Position: Camp Management Officer - Field Operation (camp-based)
Grade: 5, Step 1
Number of posts 1 Post
Reports to: Site Management Team Leader
Supervision of: Camp Focal Points, Community Centre Assistants
Duty station: Basara & Thae Chaung Camps, Sittwe, Rakhine State
Travel: 50%
Duration and type of contract: 6 months
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- Role and responsibilities
The Site Management Officer is a member of NRC’s Site Management Team in Rakhine State that provides direct site management services to Basara and Thae Chaung camps as well as capacity building and coaching of committees in the camps. They will also reach out to IDPs living outside camps and the host community.
The following is a brief description of the role.
Generic responsibilities
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Assist with the implementation of the Site Management portfolio according to the plan of action
- Conduct site management field activities independently according to the work plan and targets
- Prepare and develop camp context situation analysis reports weekly basis
- Manage, monitor and support camp-based team for the daily assignments
- Ensure proper filing of the project supporting documents at camp offices and using Microsoft Office 365
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the site management response
- Contribute to the fulfilment of the aims and objectives for NRC’s presence in Myanmar.
- Carry out duties with respect to NRC Mission Statement, Values, Code of Conduct, standards of accountability, policy guidelines and handbooks
Specific responsibilities
The Camp Management Officer – Field Operations (camps-based) will be expected to perform the following tasks:
- Supervise, recruit, and manage community-based workers from Basara and Thae Chaung Camps
- Overseeing site management activities in the camps according to the project work plan
- Organize and facilitate site-level Coordination meetings with other service providers and representatives from camp committees
- Maintain and build up good relations with stakeholders, CMCs, service providers, etc. and the communities in the camps
- Oversee service monitoring & data collection and use data collection tools proficiently
- Lead implementation of the rapid needs assessments, outcome monitoring and post-distribution monitoring exercise
- Submit context analysis report to Site Management senior colleagues which comprises updates of service provisions, contextual changes and challenges
- Ensure running and managing camp offices and community centers properly with the fully equipped necessity
- Oversee and conduct regular shelter monitoring – in order to identify shelter and infrastructure needs and gaps in the camps
- Coordinate with service providers on gap filling, arising needs, and referrals at the field level
- Conduct qualitative assessments, key informant interviews and focus group discussions to identify community needs and gaps, reducing duplications in the field
- Plan and manage distributions of NFIs either for blanket population or specifically to PSNs in line with distribution SOP
- Prepare contextualized training materials and conduct training for community members and camp-based workers
- Assist the team in identifying and responding to emergency cases
- Participate in any other activities as needed upon Line Manager Guidance
Critical interfaces
- Liaise with other NRC core competencies in order to maximize synergy/complementarity of field activities
- Co-facilitation of community meetings and activities
- Joint meetings with host community and IDPs outside camps
- Support departments in NRC (e.g. Finance, Admin, HR, Logistics)
Scale and scope of position
Staff:
Camp FocalPoints, Community Centreassistants, indirect management of 28
community mobilisers/ 4 Animators/ 8 Security Guards
Stakeholders:
CCCM Cluster, UNHCR, Camp Service providers, Camp Committees, Camp
Community Groups, NRC CoreCompetences
- Competencies
Professional competencies
- Experience from working in an insecure environment
- Ability to travel in rural areas
- Ability to work in a cross-cultural setting
- Willingness to learn and adapt to the fast - changing field dynamics
Behavioral Competencies
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, and the following are essential for this position:
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
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