Shelter Officer at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) - Mubi

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: Shelter Officer

Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full time

Responsibilities
Generic responsibilities:

• These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.
• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of action
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
• Develop work plan and schedule for the monitoring of activities with line manager
• Supervision of assistants
• Support the selection of beneficiaries per the agreed criteria

Specific Responsibilities:

• These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.
• Manage Shelter activities and report on progress in North West Region;
• Schedule and participate in training, implementation, running and follow-up of projects including monitoring and evaluation, technical methodologies, supervision and field missions;
• Lead on Shelter activities with Coordinator, include design of activities, BoQs, monitoring of any construction or rehabilitation in accordance with government regulations and standards
• For monitoring and evaluation liaise with M&E Officer (Sittwe) on tracking Outcomes/Outputs and targets, along with issues such as base lines, end lines and evaluations;
• Ensure that all administrative and logistical tasks are promptly and correctly completed;
• Represent NRC in community/local and state-level meetings, when requested and promote exchange of information with relevant external actors;
• Undertake any other duties assigned by Shelter PDM NW as and when required;
• Act as interpreter when required and translate documents as needed

Context / Specific skills, knowledge and Experience

• Proven practical experience in the planning and execution of Shelter programmes of at least 3 years’ experience in a humanitarian and development program.
• Bachelor Degree from a recognized University (Civil Engineering or similar)
• Experience in working in Central Rakhine
• Experience in capacity building and training of targeted group.
•  Ability to work independently in a result-oriented multi-tasking and multi- cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities

Competencies:
Professional competencies:

• These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

Generic professional competencies:

• Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Some knowledge of English

Behavioural competencies (max 6):

• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environment

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online