Shelter Adviser - HR - Afghanistan

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been working in Afghanistan since 2003, assisting Afghan IDPs and Refugee Returnees with Information, Counselling and Legal Aid (ICLA), Emergency NFI/ Temporary Shelter Response, Water, Sanitation and hygiene, Food Security and Livelihoods, Camp Management and Education. The Afghanistan programme employs approximately 20 international staff and over 1,100 national staff with a budget in the region of NOK 206 million with operations in 5 areas of the country. 

About the position

The purpose of the Shelter Adviser is to provide technical support and programme development and quality management on a focused sub-sector of shelter programming. The Shelter Adviser is line managed by the Shelter Specialist.

In general terms the responsibilites include:

1. Develop Shelter technical SOPs and guidelines
2. Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, Shelter tools, handbooks and guidelines
3. Responsible for development of project proposal, project budgets and donor reports
4. Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
5. Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums, cluster, working groups.
6. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities

• Develop ‘Cash-for-Rent’ (CFR) Standard Operating Procedures, technical guidelines, and training documents
• Develop ‘Occupancy Free-of-Charge’ (OFC) Standard Operating Procedures, technical guidelines, and training documents
• Skills transfer and mentoring of CFR and OFC materials
• Coordinate and deliver CFR needs assessments for Jalalabad, Kabul, and Mazar-e Sharif
• Consider programme integration of CFR and OFC activities with other Core Competencies, in line with NRC Afghanistan Integrated Programming initiatives
• Ensure adequate programme documentation and filing checklists
• Facilitate After Action Reviews (AAR) of all CFR projects
• Lead development of CFR and OFC concept note and project proposal development

Our ideal candidate

We are looking for a person with a minimum of three years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context, and experience from working in complex and volatile contexts. The preferred candidate is a professional with technical Shelter and HLP (Housing, land and property) expertise, as well as knowledge with Cash-for-Rent and Occupancy Free-of-Charge programming. Fluency in English, both written and verbal is a requirement.

Behavioural competencies:

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments

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

We offer

• Commencement: January 2018
• Contract period: 3 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s international general directions
• Duty station: The position will be based in Jalalabad Field Office, with 50% travel to other parts of the country. This is an unaccompanied post/non family duty station, with shared housing/accomodation of moderate standard.
• Due to the unstable security situation, recreational and social facilities are limited.
• All international staff working and residing in Afghanistan are obliged to pay income tax to the Afghanistan authorities.
• Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start.
• Selected candidate need to provide certified University diplomas prior to applying for visa to Afghanistan
• 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