Shelter Officer Afghanistan Mazar (Internal Only)

Overview

Assist Shelter and WASH coordinator in project execution and beneficiary selection.

You have:

• At least 3 years of previous work experience with a satisfactory performance in the same or similar functional area preferably with UN or INGOs.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or prior experience with NRC in Shelter and WASH section.
• Fluency in English and local language Dari/Uzbaki/Pashto.
• Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and problem-solving skill.
• Ability to engage and motivate staff in a challenging programme area.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.

At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:

• treat everyone with respect and dignity

• contribute to building a safe environment for all

• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)

• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

Job Overview:

The purpose of Shelter Officer position is to assist the Shelter and WASH coordinator overseeing the comprehensive execution of Shelter and WASH projects in the northern provinces., and be responsible for identifying Shelter needs, leading and providing support to Shelter team, ensure transparency and eligibility in beneficiary selection and ensure all Shelter and WASH technical works quality and progress. Shelter officer will be responsible for proper coordination with all stakeholders. He/she also has to ensure all integrated projects has been properly coordinated and implemented with CCs.

Caution: This role is national, only internal candidates from Afghanistan can be considered.

For more details about the Job Description and NRC's Grade Structure please click on: Job Description and NRC Grade Structure.

Generic responsibilities:

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
• Provide regular progress reports to Shelter and WASH coordinator.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries are most in need of protection.
• Share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in activities of WASH and Shelter project.
• Ensure capacity building of technical assistants and transfer key skills.
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Shelter strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.

Specific responsibilities:

• Have full understanding of all programs’ goals, objectives, implementation plan and expected result / output.
• Ensure all assessments, implementations and monitoring has been done in proper way.
• Maximize community participation and conduct field assessments on beneficiaries
• Overseeing all the phases of the Shelter activities.
• Supervise the delivery, distributions, and implementation of (WASH and Shelter) interventions in the field.
• Provision of weekly and monthly plan for WASH and Shelter team.
• Ensure appropriateness of all Shelter and WASH technical document.
• Ensure technical aspects and high quality of projects.
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders.
• Participate in meetings and trainings when scheduled.
• Work closely with all Shelter projects stockholders.
• Coordinate closely his or her activities with Shelter and WASH Coordinator
• Assist her/his direct supervisor/Coordinator on planning, organizing, facilitating and monitoring of projects.
• Be willing to travel in districts and other provinces.
• Ensure all integrated projects has been properly coordinated and implemented with CCs.
• Any other tasks as assigned by the immediate Supervisor.

Generic professional competencies:

• Ability to engage and motivate staff in a challenging programme area.
• Excellent familiarity with cultural sensitivities, ethnic groups and security situation of Northern provinces especially Mazar province.
• Planning and delivering results.

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or prior experience with NRC in Shelter and WASH section.
• At least 3 years of previous work experience with a satisfactory performance in the same or similar functional area preferably with UN or INGOs
• Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and problems solving skill.
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel and Power Point).
• Fluency in English and local language Dari/Uzbeki/Pashto

Behavioural competencies:

• Communicating with impact and respect
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Flexibility, creativity and good sense of humor
• Fair treatment, impartial & humanity – based thinker

We Offer:

• Monthly Salary Based on Afghanistan NRC Salary Scale
• NRC has Medical Coverage for staff plus 4 dependents
• Leave and holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labour Law
• Top up Credit on monthly bases

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: nrc.no