Emergency Response Assistant - Roving at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

NRC is looking for a Emergence Responses Assistant for our field office in Maiduguri, Borno State in Northern Nigeria. The purpose of the Emergence Response Assistant is to assist in the Implementation and impact of Emergence Response activities in Maiduguri, Borno State

NRC initiated country operations in Nigeria in June 2015, in order to respond to the critical and increasing needs in the country. NRC currently has a full team based in Maiduguri and a coordination office in Abuja. NRC is currently providing services across various sectors namely; Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH); Food Security; and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) in order to address identified humanitarian needs.

The Emergence Response Assistant reports to Emergence Response Officer

Job description

• Carry out needs assessments and support beneficiary identification, selection and registration of selected beneficiaries
• Support delivery and distribution of assistance to selected beneficiaries
• Support on ad hoc basis daily workers for data collection/enumerators
• Monitor displacement trends and arrival of newly displaced person’s
• Monitor market prices for basic commodities
• Assist with post distribution monitoring data collection and analysis
• Other duties as directed from time to time

Qualifications

• IT tools experience
• Experience in conducting field level data collection
• Experience in participating in distributions of humanitarian materials
• University Degree in relevant course

Education field

• Administration / Organisation / Management
• Journalism / Communications
• Humanities / Maths / Science

Education level

Academy college / University

Personal qualities

• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environment
• A good sense of humour is an asset

All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

Language

Hausa

English

We offer

Commencement: April 2019

Duration: 8 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.

Duty station: Maiduguri - Monguno, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri and Monguno is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.

Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.