NRC recruits 01 Shelter&WASH Specialist

Context & Background

The humanitarian situation in the cross-border area between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger continues to deteriorate. The deteriorating security situation has forced thousands of people from the Sahel, North, North Central, and East regions to flee to neighbouring towns. The presence of non-state armed groups and improvised explosive devices has made roads inaccessible and hampered activities.

The violence has had a serious impact on fragile livelihoods and people's ability to support themselves, and is challenging already weak basic social services. Increasingly, people are fleeing their homes in search of safety in nearby fields or villages, sometimes repeatedly. Burkina Faso has 2.6 million internally displaced persons. The Sahel and Centre-Nord regions are the most affected with the largest number of displaced people, though displacement is worsening also in the East and Boucle de Mouhoun Region.

The large-scale displacement has a strong impact on already scarce natural resources, with negative consequences for both the displaced population and host communities, increasing the risk of undermining social cohesion and population protection. Humanitarian access to populations in need and access to basic social services remains a major problem, with a shrinking humanitarian space in areas where humanitarian activities are concentrated.

Shelter & Settlements

NRC is currently focused on expanding its Shelter portfolio in Burkina Faso. In addition to offering temporary shelters equipped with emergency Non-Food Item (NFI) kits, lighting and alternative cooking solutions for newly displaced families, NRC is expanding its transitional shelter response, innovative market-based programming, and other shelter solutions.

Position Location

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso