Shelter Technical Assistant
WASH/Shelter Technical Assistant
About the Job
Role and responsibilities
The WASH/Shelter Assistant will assist the
WASH/Shelter Project Officer in providing support in the development of NRC’s
WASH/Shelter programming particularly on the emergency Water supply, Sanitation
Intervention and Hygiene Promotion and Shelter as guided by the WASH and
Shelter strategies and context and will assist the Project coordinator in
overall planning and design of on-going projects and future projects. The
WASH/Shelter Assistant role is the primary community entry and community
engagement role.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the implementation of the WASH and
Shelter projects in the Area of Responsibility.
- Collect primary information for the preparation and
development of status reports as required by management
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the
WASH/shelter projects in the community.
- Help plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline
studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
- Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and
agencies working locally in order to coordinate within the WASH/Shelter
sector and between sectors such as Shelter, Education and Food Security
- Collect primary information for reports preparation,
receive information from community, relay to NRC Office, and coordinate
with the M&E team.
- Play a key and fundamental role in community
mobilization and convening community meetings.
- Coordinate with the WASH/Shelter cluster partner staff,
NGOs/INGOs/UN agencies and Govt Line agencies to avoid any duplication of
services.
- Coordinate with sector bureaus on designs and other
project needs as deemed relevant.
- Conducting the water Quality and pumping tests by using
the test Kits and pumping monitoring tools.
- Participate in the designing of solar pumps system and
collect the engineering technical data.
Specific responsibilities
- Conduct technical surveys for WASH/shelter
infrastructure, provide preliminary information for cost estimates based
on location prices and market situation.
- Support the preparation of the detailed implementation
plans, monthly and weekly plans of WASH/Shelter activities in his/her area
- Collect data from the community workers/volunteers and
prepare regular reports on WASH/Shelter activities and monitor progress.
- Collect primary information for reports preparation,
receive information from community and relay to NRC Office and coordinate
with the M&E team.
- Enable effective dialogue with the affected community
to allow the agency to be held to account for the quality of the
WASH/Shelter program.
- Supervise construction and rehabilitation of water and
sanitation facilities and ensure all construction is done with quality as
per guiding documents.
- Conduct beneficiary targeting, selection, and
verification together with all relevant stakeholders for cash provision,
in-kind distribution, or other activities. In addition, submit required
quality documents for ROD purpose or financial purposes.
- Involve in multi-sectoral assessment, base line
surveys, KAP surveys, PDMs and other data collection activities.
- Integrate safe and inclusive programming in all WASH
and shelter activities.
- Oversee all temporary, transitional, and permanent
shelter construction at IDP sites, refugee camps or host communities
either in-kind or cash modality, conduct site planning, establish sanitation
corridors and settlement designs.
- Conduct technical assessment, develop safe and
inclusive designs/BOQs, supervision, prepare actual BOQs, as built
drawings and payment documents for all construction activities conducted
by other CCs like education, FSL and others.
- Implement integrated programing in field level.
About
You
Competencies
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience
that are important for effective performance.
Generic professional competencies:
- Experience from working as an assistant Project Officer
in a humanitarian/recovery context. Strong knowledge or training in
community development or participatory approaches. Diploma or degree in
community social work required.
- Previous experience from working in complex and
volatile contexts. Proven practical experience in community engagement
water and sanitation work. Community engagement and supervising
contractors or community volunteers involved in WASH work and at least 1
year preferably with an INGO.
- Documented results related to the position’s
responsibilities
- Some knowledge of English
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and
experience:
- Can prioritize tasks and manage pressure.
- Can work with different community groups-women, youth,
elderly without feeling intimidated.
- Strong context assessment skills and ability to
communicate to the office in time.
- Able to communicate, collaborate and share tasks with
other NRC (Shelter, Education, FSL and M&E) and other NGO field staff.
Behavioral competencies
These are personal qualities that influence
how successful people are in their job.
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Strong communication skills and self-confident to speak
in public.
- Able to work under pressure and for extended working
hours.
- Strong analytical skills, able of making decisions
- Takes initiatives, has creative thinking and focuses on
solutions rather than problems.
- Open to learning and criticism, willing to improve
where needed.
- Strong leader and a good team player.
Required Skills
- Effective communication and sociability
- Attention to detail & aesthetics
- Environmental regulations
How
To Apply
Application procedure
Interested candidates who meet the above
criteria are invited to send in their application letters including updated
curriculum vitae with day-time telephone number and contact details of three
work-related referees only through https://www.nrc.no/carreier. Please
attach photocopies of the most relevant educational certificates/testimonials
and work experience documents. Applications should reach NRC latest by 29
August 2024 at 5:00 pm.
NB: only shortlisted candidates shall be
contacted.
“Female candidates are strongly encouraged to
apply and on-the-job training will be provided!”