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Job Title: Shelter Technical Assistant

Location City / Town: Pemba

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Short Description/ Purpose of Job

Generic responsibilities

  • Technical Supervision of enumerators, daily Workers, and Incentive Labour.
  • Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines as well Government rules and regulations 
  • Assist with the implementation of the shelter portfolio according to plan of action
  • Assist in the preparation and development of technical status reports as required by management
  • Ensure proper filing of technical documents in both hard and soft copies
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiary sites/units most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
  • Promote and share ideas for technical improvement in relation to both the “hard” and “soft” components of Shelter programming
  • Actively participate in capacity building trainings, workshops and seminars organized by NRC.
  • Assist in developing work plans for the technical aspects shelter activities
  • Ensure that gender and protection mainstreaming are carried out at the field level.

Collaborate with teams from other CC’s to ensure that project beneficiaries are provided with the full packages of services available through NRC’s programming according to the beneficiaries specific and self-identified needs

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Specific responsibilities 

  • Conduct technical needs assessments, and participate when required in focus group discussions, community meetings, and other community mobilization activities 
  • Conduct distribution of emergency items, including NFIs, shelter kits, cash or vouchers. 
  • In collaboration with Shelter distribution Officer/Coordinator, conduct door to door visits to potential beneficiary household sites and correctly fill project related technical forms and questionnaires.
  • Support the Shelter Distribution officer on the preparation of scope of works for Kits distribution activities.
  • In collaboration with the officer, conduct community mobilization and engagement at site level in accordance with NRC Technical minimum standards
  • Respond to any project authorities/beneficiary information requests and complaints in regards to technical aspects of implementation directed by Project Officer and M&E unit.
  • Report on technical aspects daily activities of Incentive labor and complete documentation in regards to technical performance
  • Participate in field level coordination with community stakeholders in areas of project implementation as directed by the Officer.
  • Perform any other task relevant to the position as requested by the Project Officer and/or the Project Coordinator.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

  • Project Planning and Implementation:    Shelter Coordinator, Shelter Officer
  • Logistics and Procurement: Fleet Assistant, Logistics Officers, Warehouse Assistant
  • M&E:     M&E Assistants
  • Data Management: M&E Officer, Shelter Database Officer            
  • HLP/Education/FSL: Officers and Assistants

QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Competencies 

1. Professional competencies 

Generic professional competencies: 

  • A minimum of 2 years of experience supervising construction/rehabilitation works at field level in private/humanitarian projects. Experience supervising contractors works. Proven experience, knowledge and skills to monitor construction projects. 
  • A minimum of 2 years of experience in the humanitarian sector during identification of beneficiaries, distributions, community mobilization.
  • Fluency in spoken and written Portuguese. Some knowledge of written and spoken English. Knowledge of additional local dialects is a plus. 

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience: 

  • Technical certification in construction, or relevant work experience during Emergency response activities.
  • Experience in working in construction projects with an NGO, charity or similar organization is an added value

2. Behavioral competencies

  • Handling insecure environments
  • Managing resources to optimize results
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Flexible and creative
  • Pro-active, goal-oriented and results driven

Date Posted: 29/01/2024

Category: NGO

Type: Full-Time

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