Shelter Officer – Social 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.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters, NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Shelter Officer – Social

Ref. nr.: 4100468862
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Commencement: 15/07/2019
End date: 31/12/2019
Reports to: The Shelter Coordinator.

Brief

NRC is looking for a Shelter Officer Social for our area office in Maiduguri, Borno State, in Northern Nigeria. The purpose of the officer position is day to day implementation of the Shelter Project activities in maiduguri.

Job Description

Supervise the Shelter technical assistants – Social
Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
Support supervisors in pre-evaluation and anticipation of the implementation needs.
Under the supervision of the Shelter Coordinator and / or the shelter Specialist, initiate and design the community awareness activities and project Awareness S.O.P.
Assist the shelter coordinator in development of cash based project designs
Assess the community training needs and assist in the development of appropriate training materials.
Assist the shelter coordinator, to develop the emergency community shelter activities and organize emergency responses,
To assess the community training needs and assist in developing modules for appropriate training materials (training modules and ToR)
Provide technical support to Shelter assistant in training of community workers
Guide the formation of beneficiary selection committee and village committee
Responsible of preparation and follow up of procurement request and updating procurement database.
Establish and maintain good working relationships with local authorities, local communities, local committees and partners as well as with all stakeholders in NRC area of intervention
Conduct regular meetings with community members to discuss program objectives, and mobilize the community participation and act as a mentor throughout the planning and implementation processes.
Routinely monitor the projects activities and feedback findings to the community members and other stakeholders
Encourage the participation of female workers in key positions in the construction / rehabilitation of community infrastructures and all shelter activities
Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
Represent NRC in coordination meeting when delegated.

Qualifications

Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Some knowledge of English.

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) or Bachelor of Art (BA) or any other related quality
Knowledge of the context in North Eastern Nigeria
Knowledge of the local language Kanuri, Hausa
Experience with start-up, exit or similar
Experience in community training and management of community workers Familiarity with Data collection and management tools

Education field

Social Science
Civil engineering / Construction

Education level:

College / University, Bachelor’s degree

Personal qualities:

Handling insecure environments
Managing resources to optimize results
Empowering and building trust
Managing performance and development
Planning and delivering results
A good sense of humour is an asset

Language:

Hausa
English

We offer

Commencement: July 2019
Duration: 5 months (with possibility of extension)
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.
Level: Grade 5 Step 1 in the NRC grade structure
Duty station: Maiduguri, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start.

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