Community Center Assistant Myanmar Sittwe

Overview

Assist in managing community centre activities and support displaced populations.

You have:

• Relevant academic background (college level)
• Experience from working in development or humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from doing community mobilization and training required
• Good in English, Rakhine, and Myanmar languages. Some skills in local/Muslim language an advantage.
• Ability to travel in rural areas
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural setting
• Willingness to learn and adapt to fast-changing field dynamics
• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect

Contract

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.

At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:

• treat everyone with respect and dignity

• contribute to building a safe environment for all

• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)

• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

Position: Community Centre Assistant (Camp-based)

Grade: 3, Step 1

Number of posts 2 Posts

Reports to: Camp Management Officer

Supervision of: Community Animators

Duty station: Thae Chaung Camp/ Basara Camp, Sittwe Township, Rakhine State

Travel: 20%

Duration and type of contract: 6 months

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Qualifications

1. Competencies

Professional competencies

• Relevant academic background [college level]
• Experience from working in development or humanitarian /recovery context
• Experience from doing community mobilization and training required
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

• S/He should be good in English, Rakhine, and Myanmar languages. Some skills in local/Muslim language an advantage.
• Experience from working in an insecure environment
• Ability to travel in rural areas
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural setting
• Willingness to learn and adapt to the fast - changing field dynamics

Behavioral Competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

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

Responsibilities

1. Role and responsibilities

Community Centre Assistant is a member of NRC’s Site Management Team in Rakhine State that provides direct site management services to Basara camp as well as capacity building and coaching committees in the camps. They will also reach out to IDPs living outside camps and the host community.

The following is a brief description of the role.

Generic responsibilities

1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
2. Assist with the implementation of the Site Management portfolio according to the plan of action
3. Conduct site management field activities independently according to the work plan and targets
4. Prepare and develop camp context situation analysis reports weekly basis
5. Manage, monitor and support camp-based team for the daily assignments
6. Ensure proper filing of the project supporting documents at camp offices and using Microsoft Office 365
7. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the site management response
8. Contribute to the fulfilment of the aims and objectives for NRC’s presence in Myanmar.
9. Carry out duties with respect to NRC Mission Statement, Values, Code of Conduct, standards of accountability, policy guidelines and handbooks

Specific responsibilities

Community Centre Assistant -(camp-based) will be expected to perform the following tasks:

• Managing Community Centre activities, including planning, scheduling and coordination with service providers
• Engage with Camp Management Committees and inclusive community groups, organizing and holding community meetings, ensuring AGDM approach
• Support the team in defining the methods of community participation that ensure the greatest possible participation of vulnerable groups.
• Assist in capacity building of Camp Management Committees, inclusive community groups etc.
• Support the preparation of appropriate training materials as needed.
• Maintain and build up good relations with stakeholders, CMCs, service providers, etc. and the communities in the camps
• Assist in conducting recreational activities, camp cleaning campaigns, distributions, community-based projects, awareness raising and any other project activities.
• Conduct qualitative assessments, key informant interviews and focus group discussions to identify community needs and gaps, reducing duplications in the field.
• Maintain and share data collected regularly in coordination/collaboration with the SM team, and other NRC core competencies.
• Assist the team in identifying and responding to emergency and urgent cases in the community.
• Participate in any other related activity in coordination with the Line Manager.

Critical interfaces

• Liaise with other NRC core competencies in order to maximize synergy/complementarity of field activities
• Co-facilitation of community meetings and activities
• Joint meetings with host community and IDPs outside camps
• Support departments in NRC (e.g. Finance, Admin, HR, Logistics)

Scale and scope of position

Staff:

Direct management to community mobilisers/ Animators/ Security GuardsStakeholders:

Camp Service providers, Camp Committees, Camp

Community Groups, NRC CoreCompetences

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