Competencies:
Generic professional competencies for this position:
- Experience in shelter and settlement sector of humanitarian/recovery context in technical capacity
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context Related Skills, knowledge and Experience:
- University Degree in Civil Engineering / Architecture
- Experience household training in and infrastructure maintenance
- Knowledge of the context in North Eastern Nigeria
- Knowledge of the local language Kanuri, Hausa
- 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
Behavioral Competencies:
- Handling insecure environments
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing performance and development
- Planning and delivering results
Generic Responsibilities:
- Line management of shelter project field staff
- 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
Specific Responsibilities:
- 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