Infrastructure Project Officer (National Position)

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  • Added Date: Monday, 09 October 2023
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The purpose of the officer position is to undertake day to day infrastructure activities of โ€œMarket-based Agricultural Rehabilitation & Employment in Post-Conflict Iraqโ€ in Anbar governorate.

NRC IRAQ is committed to:

  • Equal employment opportunities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Localization of workforce

    Purpose of the role

    The purpose of the officer position is to undertake day-to-day infrastructure activities of โ€œMarket-based Agricultural Rehabilitation & Employment in Post-Conflict Iraqโ€ in Anbar governorate.

    What you will do

  • Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines as well as government rules and regulations.
Implement delegated project portfolio activities related to the Livelihoods project according to the plan of action specifically in regard to technical aspects.Prepare and develop 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.ย Promote and share ideas for technical improvement in relation to both the โ€œhardโ€ and โ€œsoftโ€ components of infrastructure programming.

Specifically, you will;

Actively participate in capacity building trainings, workshops, and seminars organized by NRC.Actively participate in developing work plans for the technical aspects of the project activities.Ensure that gender and protection mainstreaming are carried out at the field level.Collaborate with teams from other CCโ€™s to ensure that project beneficiaries are provided with the full packages of services available through NRCโ€™s programming according to the beneficiaries specific and self-identified needs.ย Organize and lead technical needs assessments, focus group discussions, contractor meetings, and technical discussions with stakeholders.Prepare informational materials for project beneficiaries in regards to BoQs and scope of works to develop training materials related to proper installation of materials.Prepare the production of site-level BoQs and BoQ amendments. Collaborate with PC on the development of standardized BoQs. Ensure that content specifications are precise and work with logistics to obtain samples as needed.ย Prepare technical designs as required according to the technical specifications for materials and construction, in coordination with the Project Coordinator.Track and record information related to project beneficiaries, handle requests and complaints in regards to technical aspects of implementation as directed by Project Coordinator and M&E unit.Carry-out field level coordination with contractors and/or Daily/Incentive Labor in areas of project implementation.

Professional competencies

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

Two yearsโ€™ experience working as a technical (or Equivalent) in a humanitarian NGO /recovery context or an engineering company.ย Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.Documented results related to the positionโ€™s responsibilities.Knowledge about own leadership skills/profileFluency in Arabic and English both spoken and written.ย 

Behavioral competencies

Handling insecure environmentPlanning and delivering results.Working with peopleAnalyzingCommunication with impact and respectCoping with changeย 

What We Offer

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and aย chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

ย  ย  ย Contract Duration: 8 monthsย Extendableย 
ย  ย  ย Duty Station: Anbar - Ramadi - Iraqย 
ย  ย  ย Health Insurance is provided
ย  ย  ย Salary: G5/S1, according to NRCโ€™s Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

To be dedicated to what we do.To be innovative with our solutions.To act as one unified and inclusive team.To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each otherโ€ฆ the members of our NRC family.

ย  ย ย Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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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