Emergency Advisor (Roving) - (only open for Afghan nationality) - Job Location: Kabul - Afghanistan
Kabul
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Kabul
- Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Medical Practitioners
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Project management
- Closing Date: Closed
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
Job description
- Coordinate contingency planning and emergency preparedness, in close collaboration with NRCs staff and external partners.
- Coordinate annual activity and work plan for contingency planning and preparedness
- Work with the Emergency Focal Points in NRCs field offices in to ensure appropriate preparedness and response.
- Coordinate the emergency aid delivery and lead the Emergency Response Team in the ground when required.
- Ensure proper documentation of emergency response activities, including post-distribution monitoring. Monthly activity/project reports and other reporting as required.
- Training and development of NRC staff and relevant partners and beneficiaries in emergency response mechanisms
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements, humanitarian principles, SPHERE, Do No Harm, and other international standards for emergency work
- Ensure quality implementation of Emergency interventions.
- Ensure adequate control mechanisms are in place and respected.
- Ensure that project systems and procedures are compliant with agreements applicable to individual grants, NRC principles and ways of working.
- Ensure adequate and timely responses to identified needs, in line with donor requirements.
- Monitor, evaluate and suggest changes and improvements in programme approaches and resources.
- Ensure that project data is properly collected, centralized, analyzed and used.
- Training and capacity building of staff.
- Identify protection issues and advocate appropriate responses.
- Implement the accountability plan within all Emergency activities.
- Deputizing for Emergency Manager/ Coordinator when requested.
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of experience working as a Project Manager in a humanitarian complex and volatile contexts
- Experience in cash and voucher-based programming
- Experience in SOP systemic design approach
- Experience in working with ECHO funded projects is a plus
- Fluency in English and Dari both written and verbal, Pashto is a plus
- Political and cultural awareness
Education field
- Education title: Bachelor Degree in relevent field
Personal qualities
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
Language
- Dari
- Pashto
- English
We offer
- Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale
- Top up Credit card on monthly basis
- Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labow Law
Miscellaneous info
- Travel: Some travelling must be expected
This vacancy is now closed.