Shelter Specialist at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Shelter Specialist

Webcruiter ID: 4234288704
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Full-time/part-time: Full-time
Employment type: Contract
Percentage of full-time: 100

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience within a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Minimum 2 years of shelter core competency expertise (as Specialist or Project Manager)
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the Lake Chad Basin region and northeastern Nigeria context specifically
• Experience with start-up or expansion of new programmes
• Experience in team capacity building
• Advanced computer skills, especially in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
• Personal qualities
• Handling insecure environments
• Strategic thinking
• Empowering and building trust
• Influencing
• Initiate action and change
• Analysing

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop Shelter Core Competency strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFAs
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
• Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
• Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within Core Competency, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
• Develop proposals, project reviews and modifications, including budgets
• Consolidate and develop internal and external reports and other materials
• Take the lead on quality project deliverables reporting (GORS: output and outcome level), with support from area project teams and M&E team
• Monitor project implementation, including adherence to developed workplans, and alert PCs, PMs and AMs as required to any deviations (including quality and timeliness)
• Lead on conducting needs assessments (in collaboration with Area Program teams, Protection team and M&E team), baseline, mid-and end-evaluations

Deadline: 25th May, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV.
• There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the “Company name” field for both company and location
• This is for Nigeria Nationals only.