WASH Coordinator at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: WASH Coordinator

Ref. nr.: 3763647334
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Project Number: NGFM1812
Reports to: Program Development Manager
Supervision of: WASH Officers
Travel: 40%
Duration and Type of Contract: 4 months’ renewable subject to performance and availability of funding.
Start Date: 1st May, 2018
End Date: 30th September, 2018

Job Description

• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Contribute with wash specific technical competence to the development of wash strategy, Micro LogFrame, and Plan of Action
• Contribute with wash specific technical competence to programme development, adjustment or review
• Conduct wash specific technical assessment and present recommendations
• Conduct wash specific technical research and document findings and recommendations
• Provide wash specific technical input to coordination mechanism (e.g. cluster coordination) and working groups
• Develop wash specific technical indicators and mechanism for M&E
• Develop wash specific technical guidance, tools and mechanism
• Coordinate activities related to WASH infrastructure construction
• Coordinate Hygiene promotion within IDP and Host communities
• Preparing weekly, monthly progress reports and others documents required for the donor
• Performs any other duties as requested by the WASH Program Development Manager.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the context of Northeast Nigeria
• Experience with start-up activities
• Minimum 5 years’ experience from working with wash projects in a humanitarian/recovery context. Experience from working with social work and/or with distribution of humanitarian assistance is an advantage.
• Previous 2 years’ work experience in community based water, Sanitation programs; Work experience with an NGO is desirable
• Must have knowledge of emergency Water supply, Hygiene, Sanitation requirements and protocols
• Familiarity with international minimum standards of water Hygiene and Sanitation service delivery (i.e., SPHERE) is an advantage
• Must have previous experience in training and Training of Trainers.
• Excellent communication skills - written and spoken - in English required
• Computer literacy in word processing and spreadsheets is required,
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, GPS, Arc Gis and Google Earth is strongly desirable

Education field:

• Social Science.

Education Level:

• College / University, Bachelor's Degree

Personal Qualities:

• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environment
• A good sense of humour is an asset
• All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

Language:

• English
• Hausa

We Offer

• Commencement: May 2018
• Duration: 4 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions: Grade Level 7 Step 1
• Duty station: Maiduguri, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
• Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start.
• Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.

Miscellaneous info:

• Travel: Some travelling must be expected

Application Closing Date
11th April, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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