Shelter and Settlement Officer

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, we are excited to invite you to join our team as a Shelter and Settlements Officer If you are a skilled and motivated professional ready to make a difference, we want you on board! Together, we’ll work to deliver impactful humanitarian solutions in challenging environments.

About the job

Reporting to the Area Manager; This position will provide day to day supervision of Construction and infrastructure activities, SNFI assessment and distribution. The Shelter and Settlement Officer shall work closely with Shelter and Settlement Assistant to execute assigned tasks.  This includes responsibility for all other sectors construction activities assigned under its control. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Responsibilities:

• Continuously supervises on quality and material utilization control in the field.
• Contribute in the preparation for bills of quantities, breakdowns estimate and technical specifications for various construction and infrastructural activities.
• Carry-out technical assessments.
• Supervise ongoing construction and rehabilitation projects on the sites.
• Quality control of material and the implemented activities.
• Oversees construction and infrastructure activities
• Conducts frequent rapid needs assessment of the situation in the event of emergency in collaboration with other stakeholders to address construction problems
• Submits daily, weekly and monthly report to the immediate supervisor every Friday and as require.
• Participate in relevant meetings with community leaders, block leader, RRC and UNHCR.
• Directly supervises Artisan Team as agreed with the Shelter and Infrastructure manager
• Ensure the observance of the DRC Code of Conduct throughout activity implementation
• Other relevant duties as directed by the Shelter and Infrastructure manager
• Develops Activities and material Monitoring and tracking Tools
• Planning and organizing of work schedules, project team member monitoring and guidance.
• Quality control and site monitoring ensuring that services are in accordance to SPHERE standards
• Beneficiaries’ list data collection, field verification, handover documentation and maintaining record
• Continuously update project documentation and files

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work with limited supervision., excellent computer skills in MS Word & and Excel.

 Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Preferably educated in Civil Engineering or relevant technical field with minimum of 3 years of proven experience 
• Conversant with all MS-Office software applications; Excellent computer Aided Design skills, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD etc
• Diploma or degree in construction/Architecture or related technical field
• Knowledge of the local language and Arabic
• At least three years working experience in a related field; previous working experience with local or international NGOs will be considered as a strong advantage
• Strong computer skills and CAD software
• High professional ethics
• Ability to prepare and interpret technical designs and supervision.
• Strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.  
• Excellent personnel management skills, including diplomacy, communication, negotiating skills and working with different groups, partners, and nationalities.  
• Experience in staff training and capacity building and willing to learn from others
• Experience for working in complex, contexts, under tight deadlines, hardship locations