Position Title: Wash & Shelter Officer
Employer: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Shire - Ethiopia
Posted date: 6 days ago
Deadline: December, 23/2025 (7 days left)
Responsibilities
- Role and responsibilities
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
- Implement delegated WASH and Shelter activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans.
- Mobilize communities and community leaders for implementation of WASH and shelter technical activities.
- Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities.
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
- Support WASH and Shelter project implementation through field deployment directly undertake distributions, hygiene awareness raising and construction works.
Specific responsibilities
- Mobilize beneficiary communities implementing WASH and Shelter activities through participatory approaches.
- Facilitate appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities.
- Planning and carrying out technical needs assessments, baseline and end line survey and feedback findings for internal and external use
- Preparation of BOQ, Technical Specifications and Drawings for WASH and Shelter activities as deemed necessary.
- Oversee day-to-day construction activities to ensure quality standards are met, promptly identify defects, and communicate necessary corrections to the contractor.
- Prepare take-off sheets for completed work, issue work completion certificates, and coordinate the final handover process in collaboration with Finance, M&E, and Logistics teams.
- Conduct WASH and Shelter activities in IDP/Returnees settlements under the guidance of the WASH and Shelter coordinator and coordinating and supervising community mobilizers.
- Carry out technical training sessions (according to identified needs) for community members.
Qualifications
Competencies
1. Professional competencies
Generic professional competencies:
- Degree in Hydraulics Engineering, Water Engineering, Construction/Civil Engineering or any relevant field
- Minimum of four years of work experience working as a WASH/ shelter Project officer in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Experience with start-up of projects
- Experience in undertaking training of staff or target groups
- Proven experience in record keeping, reporting and project implementation,
- Ability to coordinate project activities with input from colleagues and external partners for the achievement of results,
- Ability to prepare clear and concise reports,
- Ability to build relations with local government authorities, civil society, beneficiaries and other stakeholders,
- Ability to work independently according to established structures and guidelines, including administrative requirements, and maintain coordination with colleagues and supervisors.
- Ability to work effectively and harmoniously in a team and with colleagues from varied cultures and professional backgrounds.
- Proven ability to use MS Office software (especially Word and Excel) is essential.
- Ccomputer literacy of technical software (i.e. AUTOCAD, GIS, EPANET) is an asset.
- Knowledge and experience of the application of SPHERE links to emergency and longer-term development practice.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Fluency in local Languages is highly desirable.
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of the operating context in Tigray region.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Working experience in WASH / shelter constructions, development and planning in humanitarian projects or comparable field,
- Strong writing and reporting skills,
- Familiarity with the International Organization, UN agency or diplomatic mission and asset.
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