travel: 40%
Salary/benefits: Grade 8 on NRC's national grading structure.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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Important information about the application process

We invite applications from qualified candidates matching the profile. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in West Bank Palestine, We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.
Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates.
To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email address or click on Opportunity Marketplace.
When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV and cover letter.
Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

This is an opportunity to provide strategic and technical leadership to education programming that supports vulnerable children and youth in one of the world's most challenging humanitarian contexts. The role offers the opportunity to shape high-quality, needs-based education programming while strengthening teams, partnerships, and systems across the West Bank.

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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts
join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility
be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity