Shelter Team Leader Ukraine Odessa
Contract
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All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
- Role and responsibilities
The Shelter Team Leader is responsible for assisting in the day to day implementation of the Shelter program, through carrying out quality technical assessments and technical follow-up, coordination with other NRC’s CC and programs, managing the team, and submitting reports.
Generic responsibilities
- Monitor and report on the project activities and ensure compliance with plans and NRC standards
- Mobilize communities and community leaders for the building materials, construction activities and maintenance of structures
- Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
- Administrate payment requests for owners, contractors, partners, suppliers, construction workers etc.
- Report all technical related concerns
- Carry out data collection as required
- Prepare and file relevant documents according to procedures
Specific responsibilities
- Support technical assessments of housing rehabilitation and upgrades, totally destroyed buildings, schools, etc… in line with NRC’s project criteria, in order to support assessments and any other shelter intervention
- Work with the Shelter Team and Shelter Team Leader on the implementation of projects including properties selection, meeting with refugee and host communities, assessments, monitoring, distribution, etc.
- Produce accurate drawings, reports, measurements (BoQs) and/or photographs as evidence of a technical assessment.
- Act responsibly and communicates respectfully with home owners to give a clear and accurate picture of the households’ past, current and future situation.
- Explain the NRC assessment and selection process well to owners who do not fall within the project criteria.
- Ensure the appropriate documentation is in order for beneficiary contracts and subsequent payments.
Plan the daily and weekly activities of SFAs in relation to:
Rapid technical assessments and all technical annexes
- BoQs production, revision, and approval duplication
- Supervision of work
- Follow-up of troublesome cases
Ensuring closure of work by the anticipated date
Response to and follow up on referred cases
- Management of assigned case-loads, including keeping up-to-date records of numbers of housing units, shelter, and landlords contracted
Critical interfaces
- Organize and support on conducting technical surveys, questionnaires or assessments as required.
- Submit daily and weekly reports to the Team Leader on the activities and action points assigned to the SO.
- Coordinate with various NRC staff at field level on planning and implementing program activities (SFO, WSO, IFO, EFO, and other relevant staff).
- Ensure and promote efficient and cost-effective use of NRC’s assets and resources in order to maximize benefit to beneficiaries.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
- Coordinate with local authorities.
- Organize technical assessments of properties, in coordination with the APM.
- Participate in the design of tools to be used by the Shelter team
- Act as the technical focal point between the social team, APM and TAs
- Provide regular reports relating to analysis of assessment findings, as well as progress and situation reports on challenges identified in the field.
- Systematically follow up on referrals and troublesome cases.
- Prepare weekly reports to be shared with APM.
- Assist in planning distribution of Non Food Items (NFIs) in coordination with the Team Leader and logistics staff
- Competencies
1. Professional competencies
Generic professional competencies:
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience with NGOs, charities, humanitarian work or similar organisations
- Knowledge of the NGO operations and the dynamics of the humanitarian sector is a plus
- Engineering degree, preferred but not essential
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational and team work skills
- Very good English language proficiency
- Solid experience in assessments, surveying and reporting
- Excellent communication and report writing skills (oral and written)
- Strong computer skills (CAD, Word, Excel, Power point)
2. Behavioral competencies
- Good cultural awareness and sensitivity
- Highly approachable, trustworthy and confidential
- Delivering working tasks in a structured and professional manner, according to a daily activity plan
- Meeting deadlines
- Adhering to the NRC standards, policies and guidelines
- Adapting and coping to change
- Communicate effectively and respectfully
- To act respectfully and guide building owners to give clear and accurate description of the household’s current and past situation
- Make sure that NRC criteria is well communicated to all landlords and beneficiaries