Emergency Response Assistant - Maiduguri & Monguno (Nigeria National Only)

Kachin State

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Kachin State
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Medical Practitioners
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Disaster Management (Preparedness, Resilience, Response and Recovery)
- 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 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.

NRC is looking for a Emergence Responses Assistant for our field office in Maiduguri and Monguno, Borno State in Northern Nigeria. The purpose of the Emergence Response Assistant is to assist in the Implementation and impact of Emergence Response activities in Maiduguri and Monguno, Borno State

NRC initiated country operations in Nigeria in June 2015, in order to respond to the critical and increasing needs in the country. NRC currently has a full team based in Maiduguri and a coordination office in Abuja. NRC is currently providing services across various sectors namely; Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH); Food Security; and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) in order to address identified humanitarian needs.

The Emergence Response Assistant reports to Emergence Response Officer

Job description

Carry out needs assessments and support beneficiary identification, selection and registration of selected beneficiaries
Support delivery and distribution of assistance to selected beneficiaries
Support on ad hoc basis daily workers for data collection/enumerators
Monitor displacement trends and arrival of newly displaced person’s
Monitor market prices for basic commodities
Assist with post distribution monitoring data collection and analysis
Other duties as directed from time to time

Qualifications

IT tools experience
Experience in conducting field level data collection
Experience in participating in distributions of humanitarian materials
University Degree in relevant course

Personal qualities

Planning and delivering results
Empowering and building trust
Communicating with impact and respect
Handling insecure environment
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

Commencement: April 2018
Duration: 6 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.
Duty station: Maiduguri - Monguno, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri and Monguno is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
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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