The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental,
humanitarian organization with 67 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 3000 committed
and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In
addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 850
professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Horn of Africa is expanding its
operations and are seeking new staff
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is been present in Somalia since
early 2004 and has since expanded its Horn of Africa Programme to Kenya in 2006
and to Ethiopia in 2011. Since 2004, the NRC has demonstrated a regional
competence and expertise in working with displaced populations.
NRC has mainly focused on Somalis who are displaced by the ongoing conflict and more recently by the drought and famine.
The Regional Office is based in Nairobi, Kenya with offices and
operations in Somalia (Puntland, Somaliland and Mogadishu), Kenya (Dadaab,
Kakuma and Molo), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Dolo Ado, Shire and Asosa) and Yemen
(Sana’a and Aden).
The NRC Horn of Africa mission is an expanding programme.
NRC started its operations in Kenya in the refugee camps in
Dadaab in February 2007 and initiated shelter activities targeting
Post-Election Violence IDPs in the Rift Valley region of Kenya in 2011.
NRC then expanded its refugee programme in Kenya to Kakuma camps
where it initiated sanitation and hygiene activities in the first half of 2012.
Prioritized activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education including youth education; protection; food security and livelihoods.
Programmes target both emergency responses to acute crises as well as the capacity to address recurring protection needs of refugee or IDP populations through durable solutions. Obtaining and maintaining access to the displaced populations remains the main operational challenge in the Horn of Africa region and in particular in Somalia.
We are looking for committed and skilled staff that would like
to contribute to NRC’s work in Kenya.
Are you interested in joining NRC?
Please go to www.nrc.no for an overview of all vacant positions and online application.