Job ID
19003
Job Title
Community Assistant (Part-time)
To work for
NRC | Norwegian Refugee Council
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Project Based
Responsibilities
NRC is looking to identify suitable candidates for supporting its Education Programme and who have expertise in minimum one of the following fields:
Community Assistant:
• Assist in the implementation of NRCs humanitarian programmes in the assigned community/communities.
• Maintain good relationships with key community stakeholders and relevant focal points (e.g. NGOs, education actors, Mukhtars, local authorities, etc.).
• Identify families and beneficiaries in need of assistance (education, in particular), both IDPs and local community.
• Facilitate the understanding of needs (education in particular) at the level of the assigned community/communities to design programmes.
• Explain NRC planned activities (education, in particular) in the assigned community/communities.
• Contribute actively to ensuring the participation of beneficiaries – in particular children and youth - in NRC programmes (education, in particular) in the assigned communities.
• Actively contribute to regular reporting and manage administrative tasks, as per request.
• Participate in trainings provided by NRC programme staff.
• Other duties as assigned and agreed upon.
Note: This is a temporary, field based, and part-time position, at times with short-notice assignments
Community Assistant:
• Assist in the implementation of NRCs humanitarian programmes in the assigned community/communities.
• Maintain good relationships with key community stakeholders and relevant focal points (e.g. NGOs, education actors, Mukhtars, local authorities, etc.).
• Identify families and beneficiaries in need of assistance (education, in particular), both IDPs and local community.
• Facilitate the understanding of needs (education in particular) at the level of the assigned community/communities to design programmes.
• Explain NRC planned activities (education, in particular) in the assigned community/communities.
• Contribute actively to ensuring the participation of beneficiaries – in particular children and youth - in NRC programmes (education, in particular) in the assigned communities.
• Actively contribute to regular reporting and manage administrative tasks, as per request.
• Participate in trainings provided by NRC programme staff.
• Other duties as assigned and agreed upon.
Note: This is a temporary, field based, and part-time position, at times with short-notice assignments
Qualifications
1. Knowledge and practical experience of/within local communities from Aleppo city.
2. Experience in forming relationships with the local community and governmental and non-governmental entities.
3. Knowledge & relevant experience of working with school aged children and young people.
4. Experience in community sensitization.
High School Certificate, University Diploma is a plus.
2. Experience in forming relationships with the local community and governmental and non-governmental entities.
3. Knowledge & relevant experience of working with school aged children and young people.
4. Experience in community sensitization.
High School Certificate, University Diploma is a plus.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
1. Knowledge and practical experience of/within local communities from Aleppo city.
2. Experience in forming relationships with the local community and governmental and non-governmental entities.
3. Knowledge & relevant experience of working with school aged children and young people.
4. Experience in community sensitization.
High School Certificate, University Diploma is a plus.
2. Experience in forming relationships with the local community and governmental and non-governmental entities.
3. Knowledge & relevant experience of working with school aged children and young people.
4. Experience in community sensitization.
High School Certificate, University Diploma is a plus.
Salary and Benefits
As per NRC rules & regulations.
About us
NRC is a non-governmental, non-profit, humanitarian, independent organisation. It provides assistance to people affected by crises & i.e. refugees, internally displaced people, host communities etc. - to meet their immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement and contribute to durable solutions.
NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. After almost 70 years of interventions all over the world, today NRC is organised as an independent and private foundation that cooperates closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway. NRCs funding base is not only diverse but also flexible, counting a number of different donors including the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations. In 2014 NRC assisted more than four million displaced and conflict-affected people around the world, and raised more than USD 250 million for our humanitarian programming. Currently NRC operates in 25 countries worldwide with over 5,000 staff members, the majority of which are national employees. All NRC projects are supervised by the Head Office of the organization in Oslo while in the Middle East, NRC country offices report to a regional office based in Amman. All the programs are implemented in close coordination with governments and local authorities.
The type of activities implemented in each context varies from country to country depending on the needs on the ground and priorities laid out in strategic response plans of Governments and the UN. However NRC mainly specialises in five programme areas: Education, Shelter, WASH, Food Security as well as supporting displacement affected population to access further services. Moreover, extensive expertise has been gained by the organization over the years also on Collective Shelters Coordination and Management.
In addition, NRC provides expertise as a strategic partner to the UN as well as to national and international actors including governments and line ministries- through its stand-by rosters. Only in 2014 almost 600 humanitarian experts were deployed to 49 countries, making NRCs rosters the most used expert deployment capacity in the humanitarian world.
Finally, NRC promotes and sustains efforts at different levels to keep high the attention on the condition and situation of displaced and vulnerable people affected by ongoing crisis.
please note that this announcement shall be expired on 30 May 2019
NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. After almost 70 years of interventions all over the world, today NRC is organised as an independent and private foundation that cooperates closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway. NRCs funding base is not only diverse but also flexible, counting a number of different donors including the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations. In 2014 NRC assisted more than four million displaced and conflict-affected people around the world, and raised more than USD 250 million for our humanitarian programming. Currently NRC operates in 25 countries worldwide with over 5,000 staff members, the majority of which are national employees. All NRC projects are supervised by the Head Office of the organization in Oslo while in the Middle East, NRC country offices report to a regional office based in Amman. All the programs are implemented in close coordination with governments and local authorities.
The type of activities implemented in each context varies from country to country depending on the needs on the ground and priorities laid out in strategic response plans of Governments and the UN. However NRC mainly specialises in five programme areas: Education, Shelter, WASH, Food Security as well as supporting displacement affected population to access further services. Moreover, extensive expertise has been gained by the organization over the years also on Collective Shelters Coordination and Management.
In addition, NRC provides expertise as a strategic partner to the UN as well as to national and international actors including governments and line ministries- through its stand-by rosters. Only in 2014 almost 600 humanitarian experts were deployed to 49 countries, making NRCs rosters the most used expert deployment capacity in the humanitarian world.
Finally, NRC promotes and sustains efforts at different levels to keep high the attention on the condition and situation of displaced and vulnerable people affected by ongoing crisis.
please note that this announcement shall be expired on 30 May 2019
Required employees number
10+
Posted On
May 14, 2019
Expiry Date
Jun 13, 2019
