Shelter & WASH Officer Ukraine Odessa (for nationals only)
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This is a Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contracts.
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.
- Role and responsibilities
The following is a brief description of the role.
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
- Lead 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 Technical Shelter Team and Shelter Project Manager on the implementation of projects including property 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.
- Support, guide, and lead the Technical Assistants under the close supervision of the Team Leader.
- Act responsibly and communicates respectfully with homeowners 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 caseloads, including keeping up-to-date records of the number of housing units, shelters, and landlords contracted
Critical interfaces
- Be the focal point for technical-related database management of the assigned area.
- Organize and lead in conducting technical surveys, questionnaires, or assessments as required.
- Submit daily and weekly reports to the Area Programme Manager on the activities and action points assigned to the TFO.
- Coordinate with various NRC staff at the 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 the 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 the 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 the distribution of Non-Food Items (NFIs) in coordination with the APM 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 organizations
- 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 teamwork 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, Powerpoint)
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 descriptions of the household’s current and past situation
- Make sure that NRC criteria are well communicated to all landlords and beneficiaries
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