Emergency Officer - (only open for Afghan nationality) - Job Location: Herat - Afghanistan
Herat
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Herat
- Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Medical Practitioners
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Other
- Emergency Aid and Response
- 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
- Lead and motivate the local NRC Emergency team in providing a timely response to assessed emergency needs on the ground.
- Actively lead and participate in emergency assessments and ensure their coordination with relevant government and non-government actors in the field level.
- Ensure timely, quality reporting of assessments, reports and surveys to senior management as directed and requested.
- Analyze other assessments from NRC’s core competencies in Area of Responsibility and ensure Emergency team follows up on resulting beneficiary assistance.
- Continuously monitor and oversee beneficiary selection and ensure accountability and transparency.
- Responsible for the correct distribution of assistance to beneficiaries in Areas of responsibility.
- Responsible for the regular monitoring and quality control of emergency stocks received in Areas of Responsibility.
- Supervise and monitor the work of the Emergency Field Assistant(s).
- Identify potential partners with whom assessments and emergency interventions could be established in the Area of Responsibility.
- Prepare Plans of Action for emergency response, taking into account the nature, scale and location of the emergency.
- Referring and IPA case for the relevant protection assistance organization and monitoring and tracking the protection cases to receive protection assistance.
- Represent NRC in relevant meetings in the Area of Responsibility.
- Represent the Emergency team in the office coordination meetings.
- Participate in field visits from donors and SO staff.
Qualifications
- University degree in social science, economics, rural development or in other related fields
- 2-3 Years’ experience from working within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Core competency expertise
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Prior experience with humanitarian emergency response mechanism.
Education field
- Education title: University degree in social science, economics, rural development or in other related fields
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.