Regional Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH Adviser)- The Asia and Latin America (ALAR) Region & Middle East Regional Office (MERO)

Contract

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

Females are highly encouraged to Apply.

What we are looking for:

This role is newly established as a result of an internal programme prioritisation process (PPP) conducted in Q3 2021. The PPP demonstrated that NRC Country Offices (COs) require dedicated technical support on WASH. This role is expected to operate as a technical ‘helpdesk’ for COs in ALAR and MERO, the two regions who are sharing this position.

This role has been established within the scope of the Country Office Technical Support Fund (CTSF). The CTSF is a financial resource managed by the Field Operations Director and designed to reinforce NRC Regional Offices (ROs) role to provide support to country programmes. CTSF positions aim to ensure that capacity is available in a tier system prioritizing COs with higher needs of technical support, yet, it will have a global scope / geographic coverage with an overlap across regions, facilitating the exchange of resources and lessons learned.

This role is expected to work closely with the Asia, Latin America and the Middle East Regional Offices, in particular the Regional Programme Department, managed by the Regional Programme Director, responsible for the strategic development of NRC programming in the region by maximizing the support to and the development of COs as well as by exploring and creating synergies among COs.

The role is expected to work closely with the NRC WASH Global Lead, to further NRC’s ambition and capacity.

What you will do:

Key objectives for this role include:

Policy and strategy and programme development – 10%

1. Contribute to the development of country/regional core competence strategy and planning processes.
2. Contribute to the strategic focus, articulation and implementation of WASH programmes supporting Global Strategy objectives. In particular working closely with the NRC WASH Global Lead to build, test and implement based on sharing learning and expertise from CO and RO levels.

Technical development, support and capacity building – 70%

1. Responsible for providing strategic advice and technical support on relevant core competency or cross-cutting issues across Country and Regional Offices.
2. Contribute to recruitment of technical staff support the technical assessment of Grade 9 S&S positions of appropriately qualified core competency staff.
3. Contribute to the capacity development within the WASHs CoP including providing an onboarding introduction to key staff in COs or ROs.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Respond to questions in relation to the core competency from Country Offices (COs) or Regional Offices (ROs) and provide considered, researched and timely support, to ensure that NRC delivers high quality, effective and relevant programming.
2. Support the COs to ensure the teams have access to appropriate project implementation tools and relevant technical guidance.
3. Assess COs capacity on key technical disciplines and subjects and design bespoke and/or adapt existing training, to support delivery of the NRC Global WASH Strategy
4. Select, organise, and present key resources responding to emerging humanitarian trends supporting our CoP to deliver on our global NRC Strategy and Global WASH strategy and aligned with discussions at the global level (e.g., among NRC units or GWC partners).

Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position as the above mentioned tasks are just a short summary.

What you will bring:

Generic professional competencies:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant Manager/ Specialist/Adviser experience WASH sector
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Professional and documented knowledge in WASH
• 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, both written and verbal, working level of Spanish or Arabic is desirable

What we offer

• Duty station: Amman, Jordan or Oslo, Norway (other NRC office in Europe that NRC can legally contract possible)
• Contract: international contract: 2 year, fixed. The position could be extended, if funding becomes available.
• Travel: Up to 40%
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
• Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
• This position is open to all nationalities and nationals of the countries specified in the duty station section are highly encouraged to apply.
• If you have any questions about this role, please email MERO Recruitment mero.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.

Why NRC?

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• Do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
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