Emergency Response Coordinator Nigeria Maiduguri

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This is a Professional contract, Grade 7 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 7 (NRC) contracts.

NRC has been present in Nigeria since 2015 and has been working to help displacement affected communities meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods, access essential services, and enhance their resilience to future shocks through our six core competencies: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Shelter, Education, Information-Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS), Camp Management, and Protection. NRC provides immediate assistance during the onset of emergencies through the rapid response mechanism (RRM). With a workforce of 370 staff and a presence in key locations such as Maiduguri (in Borno State), Yola (in Adamawa state) and JOS (in Plateau state), NRC is able to respond to the needs of those affected by the conflict across North-East, and North Central Nigeria.

These strategic locations have allowed NRC greater reach from the north and south parts of the North-East and North Central region and allowed NRC to contribute to bridging the gap between humanitarian aid and development cooperation, including by focusing on equitable access to basic services and strengthening the rights of displaced people and returnees. In addition to the Country Office and the above mentioned Area Offices, NRC has sub-offices structures in Monguno, Biu, Mubi, Pulka and Gwoza.

NRC is looking for an Emergency and Rapid Response Coordinator (for our Maiduguri North Area Office). The Emergency and Rapid Response Coordinator reports to the Project Development Manager (Maiduguri).

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee to join our dynamic Team in Maiduguri in a fast pace humanitarian intervention situation. S/he will contribute, developing, coordinate, implement, manage and delegate Emergency Rapid Response project portfolio in Borno and supporting Adamawa State.

To be successful in this role you will need excellent relationship building skills, capable of establishing strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, planning and coordination of emergency relief response services in humanitarian sector. An ideal candidate should be solution driven while supporting IDP's with new initiatives in service delivering with ability to priorities humanitarian needs and response.

If you are highly organised individually with strong ability in emergency response program development, design and implementation, community engagement and comfortable with working in a remote environment and have previous experience in humanitarian response at coordinator and managerial level, we would love to hear from you.