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28 Apr 2025
Full-Time SHELTER ENGINEER/CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
Job Description
VACANCY NOTICE
SHELTER ENGINEER/CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR.
The Vanuatu Red Cross Society, is seeking applications from dynamic and highly motivated persons to immediately fill up the above position.
Job location: VRCS Headquarter, Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu
Applicants are required to demonstrate the following:
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Enhance VRCS’s operational capacity to deliver effective shelter support at the community level.
- Provide technical support to Shelter Officer and contribute to the design, delivery, and evaluation of shelter-related Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions, integrating HBDA (Household and Building Damage Assessment) learning.
- Ensure ToT content reflects earthquake-specific construction guidance, particularly emphasizing “load paths” and structural bracing to improve resilience.
- Assist in the development and integration of technical content in IEC materials used for training and household guidance.
- Promote and monitor best practices in shelter preparedness and safe construction across VRCS programs.
- Facilitate the mapping and capacity assessment of National Society staff and volunteers involved in shelter programming.
- Coordinate with shelter stakeholders (including government, private sector, NGOS, UN, Vanuatu Skills Partnership (VSP)) for joint training initiatives and knowledge sharing.
Education and Qualifications:
- Degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
- Certification in construction supervision (minimum Certificate II level – Vanuatu Skills Partnership or equivalent) is strongly preferred
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in shelter/housing programs, including field implementation.
- Experience in post-disaster recovery and community-based shelter interventions.
- Demonstrated capacity to train and mentor staff and community members.
Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong technical knowledge of disaster-resilient construction, especially in seismic and cyclone-prone environments.
- Understanding of the humanitarian shelter sector, cluster coordination, and Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement operations.
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
- Ability to work in remote and challenging environments with minimal supervision.
- Fluent in English
- Strong reporting ,documentation and coordination skills.
Job Expired 09/05/2025
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