Democratic Republic of the Congo: Program Manager Shelter

Jul 7, 2014 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Norwegian Refugee Council's primary areas of intervention are education (including youth and emergency education support); food security & livelihoods (emergency food assistance and, increasingly, cash and voucher support to promote choice and dignity while impacting directly on local market economies to protect livelihoods); ICLA to provide legal assistance to individuals while building capacity of local Commissions, state and customary authorities (with a strong focus on housing, land and property (HLP) and access to civic documentation). Shelter and, as of 2013, WASH activities are undertaken in support of the above 3 areas of intervention to promote integrated programming, be it through schools construction, transitional shelters in areas of return, or water harvesting points & latrines. New interventions focus on responding to urban displacement.

Job description

  • Develop strategies for the Shelter and WASH projects on national level
  • Monitor the Shelter and WASH projects and ensure high technical quality implementation and synergies
  • Prepare and verify proposals and reports related to this sector
  • Evaluation, review and quality control of Shelter and WASH programmes
  • Identify trends in conditions/standards and donor priorities and assess better ways to assist
  • Recruitment, training and capacity development of staff
  • Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, and tools
  • Develop partnerships and collaboration in the humanitarian community and coordinate with authorities at provincial and ministry level
  • Budget and administrative responsibility for Shelter and WASH projects, in coordination with the Area Managers
  • Contribute to the development of NRC’s Country strategy, action plan and activities plan and priorities in the Shelter sector
  • Specific responsibilities
  • Design and oversee Shelter and WASH projects, including community infrastructure and individual family housing, using innovative approaches including cash and vouchers
  • Collaborate with all other Core Competencies and Area Managers on assessments, analysis and implementation issues
  • Collaborate with ICLA team on ensuring project activities protect and promote HLP rights
  • Implement trainings on construction techniques and interaction with communities
  • Develop NRC DRC’s Shelter and WASH macro strategies and log frames
  • Coordinate closely with PAA and CD on protection and advocacy issues
  • Through close monitoring of the context, develop approaches and activities ensuring promotion of the Do No Harm principle

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years experience from working as a senior Project Manager in a humanitarian emergency/ recovery context
  • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Shelter expertise, including in community infrastructure construction and rehabilitation, emergency and transitional shelter, and return shelter
  • WASH expertise – urban and rural
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
  • Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal
  • Valid driver’s license

We offer

  • Contract period: 24 months
  • Start-up date: ASAP
  • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general salary and benefits policy for international staff. Duty station will be in Goma and expected travel to the field will be 50% of the time. Living is in shared accomodation. Travel outside Goma is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
  • 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.