Site Management Assistant Palestine Gaza

NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council

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All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

  1. Role and responsibilities

The Site Management Assistant is a member of NRC’s Site Management Team. The purpose of the assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day implementation of the Site Management project.

Generic responsibilities

  • Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
  • Assist with the implementation of the site management portfolio according to plan of action.
  • Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
  • Ensure proper filing of documents.
  • Promote and share ideas for improvement of site management.
  • Contribute to the fulfilment of the aims and objectives for NRC’s presence.

Specific responsibilities

  • Daily engagement with Site Managers, community committees, and other service providers, including organizing and holding meetings, ensuring compliance with safe and inclusive programming principles.
  • Assist in defining the methods of community participation that ensure the greatest possible participation of vulnerable groups.
  • Assist in capacity building of Site Management Committees, community groups etc.
  • Support the preparation of appropriate training materials as needed.
  • Help conducting recreational activities, site cleaning campaigns, distributions, community-based projects, awareness raising and any other project activities.
  • Conduct quantitative and qualitative data collection through surveys, key informant interviews and focus group discussions to identify community needs and gaps, reducing duplications in the field.
  • Ensure coordination and communication with service providers and other stakeholders on gap filling, arising needs and referrals.
  • Assist the team in identifying and responding to the emergency cases.
  • Prepare procurement request, payment request for non-contract staff and ensure project documents are collected and saved offline and online using Office 365, OneDrive and SharePoint in line with project agreements.
  • Participate in any other related activity in coordination with the supervisor.

Critical interfaces

  • Project planning: Site Management Project Manager, Site Management Coordinator
  • Area operations: Other core competency staff, Support Team
  • Implementation: SM Project Manager, SM Project Coordinator, SM Officers, SM Technical Assistant (IM)

1. Professional competencies

Generic professional competencies:

  • Relevant academic background.
  • Previous experience from working in development or humanitarian /recovery context.
  • Experience from doing community mobilization is an advantage.
  • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

  • Native Arabic speaker.
  • Good command in English is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of the Gaza context.
  • Ability to work in a cross-cultural setting.
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to the fast - changing field dynamics.
  1. Behavioral competencies
  • Handling insecure environment
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Communicating with impact and respect
Added 16 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - Source: nrc.no