Background
NRCโs Emergency Response Section (ERS) leads the organisationโs overall capacity to respond to new and emerging humanitarian crises, including through active monitoring, innovation and system development, crisis activation and emergency deployments.ย
Working across all organisational levels, the ERS provides guidance and capacity to enable established country offices to respond to emerging crises and leads on the establishment of new country start-ups responding to critical humanitarian situations.ย
The ERSโ multi-disciplinary team of roving emergency experts is backed by a small team of technical leads at head office, focused on ensuring that NRCโs emergency responses are principled, timely, agile and relevant to the priorities of people affected by crises.ย
ย Role and responsibilities
As a Global Roving Emergency Shelter Specialistย you will deploy to humanitarian crises and start-ups to provide technical development of the Shelter core competency, strategic direction and quality assurance, the Shelter strategy and quality control. You will also be responsible for mentoring, training and capacity building staff on Shelter technical capacity.
The main purpose of the Global Roving Shelter Specialist position is but not limited to;
Leading Shelter CC Programming during start-up, scale up and first-phase/emergency response Acting as a Shelter Specialist at CO level in case of a critical gap. Being the Shelter focal point in the ERS Supporting global and regional level initiatives related to the functionWhat you will do
Develop Shelter strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFAs Ensure compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures Contribute to fundraising, developing and revising funding proposal, budgets and donor reportsย Identifying trends, technical standards and donor prioritiesย Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within Shelter, ensuring high technical quality and synergies in project implementation Provide technical direction and project implementation supportย Ensure that key learnings are extracted from Shelter implementation, and incorporate them in Shelter and staff development processes Provide systematic training and building capacity of technical staff Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy Contribute to Shelterโs global programme development initiatives.Specifically you will;
Work jointly with other Core Competencies and thematic experts to address barriers to claiming rights and ensure high quality, safe services. Support ERS and GPS to further develop, integrate and implement CC and thematic specific First Line Response component as well as other broader initiatives (incl. Cash & Market based interventions). Support the consideration and inclusion of cash-based interventions and market-based approaches within (and across) NRC core competency responses, where appropriate. Reference to specific responsibilities is outlined in a separate Deployment Requests which will be developed for each assignment.Professional competencies, qualifications and skills required
Minimum 4 years of experience within Shelter technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context in a managerial capacity with substantial experience working in acute emergency situations. Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Advanced Shelter knowledge and expertiseย Familiarity with and experience of using cash-based approaches in emergencies Capacity to swiftly deliver in a stressful and fast-paced environment. Knowledge about own leadership skills/profileย Fluency in English, both written and verbal.ย French, Spanish or Arabic language skills are preferableBehavioural competencies
Handling insecure environments Strategic thinking Empowering and building trust Influencing Initiate action and change AnalysingWhat We Offer
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
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.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility: At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take initiative.
We are also looking for people who share our values:
Additional Information:
Duty Station: Global roving.
Travel:ย Up to 75%
Duration of contract: 24ย Months.
Grade 9ย in NRC's grading structure
Reports to (overall reporting):ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Head of Emergency Human Resources
Reports to (during deployment):ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Head of Programme
Technical reporting line to:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Global Shelter Lead
Provides supervision to:ย Defined per deployment
We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates to be sent on or beforeย July 9, 2023.
All applications should be submitted in English!
This position is open to qualified candidates of all nationalities!
Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates.
For more information regarding the role, here is the detailed job description.
For any queries, please email us atย mero.recruitment@nrc.noย with the job title in the subject line. 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.