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WASH Programme Development Manager - Cameroon (Re-advertised)

Nepalgunj

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Nepalgunj
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Environment
    • Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
    • Emergency Aid and Response
    • Shelter
    • Protection / Human Rights
    • 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 camp management, shelter, education, 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.

 Do you want to be part of establishing a new country programme? NRC is looking for an experienced WASH Programme Development Manager for a new country programme in Cameroon.

NRC is seeking to expand our programmes in the Lake Chad Basin beyond our current presence in Nigeria. Assessments in the North and East of Cameroon are currently being conducted and we expect to start operations in the country soon.

The purpose of the WASH Programme Development Manager is to be responsible for design, development and implementation of the WASH programme in a start-up operation.

The WASH Programme Development Manager reports to the Area Manager.

Job description

• Develop WASH strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro LFAs
• Responsible for developing funding proposals (including multi-sectoral proposals), project budgets and donor reports
• Overall management of project staff
• Coordinate and manage WASH project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
• Ensure capacity building of project staff (including training) and transfer key skills
• Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums/cluster/working groups.
• Monitor technical quality of WASH projects and maintain transparency of implementation progress
• Scale up and diversify WASH operational capacity (recruitment & capacity development)
• Contribute to the development of a shelter strategy and proposal writing

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Fluency in French and English, both written and verbal
• Emergency & Protracted crisis WASH and Shelter assistance in rural and urban contexts;
• Knowledge of Cameroon and/or Central - West Africa an advantage
• Implementation of Cash and Voucher approaches;
• Livelihood and Market based approaches;
• Knowledge of local languages (Hausa, Karuni, Fulani) an advantage
• Experience of start-up operations is an advantage
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile;
• Valid driver’s license

Personal qualities

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments
• A good sense of humour is an asset

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.

We offer

• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
• Level: Grade 9in NRC grade structure
• Duty station: Kousserie, Logone and Chari, Cameroon
• Commencement: August 2017
• Duration:12 months

Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.
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