Shelter and Settlement Assistant
Supervise construction activities and ensure quality standards
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Overview
Supervise construction activities and ensure quality standards
You have:
- Vocational training in a technical field with a certificate or diploma or hold a diploma/degree in technical field with additional one year experience in supervision of technical works.
- Conversant with all basic MS Office software applications.
- Mobilization and preparing paperwork for daily casual workers (Attendance sheets and daily contracts).
- Good planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
- Good personnel management skills, including communication, negotiating skills, and working with different groups, partners, and nationalities.
- Experience in working in complex contexts, under tight deadlines, hardship location.
Contract
This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.
Reporting to the Shelter & Settlement Team Leader/ Manager; This position will provide day-to-day supervision of Construction activities, SNFI assessment, distribution, and Other relevant duties as directed by the Shelter & Settlement Manager/Team Leader.
Responsibilities:
- Continuously quality check and material utilization control in the field.
- Participate in technical assessments.
- Supervise ongoing construction and rehabilitation projects on the sites.
- Quality control of material and the implemented activities.
- Participate in construction activities including S/NFIs distribution when required.
- Participate in technical and rapid needs assessments of the situation in the event of an emergency in collaboration with other stakeholders to address construction problems
- Submits reports to the immediate supervisor every Friday and as required.
- Participate in relevant meetings with community leaders, block leaders, RRC, UNHCR, and other stakeholders.
- Directly supervises casual Craftsperson Team as agreed with the Shelter and Settlement Manager
- Ensure the observance of the DRC Code of Conduct throughout activity implementation
- Planning and organizing work schedules, casual member monitoring, and guidance.
- Quality control and site monitoring ensuring that services are in accordance with SPHERE standards
- Beneficiaries’ list data collection, field verification, handover documentation GPS data collection, and maintaining a record.
Experience and technical competencies:
- Vocational training in a technical field with a certificate or diploma alternatively hold a diploma/ degree in technical field with additional one year experience in supervision of technical works.
- Conversant with all basic MS Office software applications
- Mobilization, and Preparing paperwork for daily casual workers (Attendance sheets and daily contracts).
- Good planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
- Good personnel management skills, including communication, negotiating skills, and working with different groups, partners, and nationalities.
- Experience in working in complex, contexts, under tight deadlines, hardship location
Potential interview questions
| Describe a time when you had to supervise a project under tight deadlines. | The interviewer wants to assess your ability to manage stressful situations and meet deadlines. | Discuss specific techniques you use to prioritize tasks and ensure project completion. |
| How do you ensure quality control in your projects? | This question aims to evaluate your understanding and implementation of quality standards. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of effective communication with a diverse group? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What steps would you take to resolve a conflict within your team? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when handling multiple responsibilities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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