Food Security Program Officer - National Position - Ukraine
Severodonetsk
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Severodonetsk
- Grade: Mid level - Mid level
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Occupational Groups:
- Security and Safety
- Nutrition
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
- 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
The purpose of the Food Security Program Officer position is to support identification of the most vulnerable conflict affected persons and ensure a transparent and timely provision of assistance to the beneficiaries based on needs and in line with NRC standards and procedures, donor requirements and national regulations.
Job description
Adherence to NRC policies;Contribute to NRC strategy development and provide input on needs and gaps from relevant areas
Serve as the main entry point for NRC’ specific project definition and implementation, in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements;
Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist;
Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities;
Develop, maintain and establish excellent working relationships with a wide range of different interlocutors (Clusters, NGOs, local authorities and institutions, civil and military representatives);
Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.
Support identification of the most vulnerable conflict affected persons that require project’s assistance.
Registration of beneficiaries; verification of needs based on home visits;
Distribution of assistance in line with NRC policies and donor requirements;
Support baseline assessment and post distribution monitoring activities.
Qualifications
Experience as a social worker and/or with distribution of humanitarian assistance;Experience in working in relief operations in challenging environments;
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills and the ability to liaise authoritatively with representatives of humanitarian community, local government and media , social protection institutions and other relevant actors, when required;
Excellent communication and reporting skills, both written and oral;
Willingness to work in demanding, stressful situations under difficult living conditions with respect for basic security rules;
Fluency in spoken and written English. Fluency in Russian and/or Ukrainian.
Strong skills in using computers, document processing (Excel, Word, Adobe) and networking software.
Personal qualities
Managing resources and achieving resultsHandling insecure environments
Working with people
Coping with change
Empowering and building trust
Planning and delivering results
We offer
Contract period: 8 monthsSalary/benefits: According to NRC country policy
Duty station: Severodontesk
Medical and accident insurance, trainings.
Miscellaneous info
- Travel: Approx. 75 days travel
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