Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) – We provide emergency assistance in disasters, work for long-term development in local communities and address the root causes of poverty, we advocate for just decisions by public authorities, business and religious leaders. Norwegian Church Aid is an ecumenical diaconal organisation for global justice. We work to help the poorest and those in need, regardless of their creed, race, political or religious affiliation.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior WASH Software Officer
Location: Borno (Across Borno State area of implementation)
Employment Type: Contract
Brief Description of the Post
- The Senior WASH software Officer is responsible for the implementation of the program activities in the whole area of responsibility.
- She/he coordinates and oversees the program field staff, provides updates to the Wash Project Manager, ensures timely and effective implementation of activities, including identification of financial, logistics and security needs in the deep field and sharing with his/her supervisor…
Specific Objectives of Mission (Objectives, Scope, and Deliverables)
| Objective 1 | Ensure the timely and effective implementation of activities under his/her supervision in the specific deep-field locations (daily coordination of activities, procurement requests, financial requests) |
| Objective 2 | Manage WASH officer, Wash assistant and support a team of volunteers (coordination and implementation of daily tasks, support of performance review by the Senior WaSH Officer, participation on field staff meetings) and ensure the teams are understand and use all relevant NCA protocols |
| Objective 3 | Support with MEAL to effectively monitoring and reporting of the activities and expected results (relevant data collection and documentation, internal activity reporting) |
| Objective 4 | Support the coordination between deep field locations and main office in Maiduguri (including regular communication with the supervisor) |
| Objective 5 | If requested, represent NCA in relevant coordination mechanisms in the deep-field locations |
Roles and Responsibilities (Specific Tasks, Coordination etc)
Related to Objective 1:
- Based on project documentation, develop and submit to the supervisor the monthly activity planning for the team from the specific deep field location.
- Develop and submit to the supervisor the monthly staff movement planning and coordinate respective staff movement requests.
- Provide his/her supervisor with regular updates on procurement needs and supporting documents for the request to the Logistics Department.
- Develop and submit advance requests related to the activities in the specific location and ensure timely clearance of advances.
- Monitor the security situation and report any security or safety-issues to the Security Department.
Related to Objective 2:
- Define with the Wash Project Manager the WASH software activities
- Supervise and train hygiene promotion volunteer’s team.
- Help team members to identify their needs in capacity building and share with the supervisor.
- Ensure the volunteers acts in line with NCA internal policies, more specifically CoC.
Related to Objective 3:
- Participate on relevant evaluations and needs assessments.
- Understand and use the M&E Framework to collect relevant information on project implementation.
- Ensure regular data collection and transfer supporting documentation about implemented activities and results to the Senior WaSH Officer.
- Submit progress reports on a weekly basis.
- Contribute to timely and quality monthly reports.
- Communicate actively with partners and beneficiaries, support field level CRM.
Related to Objective 4:
- Plan weekly spending on HP activities and regularly inform the Supervisor.
- Understand and follow NCA internal procedures (e.g., HR, procurement, finance and security);
- Respect the Security Protocols.
- Where applicable: regularly update the Security Department on the security situation in the respective deep-field location and contribute actively to NCA’s “duty of care”;
- Monitor gaps and humanitarian needs of targeted population and update the Supervisor regularly.
- If requested, contribute to preparation and designing of project proposal for different donors in line with the management’s strategy.
Related to Objective 5:
- Ensure NCA’s representation and visibility in relevant deep-field location coordination structures.
- Ensure NCA’s role as an active humanitarian actor.
- Undertake any other task related to the WASH as necessary
Cross Cutting Issues (Gender, Protection, Environment & Other):
The Senior WaSH software Officer ensures the centrality of protection, GBV mainstreaming and respect of CHS and AAP standards in all activities his/her project location. As such, the s/he is responsible:
- For respecting and integration of CHS and for inclusion of all vulnerable groups in every stage of Project Cycle Management (PCM);
- That all data in assessments, plans and reports are gender and age disaggregated.
- For support to initiatives related to the establishment of gender, age and diversity sensitive Complaint Response Mechanism. implementation of ACT Alliance Code of Conduct.
Success Factors / Risks and Restraints
The success of the Senior WASH software Officer’s activities will depend very much on her/his ability to: Successfully coordinates a team daily.
- Supports his/her supervisor to proactively seek solutions in a challenging context.
- Maintain high standards and quality of work.
- Work under pressure and with a tight deadline.
Reporting:
- The Senior WASH Software Officer reports to the respective Wash Project Manager, or to the person with this responsibility she/he provides regular status reports from own area of responsibilities as per NCA Nigeria internal procedures.
Requirements
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree qualification.
- 3 – 5 years work experience.
Application Closing Date
21st March, 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send an Application Letter and CV in a single document (saved in your name) to: [email protected] Using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
