Shelter Officer Afghanistan Herat

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  • Added Date: Monday, 26 June 2023
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Purpose of the Job:ย 

The purpose of the officer position is day to day implementation of the Shelter and Settlement departmentย  ย Projects in Herat. He or she will be responsible to ensure that the project under his or her responsibility is going as per budget, proposal and timeframe also he/she should lead the technical assistant.ย 

Officer will be responsible to ensure that the implementation of project on the site is as per the approved log frame and M&E matrices also he or she should comply with all NRC tools.

For more information about this position , please click onย Job Descriptionย and NRCย Grade Structure.ย 

Generic responsibilities:

Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelinesImplement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of actionPrepare and develop status reports as required by managementEnsure proper filing of documentsPromote and share ideas for technical improvementEnsure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assistGoal oriented and visionaryย Having strong sense of responsibilities to NRC core valueKnowledge and experience within a relevant situation or technical field and ideally a relevant vocational qualificationDevelopment of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes

Specific responsibilities:

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–!

Have full understanding of all programsโ€™ goals, objectives, implementation plan and expected result / output.Manage all the phases of theย Shelter and Settlementย activities including but not limited to; beneficiary selection, project planning, field assistant, project implementation and evaluation.Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projectsย Provide leadership toย Shelter and Settlementย team.Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholdersย Do performance appraisal of eachย Shelter and Settlementย Technical assistant.Participate in NRC staff and seminars and training, when scheduledOperate field equipment.ย Work closely with allย Shelter and Settlementย projects stockholders.ย Provision of the monthly plan for his/her team.ย Keeping on track recording of training data and program documents.Participate actively in project coordination meetings.Coordinate closely his or her activities with Shelter and Settlement PM.Assist her/his direct supervisor/PM on planning, organizing, facilitating and monitoring of projects.ย Be willing to travel throughout the districts and other provinces, this is primarily a field position and will ย  ย  require physical activity in a range of demanding natural environments and conditions.ย Any other tasks assigned by supervisors/Shelter and Settlement PM.Ensure the inclusion of cash-based interventions and marked based programmes in country and area-based strategies and their implementation across and within NRCโ€™s core competencies.Provide an enabling environment for the implementation of cash-based interventions, including multi-purpose cash assistance, emergency cash responses.

Generic professional competencies:ย 

Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery contextPrevious experience from working in complex and volatile contextsTechnicalย Shelter and Settlementย expertiseย Documented results related to the positionโ€™s responsibilitiesEnglish knowledgeKnowledge of cash-based interventions and market based programmes

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:ย 

Demonstrated experience in conducting rapid emergency assessments in projects.Experience in working in insecure/conflict environments.Manage time effectively, prioritizing tasks and able to work to deadlines.Good cultural, social, political and security knowledge of the area.Proven communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with strong experience.Working knowledge of English languageComputer skills. Able to work productively in periods of high stress and activity.A sense of humour.Innovative and creative thinker.Work confidently within a group.Able to act on initiative, identify opportunities & proactive in putting forward ideas & solutions Maintains effective performance under pressureAble to decide what steps are needed to achieve particular goals and then implement these.ย Good cultural, social, political and security knowledge of the area.Proven communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with strong experience.Good report-writing skills.Innovative and creative thinker

Education:

Civil Engineer Degree / construction

Personal Qualities:

Planning and delivering resultsCommunicating with impact and respectHandling insecure environmentEmpowering and building trust

Language:

DariEnglishPashto

We offer:

Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.NRC has medical coverage for staff plus 4 dependents.ย Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labour Law.Top up Credit card on monthly basis

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