New Job Opportunities at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) - WASH Specialist Kenya and Tanzania

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

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WASH Specialist Kenya and Tanzania
Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania
Job Identification 1404
Job Category Engineering
Locations Nairobi and Tanzania
Posting Date 04/20/2021, 12:39 PM
Job Schedule Full time
Job Description
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
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1. Role and responsibilities
Generic responsibilities

• Develop WASH strategy, technical SOPs, and Macro LFAs in line with NRC Programme Policy and national and international standards, and in coordination with other Core Competences
• Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
• Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
• Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within WASH CC, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
• Provide technical direction and project implementation support
• Development of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from WASH CC implementation, and incorporate them in WASH CC and staff development processes
• Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
• Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
• Promote the rights of IDPs/refugees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities

• Guide the teams in developing systematic tools for day-to-day implementation, ensuring compliance with established guidelines and standards. This means developing/sharing guidelines, process related documents, tools, clarifying minimum standards (NRC internal tool) and modalities.
• Lead on developing WASH monitoring tools to be used by the team to ensure that relevant information is being collected to inform strategy and implementation, and to ensure accountability and learning.
• Ensure that the strategy is informed by sound analysis, with consultations with teams and concerned stakeholders and that programmes strategies are devised in promotion of NRC's values, culture and beliefs. Lead on research/studies, specifically about innovation.
• Ensure learning from WASH programme is captured, consolidated and disseminated, contributing to knowledge building and sharing within Yemen and globally to influence policies and programme planning.
• Ensure sharing of best practices and capacity building among the team in Kibondo (Tanzania) and Kakuma (Kenya).
• Play a proactive role in integrating WASH Core Competence strategy with other Core Competence strategies (namely Food Security, Shelter, Education and ICLA) to ensure maximum impact.
• Explore and develop strategic partnerships contributing to quality and scaling up of programmes.
• Ensure coordination with relevant WASH stakeholders including representation and effective networking.

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2. Competencies
Professional competencies

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in working as a senior Program Manager and/or Advisor of humanitarian WASH programme, preferably in refugees / IDPs environments
• Proven expertise in WASH with particular focus of complex programme
• Experience of setting up and implementing monitoring, documentation and learning systems.
• University degree or higher education relevant to WASH.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills
• Proven skills and experience in report and proposal writing
• Knowledge of cash-based interventions and market based programmes
• Ability to prioritize needs and carry out multiple tasks simultaneously
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Prior experience and proven capability in training and capacity development
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

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Behavioural competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Empowering and Building Trust
• Influencing
• Analysing
• Initiating Action and Change
• Handling insecure environment

For more information, here is the detailed Job Description

Additional Details:
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya and Kibondo, Tanzania.
Type of Contract: 12 months renewable based on funding, performance, and the need for position
Salary: Based upon the NRC grading Scale
Travel: 30%
This position is open to Kenyan and Tanzanian Nationals Only!

About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
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About the Team
NORCAP solves key challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors, in order to better protect vulnerable people’s lives and rights. We build partnerships and projects with national and international organisations and stakeholders. Skilled NORCAP experts contribute to developing partners’ capacity – to identify and address challenges, improve collaboration and encourage new and innovative approaches. NORCAP is part of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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