Shelter/NFI Officer
Ensure quality planning, implementation and follow-up of shelter/NFI activities.
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Overview
Ensure quality planning, implementation and follow-up of shelter/NFI activities.
You have:
- Minimum 2 years of practical experience in shelter and/or NFI working for an INGO
- Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Advanced English proficiency
- Fluency in local language
- Experience working with national partners, local/government authorities, and UN organisations
- Relevant university degree (e.g. engineering, political science, international development, or economics) or equivalent professional qualification
Contract
This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.
DRC is seeking a dynamic professional to serve as Shelter/Non-Food Items Officer in DRC Ukraine.
Overall purpose of the role:
• Ensure the quality of the planning, implementation and follow up of all technical aspects of the shelter/NFI activities being implemented by DRC • Develop and maintain good relations with the persons of concern, relevant stakeholders and other humanitarian actors, to support adequate implementation and coordination of DRC’s sector activities
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Programming & Operations
• Ensure efficient and effective program implementation while following the budget and work plan
• Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/reports and proposals and budgets for donors
• Lead the team in carrying out monitoring and evaluation exercises
• Quality control and site monitoring to ensure that services provided are according standards
Coordination and representation
• Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on sector relevant issues
• Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings
• Ensure integration with other DRC sectors
Project development
• Develop project plans and budgets for funding
• Prepare Bills of Quantities (BoQs) for shelter and NFI activities
• Develop projects tools
• Project implementation and reporting
• Monitor and evaluate projects
Logistics/Finance
• Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
• Initiate procurements and ensure their execution
• Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner
Supervisor responsibilities
• Coordinates the daily activities of small teams, often comprised of subordinates and/or employees carrying out similar tasks
• Does not have direct line management responsibility for staff, but may contribute to recruitment and/or performance appraisal of members of the team
• Implements the manager’s decisions through the work of subordinate employees, often playing a role in deciding how to do it; and how to achieve the objective set by the manager.
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have minimum 2 years of practical experience in shelter and/or NFI working for an INGO
Moreover, we also expect the following:
- Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Advanced English proficiency
- Fluency in local language
- Experience working with national partners, local/government authorities, and UN organisations
- Relevant university degree (e.g. engineering, political science, international development, or economics) or equivalent professional qualification
We offer
Contract length: 3 months with possibility of extension
Level: H non-managerial
Duty station: Lviv
Start date: ASAP
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff.
Application process
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: April 24, 2022. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, candidates will be contacted on the rowing basis as the position should be filled ASAP.
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
- Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
- Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
- Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a challenging project you worked on in shelter or NFI? | This question assesses your problem-solving skills and experience in relevant contexts. | Provide specifics about the project, detailing the challenges faced and how you overcame them. |
| How do you ensure effective collaboration with different stakeholders? | The interviewer wants to understand your approach to teamwork and stakeholder management. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience in financial management for projects. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What tools do you use for monitoring and evaluation in program implementation? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain how you would prepare a Bill of Quantities (BoQ). | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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