Back WASH Officer Cameroon Buea

The purpose of a Core Competency (CC) Technical Officer position is to contribute with specific technical competences to project implementation. This position will normally not entail management responsibility of staff, but under certain circumstances, the job may entail management responsibility for a very limited number of staffs at assistant level. Either these circumstances can be related to a time-bound support or permanent but in scope limited administrative support. If supervision of technical or a wider range of staff is needed, the position of Team Leader is to be used. The following is a brief description of the role.

Generic responsibilities 

1. Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and standards
2. Ensure compliance with WASH and Shelter cc strategies, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards
3. Guarantee WASH / Shelter specific technical responsibility for implementation and documentation of technical activities of  the CCs project(s)
4. Guarantee WASH / Shelter specific technical responsibility for the quality control and monitoring of project activities
5. Provide specific technical support and capacity building towards project staff
6. Provide specific technical analysis and feedback to NRC representatives in coordination forums
7. Assess, promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options
8. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist

   Specific responsibilities

   • Plan and ensure the implementation of soft activities including community engagement and behaviour change in WASH and Shelter activities, contextualizing NRC guidelines and approaches
   • Assess the training needs of members of the community (and other target populations; e.g. schools, etc.), on the targeted behaviours as identified by the programme.
   • Prepare, support the delivery and evaluate the necessary training and Information Communication and Education (ICE) materials
   • Prepare training modules and support the team in community engagement and in the implementation of behaviour change activities using participatory methods and integrating cross-cutting aspects (safe and inclusive programming, gender, access…)
   • Conduct regular field visits, to ensure proper supervision, for quality assurance, and offer mentoring of field staff
   • Support the tracking of assistance provided for project management, logistics and finances reconciliation, accountability, and M&E (beneficiary counting)
   • Assist the due diligence process to address Housing Land and Property (HLP) considerations and improve security of tenure 
   • Do any assigned duties from line managers

     Professional competencies for this position

     📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

     ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

   • Bachelor’s Degree in any of the Social Sciences
9. A minimum of 2 years of non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing, and executing safe operations in the field. 
10. Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
11. Demonstrated experience with project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
12. Demonstrated experience within technical expertise area of WASH and or Shelter
13. Demonstrated experience of communication and community engagement (Focus group discussion, IEC techniques, behaviour change)
14. Be willing and able to travel and work regularly on the field (outside office)
15. Knowledge of Microsoft, reporting writing, documenting scenario.
16. At least two years of experience working within a complex and volatile contexts

We offer

•    Beginning:  October 2022
•    Duration of the contract: 12 months, renewable depending on the availability of funds
•    Salary / Benefits: In accordance with NRC’s Salary Grid.
•    Duty station: Buea The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 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. NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

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.