Emergency Officer (Emergency Roster) at Danish Refugee Council

Responsibilities: 
Programming & Operations:

• Ensure organization and implementation of emergency activities, including cash and voucher programming, in accordance with DRC guidelines, program objectives and accountability principles;
• Represent DRC with relevant donors, partners and local authorities and coordinate with distribution actors and other DRC programmes when necessary;
• Participate in various field assessments, surveys, needs assessments, market assessment and monitoring, and other data collection to guide programming;
• Monitor and evaluate ongoing distribution activities and report on unmet needs and gaps;
• Ensure equal participation by all segments of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age, clan, tribal and religious affiliations;
• Support beneficiary’s identification, assessment and selection processes;
• Produce distribution reports and analysis;
• Ensure collection of data is up to date;
• Set-up community committees and provide appropriate training so that committee members understand their roles and responsibilities;
• Undertake filing of all means of verification related to the distribution of cash and vouchers.

Representation:

• Represent DRC in relevant fora;
• Coordinate and maintain constructive relationships with municipalities, other local government institutions, local NGO partners, other international organizations, in coordination with the other team members;
• Ensure DRC’s principles and approaches to emergencies are integrated into the response;
• Follow the humanitarian principles, standards and guidelines that DRC is committed to, and ensure these are adhered to by DRC staff, partner staff and volunteers.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Ensure transparency and accountability tools, processes and mechanisms to affected communities are in place;
• Ensure equal participation by all segments of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age, clan and tribal and religious affiliations;
• Regularly monitor project activities and provide timely inputs and feedback to management;
• Work with M&E team to ensure M&E plan is being implemented, data is being collected from the field and regular reports are being produced.
• Undertake any further duties as the line manager sees fit. The position duties are flexible to a degree to allow the candidate to develop skills they personally identify. This can be arranged in discussions with the line manager. 

Logistics/Finance:

• Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up 
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
• Initiate procurement of emergency programme goods, services and works, and ensure their delivery in compliance with DRC guidelines and SOPs.
• Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with Finance, Supply Chain and Safety in a timely manner

Experience and Technical Competencies:

• Minimum 2 years of practical experience in sector area working for an INGO or similar organization
• Field experience in the Area 
• Experience working with Cash and Voucher programming
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Education:

• Relevant university degree (e.g. political science, international development, or economics) or equivalent professional qualification