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 in various fields 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