Global Roving Expert NEAT + Capacity Building

Overview

There is a growing recognition amongst humanitarian actors of the need to take environmental concerns into account when delivering a humanitarian response. NRC considers conducting environmental screenings as the first and necessary step towards adapting humanitarian response to avoid causing harm to the environment. In the project, Strengthening the capacity of humanitarian actors to do environmental screenings, funded by ECHO, NRC will organise capacity building sessions on the Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) for the wider humanitarian community at the field level in the countries where we operate. The aim of the action is to increase staff capacity across several humanitarian organisations to conduct environmental screenings, thereby significantly increasing the total amount of screenings that are done at the field level, and to contribute toward changes in the design and implementation of programmes that incorporate more environmentally sensitive practices.

NRC, in collaboration with NORCAP, is looking for two Global Roving Experts on NEAT + Capacity Building for 19 months that can support humanitarian actors to utilise the NEAT+ at the field level. The purpose of the NEAT+ is to conduct new environmental screenings, through providing space for learning by doing for participants. **

The Expert will be guided and supported by the team in Oslo, under the supervision of the Global Lead Climate and Environment and work with Project Coordinators. It will be part of the Programme Strategy and Innovation Unit in the Global Programme Section, in the Field Operations department at Head Office. It is a Roving position and Experts will be required to travel 75% of their time.

This is an English-speaking role and to be eligible to apply, you must be fluent in English (written and verbal), other languages as French, Arabic and Spanish are desirable.

The successful candidates must have as minimum a Bachelor degree level in either Environmental Science, Political Science or Pedagogy.

The successful candidates must also have a minimum of 7 years of professional background in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Sciences, Climate Adaptation, Learning and Development, Organisational Development). Experience as an Adviser/Manager role or relevant work or similar experience will be a plus.**

Duties and responsibilities

The Global Roving Expert on NEAT+ Capacity Building’s main responsibility will be to develop and provide capacity building sessions on NEAT + for the wider humanitarian community. The Expert will deploy to country offices, hosted by NRC, and will conduct the capacity building sessions in field locations where NRC and other organisations are providing assistance. The Expert will be responsible for compiling the findings and recommendations and to present these in debriefing sessions with senior managements of the participating organisations and for other interested stakeholders. The Expert will also be responsible for preparing reports for publication, to be made available for the wider humanitarian community. During and in between missions, the Experts will be available for further bilateral guidance on how the findings and recommendations can be used to adapt implementation and design of the assistance.

Generic responsibilities:**

· To adhere to NRC’s systems and procedures at a global level.

· To ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines, donor requirements, national laws and procedures.

· To support the implementation of the 2022-2025 NRC Global Strategy, with a particular focus on strengthening environmental analysis.

· To be responsible for the development of capacity building tools and procedures

· To conduct capacity building sessions for a wide range of organisations, hosted by NRC

· To assess capacity building effectiveness and make changes as relevant to enhance the outcomes

· To provide technical advice and support to organisations on how to adapt the response to avoid causing harm to the environment and reduce environmental risks.

· To ensure that the findings and recommendations that come out of the NEAT+ capacity building sessions are shared with senior management of the participating organisations and other relevant stakeholders

· To ensure effective documentation and sharing of the results of the NEAT+ capacity building sessions

· To contribute towards the strengthening of accountability and learning on environmental performance in humanitarian action

Specific responsibilities:

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

· To develop NEAT + Capacity Building plan, including the following elements:

• technical introduction of the functioning of NEAT+

• development of questionnaires for the focus group discussions

• how to undertake the screenings in a way that ensure the highest learning value for the participants

• method for triangulating and prioritizing the recommendations

• organisation of the discussions with Senior Management from the participating organisations

• organisation of debriefs with relevant stakeholders

• formatting of the reports from area assessments and at the country level

· To develop a training of trainers methodology for focal points from the various organisations

· To provide updates through the EHAN (Environment and Humanitarian Action Network) about the content and schedule for NEAT+ capacity building sessions shared by NRC, in coordination with NRC’s Global Lead on Climate and Environment,

· To support the NRC Country office logistics team in facilitating the logistic preparations of these capacity building sessions at the country level.

• Ensure that the training opportunity information is shared with the relevant participating organisations in the targeted countries.

• Coordinating the arrangements for the training in the country offices.

· To organise capacity building sessions on the Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) at multiple field locations in each country visited

· To hold debriefing sessions with senior management of the participating organisations and relevant stakeholders such as donors to demonstrate the results of the NEAT+ and potential next steps.

· To write NEAT+ summary reports for publicatiojn from all countries covered by the action

· To organise digital feedback session with Joint Environment Unit and participants from NEAT+ capacity building sessions

· To write up lessons learned document based on the input from the participants in the capacity building exercises and participants in the global event

· To support partners to apply changes in the design and implementation of programmes towards more environmentally sensitive practices.

· To work closely with the Project Coordinator based at NRC head office for monitoring and evaluation purposes;

• Modify changes to the capacity building trainings based on the post-training survey results, analysed by the Project Coordinator.

• Monitor the level of engagement with capacity building participants outside of sessions and report to the Project Coordinator.

Qualifications and experience

· A Bachelor degree level as minimum, in either Environmental Science, Political Science or Pedagogy**

· A minimum of 7 years of professional background in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Sciences, Climate Adaptation, Learning and Development, Organisational Development). Expericence as an Adviser/Manager role or relevant work or similar experience will be a plus.**

• Professional background in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Sciences, Climate Adaptation, Learning and Development, Organisational Development).
• Program experience experience from the Humanitarian Sector.
• Experience in successful training design, delivery, and evaluation to meet organisational requirements.
• Knowledge of learning management software, mainly NEAT+.
• Willing to work in humanitarian contexts (camps and urban areas) in different locations worldwide.
• Familiarity with traditional and modern training methods, tools and techniques.
• Familiarity with online training methods, tools, and techniques.

• Ability to engage stakeholders at various organisational levels and balance their priorities; ability to engage with local authorities.

• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.

• Fluency in English is required in both written and verbal, other languages as French, Arabic and Spanich are desirable.

Personal Characteristics

• Very strong communication skills, both written and oral

• Strong networking and representation skills

• Result-oriented and problem solving

• Strong analytical skills

• Attention to detail

• Ability to be flexible and creative