Norwegian Refugee Council
Field Office Coordinator – Kenya
(Kenyan Nationals only)
Ref. nr.: 326607915
Fulltime
Job location: Kakuma
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in
helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally
displaced people.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has
approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects
across four continents.
In addition, NRC runs one of the
world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be
deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs.
The Regional Office is based in
Nairobi, Kenya with offices and operations in Somalia (Puntland, Somaliland and
Mogadishu), Kenya (Dadaab and Kakuma ), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Dolo Ado,
Shire,Gambella and Asosa), South Sudan (Juba, Awil, Alek and Aweril) and Yemen
(Sa’naa and Aden).
All NRC employees are expected to
work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation,
inclusivity and accountability.
These attitudes and believes shall
guide our actions and relationships.
The purpose of the Field Office
Coordinator is to run the day to day support functions at a field office.
The Field Office Coordinator will be
reporting to the Consortium Manager.
Job description
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Manage day to day HR & Admin,
finance, logistics and security tasks of the field office
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Ensure adherence to NRC policies,
handbooks, procedures and SOPs/guidelines
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Ensure adherence to Security and Risk
Management policy and procedures
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Coordinate and assist with budgets
and costs for the field office’s shared costs and support functions
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Provide support in the training and
development of staff
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Provide support to project
implementation at field office level
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Coordinate representation meetings
with the UN, partners and authorities
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Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees
in line with the advocacy strategy
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Under the supervision of the
Consortium Manager he / she oversees SPARK Consortium programme and operations
in Kakuma and Kalobeyei in accordance with NRC strategy and mandate.
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Mentor, monitor and coordinate
implementing partners in Kakuma to ensure that the consortium partners operate
in line with the implementation plan and the established standards.
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Coordinate information and
communication among Consortium Partners and with the Consortium Management
Unit.
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Closely work with monitoring and
evaluation team to monitor on the implementation progress of the project
activities.
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Coordinate cross cutting activities
between the partners (assessments, data collection, meetings, reports).
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In coordination with the Consortium
Manager and the Area Mangers of the partners represent the consortium in
external meetings providing timely feedback reports to Area Manager and
Consortium Manager
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Submit monthly progress report on
SPARK activities to Consortium Manager.
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Travel as dictated by the needs of
the programme, security and staff
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Undertake other tasks allocated by
the Consortium Manager
Qualifications
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University degree preferably in
development studies, community development, economic and other social sciences
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At least three years of working
experience in field offices and teams coordination
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Experience working with
Non-Governmental organizations,
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Good communication skills and ability
to conduct training
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Strong in managing difficulties and
challenges mainly from the local actors
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Understanding of conflict
sensitivity, protection and do no harm
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Computer skills
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People-centred management skills
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Desirable local language skills
Education field
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Social science
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Administration / Organisation /
Management
Education level
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College / University, Bachelor’s
degree
Personal qualities
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Handling insecure environments
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Working with people
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Planning and delivering results
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Communicating with impact and respect
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Managing resources to optimize
results
Language: English
We offer
Duty station: Kakuma,
Kenya
Contract duration: 12 months with possibility of extension.
Salary / benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will
observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for NRC Kenya.
Miscellaneous info
Travel: Some
travelling must be expected
Search criteria:
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Location: Kenya
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Industry: Emergency Relief
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Special field: Finance Administration
/ Office Work / HR
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Role: Worker
How to Apply
Go
to www.nrc.no to
apply online
Deadline
for application: 01/12/2016
