Fresh Jobs at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

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• To implement organisational Global Logistics Handbook procedures and ensure compliance with donors and organisational policies
• To support in the development of the Country Logistics SOPs and their implementation
• Ensure all agreement and contracts are either extended or re-tendered in time; and to timely process the newly requested tenders based on the tender time plan.
• Participate on all relevant meetings ensuring proper communication and coordination with other departments; and support in providing technical information where relevant
• To support in preparation of Project Procurement Plans and consolidation and reviewing of the Country Procurement Plan.
• To ensure that stock reports and documentation are accurate, updated regularly and conduct spot checks 
• Ensure all NRC Nigeria vehicles and generators reports are accurate and analysis of usage is conducted on a monthly basis. 
• To ensure Agresso Asset Register and Inventory list are accurate  and conduct reconciliatitions on a quaterly basis. Participate on the mid-year asset and warehouse physical/verification within the AO’s.
• Provide monthly reports on all logistics activities and ensure logistics KPI’s are achieved, report posted on a timely manner on O365 for Logistics Managers/designated review.
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities to implement cash-based interventions and market-based programmes by participating in assessments and response analysis discussions.
• To undertake any other duties as signed by the line manager.
• Ensure capacity build the team in CO and AO logistics teams
• Handle complex and high value tenders and ensure that they are compliance to NRC and donor procurement and financial guidelines.
• Actively participate in market assessment/surveys, due diligence and vendor rating exercises.
• Ensure Procurement Tracker and Contract Follow up sheet are accurate and updated prior to being shared as the updates with all staff. 
• Consolidate quarterly reports on the performance of suppliers and service providers and highlight supplier with poor performance.

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• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Supply Chain Management at a senior level preferably within a humanitarian context.
• Qualification requirement: Essential degree and specialization in Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management, preferably professional qualifications such as CIPS L4 or higher, APICS Certification (CSCP, CLTD, CTS, CPIM).
• Good working knowledge of international supply chain operation 
• Experience and knowledge of key institutional donor’s procsurement rules and regulations;
• Proven management experience, including training and capacity building of national staff;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• A high level of computer literacy;
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

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Generic Responsibilities

• Develop Protection from Violence Core Competency (CC) strategy, technical guidance and macro-log frames that are aligned with regional and global strategies and priorities.
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures.
• Contribute to fundraising, develop, and revise funding proposal, budgets, and donor reports.
• Identify trends, technical standards, and donor priorities.
• Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within Protection from Violence CC, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation.
• Provide technical direction and project implementation support.
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from Protection from Violence CC implementation and incorporate them in CC and staff development processes.
• Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff, in approaches to the prevention of and response to violence.
• Contribute to implementation of Safe and Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards across your area of work.

Specific Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead on the Protection programme technical development and support within NRC.
• Develop in-country technical standards, guidance notes, and programming resources for protection of civilians programming.
• Assess training and development needs within the Protection from Violence teams, develop capacity building plan and implement the plan with the support of the Protection from Violence Managers or Coordinators, develop training materials based on relevant programme guidelines and SOPs and roll-out training to the Civilian Self-Protection and Individual Response Services teams.
• Develop UDOC/Site Management strategy with a focus on engagement of community representation structures and support to site managers from local organizations and/or the community. This will be done with the support of the Site Management Regional and Head Office Advisory Team and in close coordination with the Site Management Project Manager. 
• Design a capacity building strategy and adapt existing sector and NRC training packages on Site Management Support, Mobile Site Management, UDOC, Community Engagement and Coordination to the local context. The PfV Specialist will work with the Site Management Advisory Team to identify relevant training opportunities.
• Develop relevant SOPs and monitoring mechanisms to ensure high programme quality standards based on Site Management Minimum Standards and on Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP). 
• Develop and/or maintain a protection monitoring and analysis system to identify trends, threats, risks and mitigation measures affecting communities and individuals. The focus of monitoring and analysis efforts will be to prevent and respond to violence and coercion experienced by people in the target areas.
• Develop and/or maintain a site monitoring and analysis system to identify needs, gaps, and the overall condition of the collective sites. The focus of these efforts will be to coordinate a response within NRC supported collective sites and to inform the humanitarian response in the collective sites more broadly. 
• Analyse response data to produce succinct, analytical Protection and Site Management reports, to be shared with both external and internal stakeholders, highlighting key protection / displacement trends and concerns.

Generic Professional Competencies

• A master’s degree in a relevant field (law, social sciences or related disciplines). An advanced academic qualification will be an added advantage. 
• Minimum 4 years of experience within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Knowledge and skills in market analysis, cash-based interventions and market-based programmes.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

Context /Specific Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience managing a complex protection programme including implementation, programme development, fundraising and budget development. Experience in site management programme implementation is an added advantage. 
• Excellent understanding of key technical standards (IASC, protection mainstreaming, IHL, gender and humanitarian principles, donor markers on gender and disability etc.) and a demonstrated ability to integrate them into programming.
• Knowledge of the Nigeria humanitarian context.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience with start-up, scale-up projects and emergency contexts.
• Specific expertise in monitoring and analysis of displacement trends, collective sites, and protection risks (quantitative and qualitative data), including in the absence or regular, consistent or reliable data.