Shelter Officer at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Contribute to Shelter strategy development, project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps
• Manage and implement delegated Shelter activities in field locations according to the budget and project’s proposal
• Ensure high technical quality of all the implemented shelters
• Provide regular progress reports to shelter program coordinator and area manager
• Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Manage day-to-day activities of all shelter activities with technical aspects (new constructions, rehabilitation, repair, etc)
• Manage day-to-day activities of all shelter activities with social aspects (NFI Distributions, Beneficiary Selection and Community Sensitization, etc.) 
• Assist Shelter Program Coordinator and Shelter specialist with donor reports
• Contribute to the design of implementation documents for Shelter projects
• Ensure technical standards such as SPHERE standards for implementation are known and applied among shelter team
• Ensure standards and SOPs for protection and gender mainstreaming, beneficiary selection and distribution are known and applied among shelter team
• Ensure that all activity documents related to activities such as labor payments, hand-over certificated, etc. are filled correctly and stored adequately according to NRC Nigeria policies

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in civil engineering or architecture
• Experience household training in and infrastructure maintenance
• Knowledge of the context in North Eastern Nigeria
• Knowledge of the local language, Hausa, Fulfulde
• Knowledge of emergency, transitional and permanent construction requirements and protocols
• Familiarity with international minimum standards of service delivery (i.e., SPHERE) is an advantage
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, GPS, ARC GIS and Google Earth is strongly desirable
• Experience with start-up, exit or similar