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Generic responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.

  1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
  2. Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
  3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
  4. Ensure proper filing of documents
  5. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
  6. Help plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
  7. Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally in order to coordinate within the WASH sector and between sectors such as Shelter, Education and Food Security
  8. Collect primary information for reports preparation, receive information from community and relay to NRC Office and coordinate with the M&E team.
  9. Play a key and fundamental role in community mobilization and convening community meetings.
  10. Coordinate with the WASH cluster partner staff, NGOs/INGOs/UN agencies and Govt Line agencies to avoid any duplication of services.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Conduct Needs assessments, case investigations and sanitary survey in areas of cooperation to define transmission context.
  • Conduct technical surveys for WASH infrastructure and provide preliminary information for cost estimates based on location prices and market situation.
  • Implement WASH and surveillance activities
  • Collect primary information for reports preparation, receive information from community and relay to NRC Office and coordinate with the M&E team.
  • Collect data from the community workers/volunteers and prepare regular reports on WASH and Cholera activities and monitor progress.
  • Supervise construction and rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities and ensure all construction is done with quality as per guiding documents.
About You

 Generic professional competencies:

  • Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Some knowledge of English and Afari Language
  • Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Water, hydraulics, civil engineering.
  • At least 2 years of technical experience in WASH and construction fields.
  • Proven ability to use MS Office software (especially Word and Excel) and competent in email communication with MS Outlook or Other related software.
  • Proven ability to use engineering software such as AutoCAD, and other related software.
  • Strong context assessment skills and ability to communicate to the office on time.
  • Able to communicate, collaborate and share tasks with other NRC (Education, Protection/ICLA, Cash & Market and M&E) and other NGO field staff.
  • Good understanding of common hygiene promotion and sanitation approaches and Sphere standards.

Behavioral competencies

  • Planning and delivering results within the communities of Intervention.
  • Empowering and building trust among peers, stakeholders and other NGO Colleagues.
  • Communicating with impact and respect confidently.
  • Handling insecure environment
  • Excellent Community mobilization skills
  • Good diplomatic skills and tact for community engagement
  • Able to work under pressure and for extended working hours.
  • Strong leader and a good team player
Requirement Skill
• Proven experience in working with CSOs, networks, or local initiatives and communities

More Information

  • Job City Afar, Ethiopia
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The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Whatever it takes. Wherever, and whenever, we're needed.

We deliver high-quality aid where needs are greatest. When we started our relief efforts after World War Two, humanitarian needs were critical. They still are – and we’re still there, protecting people forced to flee and supporting them as they build a new future. Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 30 countries, where we provide food assistance, clean water, shelter, legal aid, and education. We stand up for people forced to flee. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people. When we witness injustices, we alert the world. We promote and defend displaced people's rights and dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the international arena. NRC’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva is a global leader in monitoring, reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

We respond quickly to emergencies. Our expert deployment capacity NORCAP, the world’s most used, boasts around 900 experts from all over the world. Our experts stand ready to deploy at a moment’s notice to support the UN and local authorities in humanitarian crises.

Around 5,000 men and women work for the Norwegian Refugee Council. Most of us are hired locally to work in the field, and a small number are based at our head office in Oslo. Many of our colleagues were once themselves fleeing their homes.

Today, a record 60 million people are fleeing war and persecution. Not since World War Two have more people needed our help. The Norwegian Refugee Council assisted more than five million people worldwide in 2015, and with your support, we can help even more.

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0 USD Afar, Ethiopia CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Norwegian Refugee Council
About the Job
Generic responsibilitiesThese responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.
  1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
  2. Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
  3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
  4. Ensure proper filing of documents
  5. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
  6. Help plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
  7. Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally in order to coordinate within the WASH sector and between sectors such as Shelter, Education and Food Security
  8. Collect primary information for reports preparation, receive information from community and relay to NRC Office and coordinate with the M&E team.
  9. Play a key and fundamental role in community mobilization and convening community meetings.
  10. Coordinate with the WASH cluster partner staff, NGOs/INGOs/UN agencies and Govt Line agencies to avoid any duplication of services.
Specific Responsibilities
  • Conduct Needs assessments, case investigations and sanitary survey in areas of cooperation to define transmission context.
  • Conduct technical surveys for WASH infrastructure and provide preliminary information for cost estimates based on location prices and market situation.
  • Implement WASH and surveillance activities
  • Collect primary information for reports preparation, receive information from community and relay to NRC Office and coordinate with the M&E team.
  • Collect data from the community workers/volunteers and prepare regular reports on WASH and Cholera activities and monitor progress.
  • Supervise construction and rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities and ensure all construction is done with quality as per guiding documents.
About You
 Generic professional competencies:
  • Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Some knowledge of English and Afari Language
  • Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Water, hydraulics, civil engineering.
  • At least 2 years of technical experience in WASH and construction fields.
  • Proven ability to use MS Office software (especially Word and Excel) and competent in email communication with MS Outlook or Other related software.
  • Proven ability to use engineering software such as AutoCAD, and other related software.
  • Strong context assessment skills and ability to communicate to the office on time.
  • Able to communicate, collaborate and share tasks with other NRC (Education, Protection/ICLA, Cash & Market and M&E) and other NGO field staff.
  • Good understanding of common hygiene promotion and sanitation approaches and Sphere standards.
Behavioral competencies
  • Planning and delivering results within the communities of Intervention.
  • Empowering and building trust among peers, stakeholders and other NGO Colleagues.
  • Communicating with impact and respect confidently.
  • Handling insecure environment
  • Excellent Community mobilization skills
  • Good diplomatic skills and tact for community engagement
  • Able to work under pressure and for extended working hours.
  • Strong leader and a good team player
Requirement Skill
• Proven experience in working with CSOs, networks, or local initiatives and communities
2026-10-28

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