WASH Assistant (Kosti) – NRC
Job Description
| Organization | The Norwegian Refugee Council |
| Job Identification | 11722 |
| Job Category | Engineering |
| Apply Before | 02/09/2023 |
| Job Schedule | Full time |
P.S: Please ensure that you fill in all details before submitting your application on NRC people (Oracle HR). Empty and incomplete applications will not be considered.
NRC resumed operations in Sudan in 2020, providing humanitarian assistance, protection, and durable solutions. Our country programme integrates all of NRC’s six core competencies (camp management, education, ICLA, livelihoods, shelter, and WASH), and provides a rapid response capacity (including for the recent refugee emergency in eastern Sudan), and thematic capacities for cash and markets-based approaches, advocacy, digital modes of assistance, and co-leading various technical and strategic coordination platforms.
Role Specific Information
The following is a brief description of the role.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Participate in needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
- Collate data from the IDP’s camps and prepare regular reports on activities and WASH conditions for monitoring.
- Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally in order to coordinate activities within the WASH sector and between sectors such as health and shelter.
- Preparation of field reports, checklists and data collection tools.
- Supervise the construction and rehabilitation of latrines, drainage and other relevant Sanitation facilities ensuring that the constructions are of the highest quality and as per specified technical drawings.
- Promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services specifically Latrines and Hand washing facilities.
- Prepare material estimates for construction and repair of WASH facilities with support from Officers and project coordinator.
- Carry out informal and formal training sessions (according to identified needs) and evaluate the impacts of this training.
- To carry out community mobilization of all WASH activities.
- Enable effective dialogue with the affected community to allow the agency to be held to account for the quality of the WASH programme.
- Identify needs for non-food items relevant to hygiene; participate in the choice of items, targeting strategy, promotion of effective use, and post-distribution monitoring.
- Manage incentive workers (Hygiene Supervisors and Promoters) including performance appraisal with guidance of the WASH Officer.
- Ensure the maintenance and proper care of all the tools and equipment used in the construction of WASH facilities
- Supervise sanitation activities in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- College degree
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Diplomacy and tact, to be able to liaise, negotiate and plan with relevant officials, other agency staff, local artisans and community representatives.
Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply!
Email and paper applications will not be considered.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Kosti Area Office.
NB: 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.
To apply Kindly visit www.nrc.no careers.
Closing date: 2nd September 2023
ABOUT US
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
