The purpose of a WASH/Shelter Technical Officer Hard position is to contribute with specific technical competences to project implementation. This position will normally not entail management responsibility of staff, but daily supervision for a limited number of staffs at assistant level. The following is a brief description of the role.
A. Generic Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines, and standards.
- Ensure compliance with WASH and Shelter cc strategies, tools, handbooks, guidelines, and standards.
- Guarantee WASH / Shelter specific technical responsibility for implementation and documentation of technical activities of the CCs project(s).
- Guarantee WASH / Shelter specific technical responsibility for the quality control and monitoring of project activities.
- Provide specific technical support and capacity building towards project staff.
- Provide specific technical analysis and feedback to NRC representatives in coordination forums.
- Assess, promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options.
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
B. Specific Responsibilities
- Plan and supervise quality control of WASH and shelter construction or rehabilitation works across the different modalities (e.g., through contractors, cash-based, beneficiary-driven…).
- Ensure quality of WASH and shelter construction or rehabilitation works through conducting regular field visits and providing guidance to field teams.
- Produce and contextualize technical tools to support implementation of the programme by the team (field supervision checklists, report templates, data collection tools, etc.).
- Support the tracking of assistance provided for project management, logistics and finances reconciliation, accountability, and M&E (beneficiary counting).
- Ensure weekly quality check of evidence/sources of verification (collected by assistants from the field).
- Ensure the inclusion of Safe and Inclusive Program (SIP) considerations, particularly to guarantee accessibility and the safety of beneficiaries.
- Initiate purchase requisition and follow up the procurement process goods, materials and services for WASH and shelter activities (including the elaboration of tender documents, technical designs, BoQs and the technical evaluation of bids).
- Define in-kind / cash-based modalities based on market assessments.
- Support the incremental integration of NRC Minimum Environmental Requirements.
C. Generic professional competencies for this position
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience with project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Demonstrated experience within technical expertise area of WASH and or Shelter with a focus on hardware aspects.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Be willing and able to travel and work regularly on the field (outside office).
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
D. Context/Specific Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
- Bachelors Degree or Post Graduate Training in Civil Engineering, Public Health or related field.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar position preferably with an INGO.
- Good knowledge of the South-West and North-West region context.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal, and work knowledge of French is an advantage.
- Knowledge of the local language in the NW/SW
- Mastery of MS Tools
- Mastery of Auto CAD, GIS MS EXCEL.
E. Behavioural competencies
- Copying with change
- Working with people
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Handling insecure environments
We offer
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to ensure staff diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• Beginning: February 2024
• Duration of the contract: 12 months, renewable depending on the availability of funds
• Salary / Benefits: In accordance with NRC’s Salary Grid and 90% medical insurance coverage.
• Duty station: Buea
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.