Regional Shelter and Settlements Specialist CO Technical Support Fund

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This is a Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contracts.

We are looking for Regional Shelter and Settlements Specialist CO Technical Support Fund to join our team in supporting two regions.

The Regional Shelter & Settlements Adviser will provide a range of advisory and technical support and capacity building in relation to Shelter & Settlements related programme approaches and ways of working, including with external stakeholders.

This position will provide support, specialist advice and guidance across NRC’s S&S portfolio, with emphasis on ensuring quality of the present emergency response and addressing ongoing development priorities linked to the ongoing displacement of populations in the region.

The position works with NRC country and regional decisions makers, the NRC Shelter & Settlements Community of Practice (CoP) and any roles with specific Shelter & Settlements responsibilities and needs at Country level where Shelter & Settlements is a programme priority, ensuring that optimal programme strategies, structures, systems, policy, tools and practices are in place.

This role is required to work collaboratively with colleagues in both the technical and the operational management structures in country offices, and the regional management group. Collaborative working with colleagues within the wider programme team, at HO and in Regions is essential to effectiveness in the role and maximising the shared learning across NRC.

Background

The Shelter and Settlements (S&S) Core Competency (CC) is one of six technical CCs at NRC. This regional Shelter and Settlements (S&S) role is expected to operate as a technical support for NRC Country Offices (COs) in the Middle East (MERO) and Asia andLatin America regions (ALAR). This role is part of the regional programme unit and managed by one of the Regional Programme Directors/ Regional Head of Core Competency Unit, responsible for the strategic development of NRC programming in their regions through maximizing the support to and the development of Country Offices as well as by exploring and creating synergies among COs.

The role is funded through the Country Office Technical Support Fund (CTSF), positions under this fund aim to ensure that capacity is available in a tier system prioritizing COs with higher needs of technical support, yet, it will have a wider scope / geographic coverage with an overlap across two regions and facilitating the exchange of resources and lessons learned at a global level.

The role is expected to work closely with the NRC Shelter & Settlements Global Lead, to further NRC’s ambition and capacity in the CC.

What you will bring:

Policy and strategy and programme development – 15%

1. Contribute to the development of country/regional core competence strategy and planning processes.
2. Contribute to the strategic focus, articulation and implementation of Shelter & Settlements programmes supporting Country Strategy objectives.

Technical development, support and capacity building – 60%

3. Responsible for providing strategic advice and technical support on relevant core competency or cross-cutting issues across Country and Regional Offices.
4. Contribute to recruitment of t most senior CO S&S positions.
5. Contribute to the capacity development within the Shelter & Settlement's CoP including providing an onboarding introduction to key staff in COs or ROs.

Quality standards, data analysis and M&E – 15%

6. Contribute to the analysis, strategic use and dissemination of S&S learning from the country programs including the sharing of best practices, resources and tools ensuring coherence, efficiency and effectiveness of the operation.
7. Responsible for the exchange (and crosspollination) of technical resources and lessons learned.

Networking, representation and relationships – 10%

8. Contribute to the participation of the core competency in country level clusters and representation in various fora as relevant, and when requested.
9. Contribute to the identification, prioritization, development, and documentation of country advocacy issues related to Shelter and Settlements.
10. Respond to questions in relation to the core competency from Country Offices (COs) or Regional Offices (ROs) and provide considered, researched and timely support.
11. Support the COs to ensure the teams have access to appropriate project implementation tools and relevant technical guidance.
12. Assess COs capacity on key technical disciplines and subjects and design bespoke and/or adapt existing training, to support delivery of the NRC Global S&S Strategy
13. Select, organise, and present key resources responding to emerging humanitarian trends supporting our CoP to deliver on our global NRC Strategy and Global S&S strategy and aligned with discussions at the global level

What you will bring:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant Manager/ Specialist/Adviser experience in Shelter & Settlements (S&S) sector
• Professional and documented knowledge in S&S
• Extensive experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience of strategic approaches to programme development
• Experience of programme development and delivery
• Commitment to programme quality
• Experience in drafting and encouraging implementation of policy/strategic guidance, and developing practical tools and resources
• Understanding of and commitment to organisational learning, and the role and contribution of M&E to quality management and development
• Understanding of and commitment to integrated programming approaches
• Understanding of, and commitment to working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity building
• Experience with engaging with key humanitarian stakeholders
• Able to represent organisation at a strategic level and contribute to global policy development
• Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Arabic an asset.
• Knowledge of the Middle Eastern, Asian, and Latin American countries will be an asset
• Experience and skill set in any of the following areas are desirable: S&S in schools, hygiene promotion and public health, market-based approaches to S&S, inclusive programming in S&S, climate change related to S&S programmes.

What We Offer

• Duty Station – Regional Office in Oslo, Norway (ALAR) or Amman, Jordan (MERO) or other NRC Office location, subject to legal capability
• Approximately 40% travel
• Contract length: 2 years
• Salary: Grade 9 in NRC's salary scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

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We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.