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JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Ideal Candidate

The role of the Shelter Officer, field-based position is to support and ensure quality through the regular visit, coordinator with different stakeholder, sharing the challenges with senior management and support as per need of Shelter & WASH programme.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative and operational support to the Shelter & WASH /Emergency response programme.
• Administers the project's activities including raising purchase requisitions, preparation of payment vouchers, completion certificate and maintaining the project's archive.
• Line manages WASH/shelter Assistant, Incentive worker responsible for providing direction on Shelter & WASH intervention in camp and host communities.
• Assists in reviewing procurement contracts and related documents, analyze contents and findings, and provides recommendations on variations or changes.
• Regular visit the project area(Shelter and settlement intervention) to assess quality and assist with monitoring activities, support technical staff to prepare BOQ, follow up the construction work.
• Tracks the results of the projects implementation and reports findings and/or breaches to the line manager.
• Ensures that camp authorities, communities and leaders are involved and informed about the activities of the projects, in coordination with the field teams.
• Update operational plans into weekly, monthly, and quarterly implementation plans and ensure that all plans are documented, regularly updated, and properly tracked.
• Carries out any other related WASH/Shelter activities relevant to the role, as requested by the line Manager or senior manager.
• Support team with information, dissemination, sharing and conduct assessment, FGD, KII as per needs required by the project and under the guidance of line manager.

Key Education and Skills Requirements

• 02 years of relevant working experience Cox's Bazar camp context
• Bachelors/Diploma/Degree in Civil Engineering/Urban & Regional Planning/Development Studies/Social science or equivalent.
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Knowledge and experience in GPS and mapping
• Excellent computer proficiency
• Oral proficiency in the Chittagonian dialect
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Additional Information

We welcome applications from qualified and interested candidates, particularly local candidates, from the Cox's Bazar area. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.

Contract period: 06 months (extendable)

Expected Start Date: 01-January-2024

Duty Station: Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar

Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary and allowances as per NRC's salary scale, Life and medical insurance, maternity leaves and allowances, festival bonus, annual and others leave, etc.

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.

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