Shelter Officer 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 Officer

Job Identification: 16646
Location: Monguno, Borno
Job type: Contract
Duration of contract: 1 year (Renewable).
Job Category: Engineering
Grade Level: Grade 5 in NRC's grading structure
Reporting line: Field Coordinator

Generic Responsibilities 

• Line management of shelter social assistants
• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Contribute to Shelter strategy development, project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps 
• Assist in Management and implementation of soft programming aspects of the delegated projects such as distributions, beneficiary selection, trainings, etc.
• Provide regular progress reports to Shelter social coordinator and Shelter Program Manager
• Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills 
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day shelter activities with social aspects (Beneficiary Selection and Community Sensitization, etc.) 
• Coordinate with NRC Rapid Response Mechanism Team in regard to community emergency needs 
• Oversee development and implementation of shelter/NFI market-based interventions in coordination with Shelter social coordinator, shelter program manager and shelter specialist 
• Ensure standards and SOPs for protection and gender mainstreaming, beneficiary selection and distribution are known and applied in the field
• Participate in rapid assessments in new areas of intervention
• Record and document good practices, lesson learned and establish a database in coordination with shelter specialist and M&E to capture Shelter program performance.

Context / Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• University Degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Architecture, Social Sciences.
• Experience with community training and large-scale distribution 
• Experience with market-based interventions (cash and voucher) 
• Knowledge of the context in North-Eastern Nigeria
• Knowledge of the local language Kanuri, Hausa  (added advantage)
• Knowledge of emergency, transitional and permanent construction requirements and protocols
• Familiarity with international minimum standards is an advantage.

Generic Professional Competencies:

• 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.

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2024 (2.42AM).