Shelter Project Manager Lebanon Bekaa (Open to Nationals Only) At Norwegian Refugee Council

Job Purpose

The Shelter Project Manager main task is to implement both the delegated Shelter portfolio and ensure high quality and cost-effective programme/project implementation within the designated geographical area. It encompasses team direct line management and donor grants with budgets.

Generic Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of Country, Area, and programme strategies; and initiate and participate in the development of relevant Shelter & emergency response projects.
• Coordinate and manage the Shelter project implementation (activities, budget, and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies, and donor requirements
• Provide technical direction and ensure that the projects are of high quality and that they target beneficiaries who are most in need of protection while exploring and assessing new and better ways to assist.
• Provide regular progress reports to management and concerned parties
• Develop and manage the project budget according to NRC Financial Handbook and donor requirements and coordinate across the Core Competencies.
• Manage and ensure capacity building of shelter project staff as well as transfer of key skills.
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
• Oversee and is responsible of mainstreaming protection guidelines in the NRC’s related activities as per NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and ensure that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Implement the Shelter Programme in the following interventions according to Shelter guidelines and procedures:
  • Shelter units’ rehabilitation under the SBA program (settlement based approach)
  • Cash for rent.
• Work with the Information, Counselling, and Legal Assistance (ICLA) team on joint-programming and monitor developments in the area, in coordination with access, security and program staff.
• Work with the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) team in supporting the housing rehabilitation beneficiaries with complementary WASH programming as well as community level integration for selected neighborhoods for potential community support projects.
• Ensure most vulnerable refugees are targeted by the Programme, taking into account people with special needs, gender, and protection issues
• Monitor programme outcomes and outputs for each grant, as indicated in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) matrix
• Ensure consistency in data management from field reports to database and reporting
• Monitor and address referrals of refugee complaints to provide timely feedback, according to the corresponding complaints feedback response mechanism and procedures
• Facilitate donor visits at the area level when required
• Provide feedback and updates on Shelter procedures and guidelines to concerned management whenever required as well as ensure that project processes and related information are properly documented.
• Conduct multi sectoral needs assessment to inform program design and delivery
• Assess needs, develop timely emergency response plans and implement response plans
• Coordinate with other actors, including UNHCR, MoSA, municipal authorities and NRC consortium partners regularly
• Provide regular updates, feedback, photos and stories on field implantation, particularly those which share relevant and timely information or which demonstrate impact of activities
• Represent NRC in relevant internal and external forums/sectors, including in meetings with donors at national level related to shelter & emergency response, and ensure transparent coordination with the humanitarian architecture, the relevant working groups and NRC consortium partners.
• Ensure high technical quality and transparent processes including transparent and cost-efficient procurement of goods.
• Receive the referral information related to protection cases on a monthly basis from the related focal points and take proper actions to ensure that the referral system is functioning to the best interest of beneficiaries as per NRC referral’s procedures.

Professional Competencies, skills & qualifications required:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a relevant field of study.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working as a Project Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience of selecting and managing private contractors
• Experience in coordination and advocating for refugees’ needs and assistance at field level in coordination with the Country Office.
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts with knowledge of an urban context
• Strong data management, monitoring & evaluation and capacity building skills
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Access appreciated
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of Arabic, both written and verbal is an added advantage.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Strategic thinking
• Handling insecure environments
• Communicating with impact and respect

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility: At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take initiative.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

Additional Information:

Duty Station: Bekaa, Lebanon

Duration of contract: 12 months renewable based on funding, performance, and need for the position

Grade 8 in NRC’s grading structure

Travel: Upto 30% to the field in Bekaa or any missions/meetings in others Area offices

Reporting line: Area Manager

Provides supervision to: Shelter Coordinators, Database Officer

ABOUT US

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.