Shelter Cluster Information Senior Officer

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 4000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the worlds largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs


NRC has led the Shelter Cluster in Gaza since 2009. The scale of damage and displacement resulting from Operation Protective Edge warrants scaling up the team to meet the coordination and information needs of the shelter response. Current estimates show 15% of the housing stock has been affected, and overall 5% of the housing stock has been severely damaged or destroyed. Over 400,000 people have fled their homes for safer locations: of this about 300,000 are estimated to be in Collective Centres, and a further 100,000 are living with host families. As of writing, it is not clear if the current ceasefire will lead to a prolonged period of calm, or if hostilities will resume. The Shelter Cluster team is coordinating with partners to support the two scenarios.



Job description
Specifically, the Information Senior Officer will be responsible for facilitating and guiding the Shelter Coordination Group to do the following:


Information management
Development of simple, user-friendly shelter assistance reporting formats in consultation with the local authorities, providers of shelter assistance and other key stakeholders; these reporting formats should include provision for gender desegregation of data and reporting on more vulnerable groups, they should also be complementary to the information collection and reporting systems of other sector working groups;
Promotion of and training on the use of these reporting tools among shelter assistance providers and other stakeholders;
Gathering and collation of data on shelter needs and assistance being provided in a timely and efficient manner, including feedback and/or issues raised by the affected population;
Identification and reporting of any gaps in shelter assistance to the Shelter Coordination Group;
Development and implementation of methods to share this information, as well as broader information on shelter needs and solutions which the Shelter Coordination Group wants to develop and/or share, with all concerned stakeholders and the affected population; this information may need to be made available in the local language, as well as English, to the maximum extent possible;
Coordination with other sector working group information managers to ensure complementarity and cross-sectoral analysis of information on the disaster response.
Identify and promote the localization or handover of information management services to appropriate agencies as appropriate.
Support the Shelter Coordinator to coordinate programme implementation, develop appropriate strategies to meet needs identified, and ensure adequate reporting and information sharing.
Any other tasks that may be required (within reason) to achieve the objective of this assignment.
Provision of adequate handover, including the provision of brief guidance notes and counter-parting where possible.
Critical interfaces:


Shelter Cluster Coordinator
OCHA Information Management team
Local authorities
Agency focal points for information collection and dissemination


Qualifications
Relevant university/college degree
At least 3 years of experience working in data management, analysis and reporting
Previous experience of working in the Middle East or in similar complex and volatile contexts;
Experience of coordination and advocacy work
Strong website management skills
Database management skills (e.g. Excel)
Data analysis and presenting information to a range of audiences
Significant understanding of complex emergencies and crisis contexts;
Political and cultural awareness and experience of working in difficult situations;
Ability to quickly develop good insight and understanding of the conflict, the human rights situation and the political environment of the country and the area of intervention;
Fluency (written and spoken) in the English language
Fluency (written and spoken) in Arabic


Personal qualities
Goal orientation;
Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision;
Ability and willingness to work and live under difficult circumstances;
Problem solving and willingness/ability to contribute to logistics;
Flexibility, creativity, and cooperation;
Sense of humour


We offer
Commencement: 13/10/2014
Contract period: 3 Months with possible extension depending on funds
Salary/benefits: According to NRCs Salary Scale and Terms of Employment
Only successful candidate will be contacted.
Closing date: 05.09.2014
To apply, please visit: www.nrc.no

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Miscellaneous info
Start date for employment: 13.10.2014

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