Shelter/Infrastructure Officer at Idmibok International (360 HSDC)

Job Overview

The Shelter/ Infrastructure Officer conducts comprehensive sectoral needs assessments in liaison with other relevant sectors such as protection, program, community services, Public Health, WASH, administration and supply. S/He ensures that 360HSDC’s field operations are supported in carrying out shelter and settlement needs assessments, taking into account the current situation, projected population planning figures and the expected scale of returns.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that 360HSDC Field operations are supported in carrying out shelter needs assessments taking into account the current situation, projected population planning figures and the expected scale of returns.
• Development of country level shelter strategies, while considering the local context, age and gender, culture, climate, environmental protection and the availability of local resources, including materials, capacities and existing infrastructure
• Provide clear guidance on standards for shelter, including minimum emergency standards to meet basic and essential needs as well as guidance for phased improvement of shelter conditions that will be necessary as the duration of the displacement prolongs.
• Together with 360HSDC’s implementing partners, compiling, analyzing and mapping available information on shelter options in country, taking into account relevant policies adopted by the Government.
• When planning shelter works, ensuring that the technical component reflects 360HSDC’s minimum standards for the provision of emergency and other types of shelter assistance and is within the budgetary requirements. Due consideration should be given to standards in other relevant sectors such as water and sanitation.
• Ensuring the shelter strategy is periodically reviewed to reflect the evolving situation in country and progressively transitioning to more sustainable shelter solutions. This process should be done in close collaboration with the beneficiaries and the host Government while bearing in mind the shelter needs of people upon their eventual return to their state of origin.
• Ensuring that specifications, bills of quantities and drawings are produced in a technically sound and standardized manner.
• Establish monitoring and evaluation tools to ensure that works are implemented according to plans and completed within the designated timeframe.
• Ensure that local communities have been consulted on all activities so as not to create unnecessary tension between the displaced and host populations.
• In consultation with 360HSDC’s donors and local communities themselves, identifying the need for community based Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) that can benefit the local and displaced communities
• When identifying beneficiaries, ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable population of concern (POC) and host families are addressed.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture or Civil-Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience with graduate degree (equivalent of Master’s), 5 years with undergraduate degree (equivalent of a BA/BS), with a minimum of 2 years of international field experience.
• Experience working with International NGO is preferred