Shelter Project Manager Full Time

Role Summary:

The Shelter Project Manager is responsible for assessing shelter needs, developing project proposals, overseeing the implementation of shelter and infrastructure projects, and supervising shelter teams across various project locations. Additionally, the role involves representing NRC in strategic meetings and donor engagements, ensuring alignment with NRC’s global and Ethiopia-specific shelter strategies for first-line, non-first line, and settlement structure responses.

Generic Responsibilities:

• 1. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures.
• 2. Contribute to the development of the country-wide first-line, non-first line, and settlement structure responses priorities in Shelter core competence, and initiate, and participate in the development and implementation of Shelter projects.
• 3. Coordinate and support the Sub-national Shelter cluster and refugee response coordination platforms on the formation and smooth functioning of the Shelter/ES/NFI cluster coordination meetings in region
• 4. Work with Shelter Officers and Assistants and support the implementation of timely, quality, and inclusive shelter programs in the project location in line with the strategies, proposals, and donor requirements.
• 5. Provide technical support and ensure high technical quality of the Shelter projects in the target area
• 6. Provide regular progress reports on the Shelter project to the WASH and Shelter Specialist.
• 7. Ensure that the project’s target beneficiaries are protected and explore and asses new and better ways for assistance.
• 8. Ensure capacity building of Shelter project staff and transfer key skills.
• 9. Oversee and be responsible for mainstreaming protection guidelines for the Shelter projects as per NRC’s Protection Mainstreaming Guidelines and ensure that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.

Specific Responsibilities:

•  Assess trends and changes in the context of the Shelter of displacement-affected population, Refugees and Asylum seekers identify the gaps and indicate ways for timely and quality shelter and settlement support.
• · Contribute to the development of the NRC Shelter strategy and macro-log frame, theories of change on First line, non-first line and Settlement and structure responses, and ensure their link to other NRC Core Competencies.
• · Work with and represent NRC on the sub national Shelter cluster and refugee coordination meetings
• · With close coordination with the UNHCR, RRS and Sub-national ES/NFI Cluster, coordinate and contribute to the coordination outcomes.
• · Work with the respective stakeholders and relevant authorities sub-national ES/NFI clusters and advocate for the harmonization of the Shelter program in Ethiopia
• · Build the capacity of the Shelter technical team for the smooth, timely, and quality implementation of shelter programming according to the prioritized need.
• · Promote and support the Shelter team to properly place gender-appropriate and inclusive housing and settlement solutions across the target operations.
• · Monitor and evaluate shelter projects, using NRC evaluation tools and donor and NRC indicator.
• · Conduct regular monitoring visits to project locations and provide technical support for the program quality.
• · Follow up and support the smooth and proper implementation of the Shelter programming in close coordination with stakeholders
• · Report monthly to the WASH/Shelter specialist on the implementation progress, challenges, and lesson learned Shelter project in the project area.
• · Liaise and coordinate with other NRC CCs, the Sub-national Shelter cluster, RRS, UNHCR, and other international and local NGOs and woreda housing and properties offices on concerns of Shelter programming

Critical interfaces

Relevant interfaces for the position are:

• Program Staff: WASH/Shelter Specialist, M&E team, and support and oversight of Three Shelter officers who are dedicated to the implantation of shelter and settlement programming
• Stakeholders: Sub-National Shelter cluster, INGOs, national NGOs, civil society, local/national governmental bodies

Legal or

• compliance: Compliance with NRC CoC, Terms of Employment, Security policies, Shelter strategy, and Protection Policies.

2. Competencies

1. Professional Competencies:

• · Minimum 5 years’ experience working in a relevant senior-level project implementation role preferably within a humanitarian/recovery context.
• · Bachelor’s degree in civil, Construction Technology and Management, Geotechnical, Highway and Architectural engineering or a relevant field
• · Experience of working in complex and volatile contexts
• · Experience in Shelter programming
• · Experience with Refugee and IDP context
• · Fluency in English both written and spoken.

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:

• · Contextual understanding and knowledge of the Shelter and Settlement/Housing sector and stakeholders in Ethiopia
• · Familiarity with Shelter Sector Standards across various contexts and among target groups
• · Strong communication skills ensuring good relations and smooth operations with stakeholders.
• · Detail-oriented and strong analytical skills
• · Strong project management skills

2. Behavioral Competencies:

• · Managing resources to optimize results.
• · Managing performance and development
• · Empowering and building trust
• · Strategic thinking
• · Influencing
• · Handling insecure environments

3. Performance Management

• The employee will be accountable for their performance, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

· The Job Description

• · The Work and Development Plan
• · The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• · The End-term Performance Review Template
• · The NRC Competency Framework