Shelter Technical Coordinator - Beirut (Lebanese Nationals Only) - Lebanon

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships. 

NRC has been present in Lebanon since 2006 initially assisting Lebanese displaced persons and later Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees.  The programme started with Education and Shelter interventions and, since March 2012, NRC has also Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Collective Site Management and Coordination (CSMC) and WASH Programs.

In response to the Syria crisis, NRC’s Shelter programme aims to improve the housing and living situation of refugees in Lebanon through the provision of cash grants for the rehabilitation of housing units in unfinished or inadequate buildings. These housing units are provided rent-free to vulnerable households, selected among registered or refugees pending registration from Syria, for a period of one year. In addition to this, NRC has undertaken winterization support as well as weather proofing support to those in sub-standard buildings and in Informal Tented Settlements (ITS). The NRC Shelter programme works closely with the ICLA programme on Housing, Land and Property (HLP) issues. The shelter and WASH programmes collaborate on both housing rehabilitation as well as in support to ITSs. Lastly, since early-2000, the shelter programme has been supporting the Palestinian caseload in the camps and gatherings in both the North and South of Lebanon.

1. Role and responsibilities

    

   The Shelter Technical Coordinator is responsible for fulfilling NRC’s objectives as stated in (a) Programme of Principles; (b) Programme and Shelter Policies, (c) Country Strategy; (d) Project Proposals and (e) running Activity Plans and budgets through collecting, collating, analysing, disseminating and acting on key humanitarian information to ensure effective response and to facilitate delivery and monitoring of assistance within the Lebanon Shelter program.

    

   Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure that consistent and compatible information on needs and assistance provided for operational analysis and decision-making is provided in a timely fashion
2. Provide sector-specific maps and graphics on a regular basis that help planning and impact analysis, through linkages with all field areas, and other actors
3. Develop simple and user-friendly information management (IM) formats in consultation with the staff, local authorities, and other key stakeholders
4. Ensure the maintenance, dissemination and adaptation as necessary of information management tools
5. Promote use of and training on the use of these IM tools among NRC staff;
6. Assist in report writing
7. Provide information outputs and visibility items on NRC Shelter in English and Arabic;
8. Conduct monthly field visits as required

    

   Specific responsibilities

• Support in reporting to donors and writing proposals for the NRC Lebanon Shelter program;
• Assist in reviewing the existing shelter guidelines, Theory of Change, shelter strategy, and beneficiary selection criteria to tackle protection concerns;
• Monitor reporting on outputs and outcomes on NRC reporting tools and Activity Info;
• Support in monitoring projects progress (targets versus actuals) on a monthly basis
• Support Shelter research efforts;
• Support the IM Coordinator in designing the Shelter database and data migration
• Support the Shelter Specialist in representing NRC at Shelter Core Group, Shelter Working Group, Energy Sector Working Group, etc. when needed;
• Track community support and school rehabilitation projects;

   

  Critical interfaces

• Shelter PMs and PCs in the 3 field areas;
• Grant Manager in Beirut
• M&E Manager and M&E Coordinators in Beirut
• Technical coordinator WASH, Protection and ICLA.
• Database Officers in the 3 field areas

   

  1. Competencies

 1. Professional competencies

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• University degree preferably in architecture, engineering, social science, social geography, urban planning or other relevant field
• Minimum 3 years’ relevant working experience in Architecture, Information Management, or otherwise relevant field
• Proven skills and experience in report writing and outreach materials;

• Experience from working in a humanitarian/refugee context; Preferably in the Shelter Sector;

• Ability to guide technical staff and experience in training and capacity building IM mechanisms at various project levels.
• Experience in designing research & evaluation projects is an advantage;

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts;

 

• Knowledge of humanitarian technical guidelines, standards, and indicators.
• Fluent in Arabic and English, both written and verbal

   

  Technical Competencies

• Advanced MS Excel skills (Essential): Ability to create macros and v-lookup, etc;
• Above average computer software skills; including experience working with statistical computer software packages such as SPSS is an added value;

• Experience with GIS and mapmaking (ArcGIS, Mapinfo, QGIS);

• Experience with report generation and graphic design (through e.g. Adobe Illustrator, InDesign);
• Strong database skills an advantage;
• Understanding of web-based applications;
• Experience with one or more of following Software Packages is an added value: Kobo Toolbox; RAIS; DHIS2; Activity Info; Tableau; Suite CRM.
• Strong writing and presentational skills.

• Ability to translate planning specifications to technical briefs for data capture and analysis, and vice versa

 

2. Behavioral competencies

• Working with People
• Planning & delivering results
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Analysing
• Handling insecure environments