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Job Title: Emergency Response Officer

Location City / Town: Mueda

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FOR VARIOUS CONSULTANT VACANCIES

Short Description/ Purpose of Job

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work- and Professional Development Plan.

 

  1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
  2. Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action.
  3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
  4. Ensure proper filing of documents.
  5. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function.
  6. Teamwork s essential. Working as part of a team

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

Specific responsibilities 

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

  • Provide support to the periodic progress reports and other documents related to RRM.
  • In coordination with the field teams, AM, Support staff, and Partners plays a direct role in implementing emergency projects as required.
  • Implement emergency response plans and support the management of budgets and timelines, as appropriate.
  • Closely monitor events in the humanitarian issues, to advise and work on program activities and approaches, when necessary.
  • Conduct regular reviews with the Emergency Team Leader of progress against indicators, lessons learned, and challenges encountered, in order to ensure the achievement of performance targets and adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines.
  • Ensure quality implementation of RRM projects at field level taking into consideration appropriate response modalities and the needs of the most vulnerable.
  • Collect data, prepare and submit required reports to Emergency Team Leader for emergency projects, including donor and private funds narrative reports, monthly performance indicator tracking tables, baseline and final evaluation reports, and others.
  • Accept guidance from the M & E Team to ensure the development of and provide oversight to internal monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure high quality programming, facilitate fulfilment of donor reporting requirements, track achievements against project indicators, and support evidenced-based decision making and proposal development for future programming.
  • Implementing the RRM response with other humanitarian partners possessing emergency response capacity to avoid overlapping / facilitate synergies.
  • Provide data for rapid needs assessment reports using defined RRM format, and within established deadlines, providing clear operational recommendations for intervention.

QUALIFICATIONS

Professional competencies 

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance. 

Generic professional competencies: 

  • Previous experience working in a humanitarian / recovery context;
  • Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Knowledge of SPHERE, Do No Harm, humanitarian Principles and other humanitarian standards is highly desired. 
  • Knowledge of English 
  • Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office is a must.
  • Knowledge of local language  such as : Macua, Kimwani and Makonde

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience: 

  • Local knowledge of context is a must. 
  • Local language skills is a must.
  • Previous experience working in humanitarian and / or recovery is strongly recommended.
  • Ability to represent NRC with the highest standard is a must
 
 

Date Posted: 05/02/2024

Category: Private Sector

Type: Full-Time

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