NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council)
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Description
This position is specifically tailored for individuals who hold Iraqi citizenship or permanent residency status.”
Purpose of the role:
The purpose of a HSS and Access Coordinator is to implement delegated areas of responsibility.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
What you will do
- Implement NRC’s systems and procedures at area level
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements
- Prepare and submit reports and analysis
- Ensure proper filing of all support documents
- Support line managers in procedures and require support team training
- Management of HSS staff
- Provide anti-corruption, transparency and cost-efficiency focus in all processes
Specifically, you will;
HSS Responsibilities
- Implement and ensure compliance in NRC Iraq with Global, Regional and in Country HSS SOPs
- Conduct regular security and risk assessments to identify HSS needs in all Iraq and Area Offices
- Responsible for management of the communication tree for staff check in and dissemination for alerts and information.
- Analytical reporting of contextual updates and maintenance of incident database.
- Proactively engage with programme and support teams to understand HSS needs and act upon information
- Responsible for implementing HSS related trainings and ensuring compliance by regular planning for First Aid, HEIST and other relevant HSS trainings for staff
- Improve systems that are functional and meet our current demands from both Country office and the South-Central Area Office
- Liaise with UN agencies, NGOs and other external actors to gain HSS information
- Alert security focal point/s of important events, by monitoring internet, TV and radio news in English and local languages, as well as via security alert systems.
- Ensure access to all NRC premises are monitored and controlled
- In liaison with HSS Manager and the Head of Support (Budget Holder) raise PRs in line with planned procurements (in line with Master Budget spending plan) for relevant HSS requirements.
- Follow-up with external actors for relevant permission for communication devices
Access Responsibilities
- Ensure timely application and follow-up for federal Iraq visas for international staff and NRC visitors to Federal Iraq; maintain a tracking and follow-up system for renewals.
- Liaise regularly with DNGO in Baghdad and other relevant authorities, maintaining good relations i
- NRC focal point for all communication with DNGO and Government of Iraq authorities.
- Provide briefings, following special assessments, to access groups
- Support area security/access focal point for access related issues in the areas of operation
- Liaison with local government authorities for access issues as and when request comes from AO
- Responsible for obtaining access letter from concern authorities for shifting goods and personnel movement between Erbil to AOs and vice versa.
- Support/guide area security/access focal point for mapping out different actors in the areas of operations
- Support HSS Manager in mapping hard to reach areas and country access strategy
- Participate country level access coordination meetings.
Qualifications & Preferred Skills
Professional competencies
- Experience from working as a HSS Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of the context in in Iraq
- Previous experience in a liaison or access position
- Fluency in Arabic, Kurdish an advantage
- Proven experience of planning and organization
- Proven ability to communicate and coordinate effectively
- Proactive
Behavioral competencies
NRC has identified the following behavioral competencies that are critical for all staff working with NRC
- Handling insecure environments
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with people
- Analyzing
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Coping with change
What We Offer
We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.
We are also looking for people who share our values:
- To be dedicated in what we do;
- To be innovative with our solutions;
- To act as one unified and inclusive team;
- To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.
Contract Duration: until 31 December, 2024 (our contract renewal cycle runs from January to December)
Duty Station: Baghdad- Iraq with 40% (to different field locations in Iraq)
Health Insurance is provided
Salary: G7/S1, According to NRC’s Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.
For more information please read the job description
How To Apply
Deadline Date
2024-07-10
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