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Our vision Since 1993, as the second French NGO, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential. Our values Independent, private and nonprofit, French NGO ACTED (operating...
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About the job
The Shelter Specialist is responsible for ensuring the overall technical quality of ACTED shelter construction. The Shelter Specialist will oversee construction and ensure that field teams have the necessary skills and tools to enable them to monitor construction activities. The Shelter Specialist will identify technical issues and suggest modifications where relevant. The Shelter Specialist will use their own technical knowledge as well as experience of ACTED Shelter program to inform the Shelter Sector and advocate for improvements in the overall design, progressively working towards more durable solutions and drawing from local building practices and materials. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
General Programming & Operations
Logistic Support
The Shelter Specialist will have custodial responsibility for all ACTED assets (computers, GPS devices, smart phones, etc) at their operational base, and will need to work with the ACTED team and ACTED Logistics to ensure serviceability of assets and availability of consumables (printer ink, paper, pens, etc…)
Supervision of and capacity building in junior national staff
The Shelter Specialist will be responsible for ensuring junior national staff participate in their assigned duties as well as building technical capacity related to data collection, FGD facilitation and computer use
Any other tasks need to ensure the success of the ACTED mission in Nigeria
The Shelter Specialist may be called upon to work on other ACTED programs in various locations in Nigeria including, but not limited to, remote LGA capitals, as the security situation allows
Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries
The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programs objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.
About you
All employees should master ACTED's core Principles: Independence, Neutrality, Non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, Ethics, Professionalism, anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability
Moreover, we also expect the following:
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All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English.
CV and Cover Letter indicating and explaining the suitability to the position applied.
Provide contact details (name, position, email address and tel. no.) of 3 professional non-related references, whereas 1 must be for the latest employer. Please do not attach any written recommendations.
Applications should be addressed to: The Recruitment Manager.
Applications can be sent through email to nigeria.jobs@acted.org
Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications, sent together with a CV, will be considered. CV-only applications will not be considered. Please note: The position title and location must be written in the subject line of the e-mail otherwise not considered.
ACTED considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
CVs will be review on rolling bases.
Due to the large numbers of expected applicants ACTED will only inform shortlisted candidates. We apologise for the inconvenience. Only short-listed applicants will be invited for written test and oral interview.
For general information about ACTED, please consult: www.acted.org
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