Shelter Officer

Job Description

Title: Shelter Officer

Company Name: Norwegian Refugee Council, Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree ideally in Architecture, Civil Engineering, or any other relevant field

Job Context:
∎ Our Ideal Candidate:
∎ Our ideal candidate is a Construction or Engineering professional in Bangladesh who is can work independently and ensure the smooth operations in our shelter programming. This person has a sense of adventure and is not afraid to work in a challenging context.
∎ Contract period: 6 months (Possible of extension)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensures adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
∎ Implements delegated Shelter project portfolio according to plan of action.
∎ Ensures that the projects target beneficiaries who are most in need, and explores and assesses new and better ways to assist.
∎ Promotes and shares ideas for technical improvement.
∎ Supports in assessments coordination by compiling progress tracking, reviewing assessment reports, and assisting in preparation of related documents and forms.
∎ Assists in reviewing procurement contracts and related documents, analyse contents and findings, and provides recommendations on variations or changes.
∎ Visit the projects to assess quality and assists with monitoring activities, with consideration to security situation.
∎ Tracks the results of the projects implementation and reports findings and/or breaches to the line manager.
∎ Ensures that authorities, communities and community leaders are involved and informed about the activities of the projects, in coordination with the field teams.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of experience in a relevant position preferable within a humanitarian/recovery context
∎ Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
∎ Previous relevant experience with community work in rural and urban areas
∎ Experience in a humanitarian context is advantage plus
∎ Fluent in both Bangla and English, written and verbal (Chittagonian/Rohingyan is preferred)

Salary:
∎ Competitive salary and allowances as per NRC`s salary scale, medical allowance, festival bonus, and annual leave

Application Deadline: April 27, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Norwegian Refugee Council, Bangladesh
∎ Business : An estimated 905,000 Rohingya refugees currently reside in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh, over 700,000 of whom fled extreme violence in Myanmar in late 2017. They reside in refugee camps, which are among the most congested camps in the world, with limited access to basic services, including adequate sanitation, healthcare, livelihoods and education.
The refugees have put an immense strain on the Bangladeshi`s living in Cox`s Bazar, however, despite the challenges, the Bangladeshi communities were the first to respond when the Rohingya arrived and generously continue to host the refugees, and many of the local communities are now also in need of support.
NRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2016, working through partnerships with local NGO`s. We have since scaled up our presence in Bangladesh, obtaining legal registration in November 2018, allowing us to better respond to the Rohingya influx. Alongside our partners, we provide assistance to refugees and local communities through Education programming and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) activities.

Category: NGO/Development