WASH Officer Bangladesh Cox's Bazar Ukhiya @ NRC NORCAP Careers

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.

At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:

• treat everyone with respect and dignity
• contribute to building a safe environment for all
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s values. To be dedicated, innovative, inclusive, and accountable are attitudes and beliefs that guide our actions and relationships. NRC has a commitment to safety and wellbeing, and together we build a positive working culture to feel valued, empowered, supported, safe, and have a sense of belonging. NRC does not tolerate employees exploiting or abusing people and has zero tolerance to inaction.

Roles and responsibilities

The role of the WASH Officer, field-based position is to support and ensure quality through the regular visit, coordinate with different stakeholders, sharing the challenges with senior management and support as per need of WASH program.

• Provide general administrative and operational support to the WASH and Emergency response programme.
• Administers the project’s activities including raising purchase requisitions, preparation of payment vouchers, completion certificate and maintaining the stock management of hub/storage.
• Support and assist WASH Assistant, Contingent worker on the implementation of WASH intervention (water supply, sanitation, fecal sludge/solid waste management) in camp and host community areas.
• Assists in reviewing procurement contracts and related documents, analyze contents and findings, and provides recommendations on variations or changes.
• Regular visit the project area (water and sanitation facilities) to assess quality and assist with monitoring activities, best practice for improvement, support technical staffs to prepare BOQ, follow up the construction work.
• Tracks the results of the projects implementation and reports findings and/or breaches to the line manager.
• Ensures that camp authorities, communities and leaders are involved and informed about the activities of the projects, in coordination with the field teams.
• Update operational plans into weekly, monthly, and quarterly implementation plans and ensure that all plans/report are prepared, documented, regularly updated, and properly tracked.
• Carries out any other related WASH/Shelter activities relevant to the role, as requested by the line Manager,
• Support team with information, dissemination, sharing and conduct assessment, FGD, KII as per needs required by the project and under the guidance of line manager.
• Professional competencies:

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience

• 3+ years of relevant working experience
• Bachelors/Diploma/Degree in Civil Engineering/water resources /Architecture or equivalent.
• Intermediate level in Excel.
• Knowledge and experience in GPS and mapping
• Excellent working experience on estimate, BoQ, Design and AutoCAD
• Working experience with MS SharePoint is a plus.
• Working experience in camp context is a plus
• Fluency in Bangla and English, both written and spoken.
• Experience working in humanitarian or development contexts is preferred.
• Behavioural competencies:
• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Working with people
• Analysing
• Communication with impact and respect
• Coping with change

What we offer

• Duty Station: Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.
• Contract duration: 12 months
• Number of positions: 01
• Travel: 80% in the work area.
• Grade 05 in NRC’s Salary Scale: monthly Gross Salary is 78,520 BDT, with accompanying terms and conditions. NRC offers excellent compensation and benefits packages. Group Insurance for staff and dependents, 24/7 Psychosocial assistant. Two festival bonuses, Gratuity, Contributory provident fund, maternity allowance, Nursery/Childcare allowance, various types of leaves (Annual, casual, maternity, paternity, etc.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates: Log in with your official NRC email address or click on Opportunity Marketplace.
• This position is open to Bangladeshi Nationals only.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport/NID.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and you meet most, but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• We welcome applications from qualified and interested candidates, particularly local candidates for the job location. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Candidates are encouraged to apply early as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.