What we are looking for
Experience in humanitarian, early recovery, or complex emergency contexts within Shelter & Settlements programmes with demonstrated experience and technical expertise in energy-efficient building retrofitting, winterization, and infrastructure upgrading, including building performance, heating systems and thermal envelope improvements.
Experience supporting or managing medium to large-scale infrastructure and energy-focused projects, including technical oversight of budgets, procurement, and contractors.
Strong understanding of project cycle management, risk management, quality assurance, and donor compliance in humanitarian programming and experience working with local partners and municipalities, including partnership-led implementation and localization approaches.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Ukraine. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.
What you will do
The purpose of this role is to support the technical oversight and strategic development of NRC’s Ukraine Shelter & Settlements program, including expansion into new energy-related activities and infrastructure support.
The Infrastructure and Energy Advisor will support the design, review, and implementation of energy-efficient and circular-economy-informed interventions at both community and household levels. The role focuses on building performance, thermal efficiency, clean energy integration, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, and energy resilience, ensuring that interventions are technically sound, context-appropriate, scalable, and aligned with humanitarian and early recovery standards.
The advisor will support NRC’s programme technical quality improvement by guiding field teams, reviewing technical documentation and contracts, drafting and updating tools and SOPs, and building staff capacity. The role bridges humanitarian shelter programming, energy systems, and circular construction approaches, supporting both immediate energy access needs and longer-term sustainability.
The selected candidate will work closely with the Shelter & Settlements Specialist and contribute to the implementation of NRC’s Shelter & Settlements strategy, with a strong emphasis on partnership with local actors and local skills integration and development.
Key responsibilities include:
Technical leadership and quality improvement within NRC’s shelter and settlements programming. Ensure technical oversight to ensure quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of projects.
Support the organization in planning and scaling up shelter and settlements programming, based on a robust understanding of technical, operational, and contextual requirements in Ukraine. Contribute to identifying innovative, scalable, and sustainable approaches in humanitarian and early recovery contexts.
Ensure adherence to NRC policies, guidance, procedures, and humanitarian principles, including PSEA standards and that all interventions are compliant with Ukrainian regulations, humanitarian standards, and organizational technical guidelines.
Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, project design, budgets and donor reports.
Coordinate with other NRC’s Core Competency teams to ensure integrated and conflict-sensitive programming.
Draft and review Shelter & Settlements infrastructure and energy-related SOPs, guidelines, and tools, ensuring compliance with cluster, organizational and global standards.
Engage regularly with area offices, program teams and MEL focal points to monitor implementation quality, support problem-solving, ensure compliance with work plans and budgets, and promote cross-learning across teams.
Provide technical capacity building and mentoring to Shelter & Settlements program staff, based on agreed training and capacity development plans as well as strengthening the technical capacity of local partners, contractors, and municipal counterparts through guidance and mentoring and providing systematic training.
Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and technical standards for replication.
Liaise with local authorities, institutions, and private sector actors relevant to infrastructure, energy and construction sector.
What you will bring
University degree in Energy Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture or other related fields.
Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience. Experience in humanitarian, early recovery, or complex emergency contexts within Shelter & Settlements programmes is an asset.
Demonstrated experience in energy-efficient building retrofitting, winterization, and infrastructure upgrading, including building performance, heating systems and thermal envelope improvements.
Experience supporting or managing medium to large-scale infrastructure and energy-focused projects, including technical oversight of budgets, procurement, and contractors.
Strong understanding of project cycle management, risk management, quality assurance, and donor compliance in humanitarian programming.
Experience working with local partners and municipalities, including partnership-led implementation and localization approaches.
Excellent communication, coordination, and reporting skills, both written and oral. Fluency in spoken and written English. Fluency in Ukrainian; knowledge of Russian is an asset.
Goal orientation and attention to details, flexibility, creativity, organization and cooperation, Problem solving and willingness/ability to contribute to logistics
Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision as well as willingness to work and live under difficult circumstances
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
Knowledge of Ukrainian construction standards, building codes, and permitting processes.
Experience integrating energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate-sensitive approaches in Ukraine construction context.
Familiarity with construction circular economy principles, material reuse, or low-embodied-energy solutions in Ukraine is an asset.
Ukrainian energy-related certifications for energy audits, heating systems, and building performance modelling is an asset.
Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.
What we offer
Duty station: Kyiv, Ukraine
Contract: until the end of 2026 with possibility of extension
Travel: Up to 30% to field locations.
Salary/benefits: Grade 8 on NRC's grading structure.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
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Important information about the application process
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Ukraine. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.
Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.
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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts
join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility
be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity