Centre for Monitoring and Communication (CMC) Assistant

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 camp management, shelter, education, food security, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Position: Centre for Monitoring and Communication (CMC) Assistant
Job Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Reports to: The Team Leader Centre for Monitoring and Communication (CMC)
Candidates: Nigerian nationals only
Job Summary

• NRC is looking for a Centre for Monitoring and Communications (CMC) Assistant for our area
• office in Maiduguri in Northern Nigeria. The purpose of the Centre for Monitoring and Communications (CMC) Assistant is to implement CMC activities in Maiduguri and support the implementation of CMC activities in the field offices.

Job Description

• Monitor all NRC movements in Borno State, including travels across mission filed office in the North East, and other parts of Nigeria
• Ensure proper collation and storage of Information
• Ensure that all NRC CMC users comply with proper communications procedures
• Monitor open source channels (TV, radio, social media, etc) collate and store relevant information and update the CMC Team Leader and Security Team accordingly.
• Receive Staff Feedback Forms and collate information for daily follow up by Team Leader.

Qualifications

• University Degree in any field, preferably in Security Management
• Knowledge of the context in North East Nigeria
• Knowledge of Hausa and Kanuri, knowledge of other local languages in Borno State is an added advantage
• Experience with start-up communications room

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision.
• All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.
• Highest standards of ethics and integrity
• Ability to work in insecure environments
• Communicating with impact and respect
• A good sense of humour is an asset

We Offer

• Commencement: January 2018
• Duration: 12 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.
• Duty station: Maiduguri, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.