Vacancies at Danish Refugee Council

Key responsibilities

Information management strategy and standards

• Contribute to the development of DRC’s project information management strategy by reviewing information needs and gaps, evaluating current information management processes and tools and drafting an information collection and management plan in support of project team.
• Ensure the compliance of information systems and process with the applicable standards and guidelines related to information management and data protection, including the Protection Information Management (PIM) standards and principles and DRC’s internal guidelines.

Data management and analysis

• Ensure effective data management by developing data collection tools and methodologies, designing and managing database systems for data management and analysis purposes.
• Ensure availability of updated and quality information for informed decision-making by DRC’s project team by identifying pertinent variables, including analysing and interpreting multiples datasets, identifying trends and patterns in protection issues and humanitarian needs affecting DRC’s populations of concerns

Information dissemination

• Draft information products such as reports, charts and infographics by turning data into graphic products to facilitate the dissemination of information to external stakeholders for the purpose of reporting, information sharing and advocacy.
• Design the layouts of reporting and presentation templates using graphic design programs ensuring the attractiveness and clarity of the information products.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a dissemination plan for all information products, including the definition of standard operating procedures for clearing information products for release.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• University degree in social sciences, information technology, demography, statistics, or any related area.
• Specialized training on information management systems
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience of which at least 2 years combined field and/or headquarters experience in INGOs and/or UN agencies.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in data analysis and visualization software such as PowerBI, GIS, Tableau.
• Proven skills to analyze statistical information and ability to compile and holistically analyze diverse datasets.
• Demonstrated information management skills and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies, especially in relation to protection, human rights and humanitarian assessment and monitoring data.
• Knowledge of protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators.
• Knowledge of humanitarian system, Protection cluster approach and the UN system
• Strong understanding and experience in implementing relational databases.
• Experience with handling confidential data.
• Ability to formulate IM-related technical requirements and Operating Procedures.
• Ability to translate planning-specifications into technical briefs for data capture and analysis, and vice versa.
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, functions, etc.).
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills.
• Ability to travel regularly within the region and beyond – including in conflict affected areas – potentially for up to 4 weeks at a short time notice.

Ideally, you will also have the below desirable qualifications:

• Completion of Protection Information Management (PIM) training
• Experience with HTML, PHP, ASP and/or Java is an asset.
• Experience in web design and software development is an asset.
• Previous experience of working in Somalia an added advantage

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Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Contribute to the further strategic and programmatic development of DRC’s CVA portfolio in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, across DRC’s Response Framework and its three programmatic platforms (Responding to Emergency; Solutions to Displacement; Addressing Root Causes). This includes further defining DRC’s strategic niche in building the self-reliance of conflict- and displacement-affected populations in fragile contexts through effective and timely emergency responses.
• Review and refine the strategic uses, planning and design of Market Systems Approaches (including in support to basic needs, in close collaboration with the Regional Emergency Coordinator) including via facilitating strategic workshops and based upon relevant assessments and stakeholder consultations.
• Ensure all CVA activities across operating countries adhere to globally approved cash-based programming standards.
• Liaise with Global Economic Recovery Team, Global CVA lead and Global Emergency Unit on global initiatives (e.g. programme, policy, advocacy, research) and represent DRC externally at regional level in relevant technical, policy and advocacy forums and communities of practice.
• Collaborate with other sector leads (e.g. Protection, Humanitarian Disarmament, CCCM and Peacebuilding, Environment, etc.) at country or regional level to explore options for integrated programming.

Capacity Strengthening

• Identify technical and/or programmatic gaps and provide training, mentoring and capacity building as required, and specifically for technical line reports.
• Complete regular field visits to deliver training, technical oversight, identify needs, provide support, trouble shoot, strengthen capacity, and ensure quality programming.
• Specific areas of focus:
• Rapid Market assessment and cash feasibility: support uptake/better use of targeted rapid market assessment and analysis, including labour market assessments, in support of market systems programming across DRC’s Response Framework.
• Modality selection/due diligence: deepen DRC Economic Recovery and Emergency staff’s ability to undertake robust modality selection (across cash, vouchers, or in-kind – alone, or in combination with other assistance modalities such as service provision or infrastructure); systematically further embed and build capacity for the use of DRC’s Modality Due Diligence (MDD) tool in the design of Economic Recovery programs.
• Monitoring and evaluation: support outcome monitoring to measure programme quality, and evaluate impact, cost-effectiveness and relevance.
• Participation and accountability: support DRC operations to increase the participation of and their accountability to populations of concern.
• MSA preparedness: support organisational preparedness for market systems programming (including CVA and uptake of digital payments in country operations).

Technical & Operational Support

• Technical support: provide technical advice and support to Economic Recovery and Emergency teams on assessment, design, set-up, implementation, monitoring, learning and reporting of higher quality, more timely and more accountable needs, preferences and market-based Economic Recovery programming on behalf of IDPs or refugees, and their host communities.
• Act as Project Focal Point for dedicated EC Rec GFFO projects and ensure the projects meet outcomes, indicators and budgetary targets in a timely manner through monthly project review coordination meetings with AMs.
• Quality assurance & compliance: follow up on the implementation of DRC’s minimum standards for Economic Recovery programming and lead the development, harmonization, rolling out of and training in core programme tools, guidance and standard operating procedures (SOPs) as required, with a particular focus on early recovery interventions. Assure compliance with DRC standards and procedures, and alignment with global and regional strategies, including through regular coordination with colleagues in support services at Regional and HQ levels.
• Risk management: support organisational risk management related to MSA and for core Economic Recovery activities.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Masters in social sciences, Economics, Development Studies or other relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years international field experience in similar roles with humanitarian and/or development INGO
• Substantial experience in a technical advisory role and with hands-on programme management and implementation across the project/programme cycle
• Demonstrable experience working on economic recovery and emergency cash-based programming in contexts of forced displacement.
• Significant experience and demonstrated expertise in market systems programming in fragile contexts, financial inclusion and food security support.
• Familiarity with self-reliance programming, including safety net and the Graduation Approach is a plus
• Experience delivering targeted and high-quality technical training and capacity building, including in settings with remote technical management.
• Familiarity with DRC’s other core sector of intervention, in particular Protection, WASH and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (HDP) will be a plus.
• Excellent representation and communication skills along with strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to determine priorities and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and coordination skills, including working with different groups, partners and nationalities, and experience in coordination mechanisms.
• Experience in East Africa and Great Lakes, in particular in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is expected.
• Ability to travel regularly within the region and beyond – including in conflict affected areas – for up to 4 weeks at a short time notice.
• Proficiency in English is a strong preference, while other regional languages are beneficial.

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Overall purpose of the role

The Finance Coordinator is a key member of the Support Services Unit and will contribute to ensure overall planning, implementing, and managing of the projects, and assure progress towards achieving project goals and objectives. Based in Nairobi, with travel to field locations in the region, the Finance Coordinator supports regional programmes with financial duties that include the review of budget/budget revisions, transactional compliance monitoring and reporting. The Finance Coordinator acts as the “Technical Focal Point” to country and field operations across the East Africa and Great Lakes DRC locations.

Responsibilities

The Finance Coordinator refers to and works in close collaboration with the finance and senior project staff of each country within the region. Specific responsibilities include:

• Define and analyse the project budget to ensure that funds are used according to internal and external regulations, proposing corrective actions if needed.
• Preparing budget re-alignments where needed in collaboration with Country Office finance teams.
• Oversight of financial and administrative management of portfolio projects, ensuring compliance with DRC and donor rules and regulations
• Organising and leading monthly budget vs actual reviews meeting & monitor burn rates and advise programme teams accordingly.
• Ensuring the timely and quality completion of all financial deliverables, including reports in accordance with donor guidelines
• Providing additional technical assistance to implementing partners as necessary to maintain standards comparable to DRC operations.
• Developing a strong working relationship with the finance focal point of each country and each field team.
• To oversee the process related to the completeness, accuracy and validity of information regarding payment documents before payments are effected.
• Ensure financial statutory compliance is achieved where required across the country operations, including taxation and government reporting requirements.
• Providing financial management support for regional project close-out process and external audit activity.
• To provide capacity building of both finance and non-finance programme staff
• Serve as a superuser for the ERP Systems and ensure its correct use for financial and accounting matters.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• University degree in Financial Management, Accounting, or any other relevant field.
• Professional finance or accounting qualification
• At least five year’s work experience in field of finance/accounting/bookkeeping in large international NGOs
• Experience managing complex projects involving coordination with multiple project stakeholders.
• Proven experience in NGO programme budget management, including reporting and compliance related to large institutional donor organisations (EU, ECHO, USAID, FCDO, etc.)
• Advanced experience/skills in MS Excel and Power BI.
• Experience in using ERP systems.
• Excellent communication, analytical and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations between programs & support.
• Proven commitment to accountable practices
• Knowledge of working in challenging environments
• High integrity, pro-active, stable, robust character and a good team-player
• Ability to travel regularly within the region – including in conflict affected areas.
• Proficiency in English is a strong preference, while other regional languages are beneficial.

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Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring:

• Support the Head of PMU in refining mechanisms, systems and tools that enable structured participation and inputs by MEAL focal points in the reporting process for the drought response programme.
• Participate in project kick off, review and close out meetings, ensuring that the MEAL aspects (indicators, tools and monitoring activities) of the drought response project are well understood and integrated into the project.
• Review and provide technical input into the development of log frames/results frameworks and Indicator Tracking Tables and ensuring these are updated continually.
• Disseminate project outputs and findings regularly with technical leads of the PMU and other relevant project staff working in the country offices.
• Undertake field trips as part of physical monitoring and verification of the drought response project activities.
• Support the work of MEAL consultancies for the drought response project.

Information Management

• Support operations by providing timely trends analysis and data visualization products.
• Continuously QA the quality of data collection and data entry and provide feedback geared towards improving data quality.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to the development of data collection tools, plans, process, and guidelines to strengthen monitoring of the drought response.
• Ensure compliance with DRC global guidelines on data protection.

Evaluation and Assessments:

• Work with Country Office MEAL Coordinators to plan for and conduct assessments and other internal surveys.
• Develop TORs for cross cutting external evaluations and assessments.
• Review Country Office TORs for evaluations and assessments
• Provide technical guidance on the design and implementation of evaluations, surveys and other assessments.

Accountability:

• Get findings from the Country Office accountability systems for the drought response including consolidating lessons from the Community Feedback Mechanisms (CFM) Systems
• Collate lessons learnt periodically and share action plans for improvement with the PMU.

Learning:

• Assess performance regularly against agreed program indicators.
• Document and articulate best practices, ensuring the PMU is regularly kept informed.
• Regularly present key MEAL findings to the PMU, Project Steering Committee etc.
• Along with colleagues, produce lessons learnt briefs and disseminate these with the PMU and Program Sector Leads

Coordination

• Liaise with Regional and Country Office MEAL staff to continually share learnings and best practices in MEAL.
• Coordination and collaboration with the PMU team, Program Sector Leads and Country Program Management

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (development, social research preferable with a focus in MEAL as well as compliance.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience within the field of MEAL
• Experience working with INGO, UN Agencies, line ministries and/or local authorities in complex emergencies.
• Experience in developing /guiding information management systems for large humanitarian programmes.
• Experience in participatory assessment and community-based monitoring approaches
• Have clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Experience with capacity building of staff and, in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops.
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player with demonstrated leadership and participatory manner.
• Ability to travel regularly within the region and beyond – including in conflict affected areas – for potentially up to 4 weeks at a short time notice.
• Proficiency in English is a strong preference, while other regional languages are beneficial.

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Key responsibilities

Development of robust protection analysis and strategy to respond to the drought response

• Provide high level technical advice to the Head of Programme Management Unit and Country Protection Coordinators to develop and implement DRC’s protection response in drought-affected areas in the 3 countries.
• Provide technical support to Country Protection Coordinators to develop and implement an appropriate protection response across drought-affected areas and areas of drought-led large-scale displacements, mainstreamed across DRC’s Protection country strategies.
• Support or lead the development of protection analysis and response proposal across the three countries related to the drought response in the Horn of Africa.
• Identify axes of improvement on the quality and impact of DRC Protection programming in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia and develop innovative approaches - produce guidelines to implement these improvements and innovations.

Development of tools and guidance to implement the GFFO's integrated protection component

• Develop tools, guidance and capacity-building plans to ensure that protection standards are mainstreamed across DRC drought analysis and response.
• Support the Grant team in the definition and description of Protection activities, in the preparation of log frames with SMART indicators, and in the definition of the budget for the GFFO drought response project.
• Provide technical support and advice to Protection staff on implementation of Protection activities, including advice on dealing with arising protection concerns in the 3 country offices locations.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are in place for all activities and approaches.
• Promote a principled and participatory approach and solutions-oriented approach to Protection in the DRC programmes.
• Provide guidance and support to teams on principled and conflict-sensitive programming, as well as develop advocacy messaging on such.
• Ensuring data protection and security standards are upheld for all protection data and information gathered and processed by DRC protection team.
• Lead on engaging external consultants for technical protection assessments, such as legal assessments and Housing land and property assessments.
• Provide technical support and analysis on GBV case management and protection monitoring.
• Review all protection assessments, protection monitoring reports, and other protection technical reports, before external sharing. Ensure quality of advocacy notes and policy notes, other protection reports.
• Ensure collection of lesson learned from ongoing projects and promote learning from relevant best practices internally and externally.
• Ensure DRC feedback, complaints and accountability mechanisms in the 3 countries are sensitive to protection concerns and sensitivities.
• Mainstream Age Gender and Diversity into protection programme.
• Act as an advocate for gender equality, and mainstream gender-sensitive approaches into programmes and practices

Capacity-building across the project’s multisectoral teams

• Identify areas of improvement and potential gaps in technical protection capacity of DRC staff supporting the drought response.
• Ensure all staff are familiar with Protection Information Management (PIM) principles and processes.
• Ensure training and capacity building of all project’s staff on DRC’s core competencies in protection, including protection monitoring, case management, SGBV prevention and response, protection mainstreaming, among others.

External relations, advocacy and representation

• As agreed with the Country Protection Coordinator and the Head of Programme Management Unit, represent DRC in external meetings related to DRC’s drought response, attend and engage in strategic discussions during the Protection Country cluster meetings; Advocate and guide advocacy on protection issues; Represent DRC in the Protection Cluster Strategic Advisory Groups (SAG), the GBV sub-cluster and related working groups, protection monitoring working group, Housing land and property working group, and GBVIMS coordination meetings.
• Present DRC Protection strategy for the drought response, innovative approaches, assessment outcomes, or/and key achievement in donor meeting or/and in Country Cluster meetings.
• Stay up to date with GFFO donor strategies and practices within 3 country offices and provide technical backstopping to the Head of Programme Unit in donor relations and humanitarian coordination meetings, when relevant.
• Maintain close collaboration and good relations as required with donors and other partners.

Act as PSEA Focal point for the drought response project, and attend relevant meetings on PSEA.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Master's degree in human Rights, Political Science, Refugee Law, or any other relevant field is an asset.
• Degree in law, social science, international relations, or social work or other relevant field.
• Training in humanitarian protection work.
• At least 5 years’ proven and successful track record of experience in protection in a humanitarian setting.
• Experience in producing high-quality technical material (training material, program tools, proposals, strategic documents etc.).
• Direct experience and/or broad knowledge of themes relevant to conflict-affected or post-conflict countries.
• Knowledge of protection and Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), legal aid, and housing land and property.
• Knowledge of Protection information management.
• Experience in conducting protection advocacy in high level coordination meetings.
• Demonstrated experience in providing training on protection, GBV, PIM, protection mainstreaming, PSEA, etc.
• Ability to work effectively as an integral part of multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team and to work with a wide range of counterparts, and other partners.
• Proven coordination and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in working to tight deadlines and managing pressure.
• Excellent writing and editing skills for external audiences (including governments and donors);
• Excellent reporting and protection analysis skills.
• Very strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• A previous experience in the Horn of Africa is considered an advantage.
• Ability to travel regularly within the region and beyond – including in conflict affected areas – for up to 4 weeks at a short time notice.
• English (fluent)
• The knowledge of Swahili is an advantage.

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Overall purpose of the role

The Supply Chain Coordinator is part of the regional support team and provides support to the country operations via help-desk services, training & advice, compliance control, and support, transactional procurement, support the technical assessment during recruitment of Supply Chain staff in the country offices, and derogation management. The incumbent will enhance the capabilities of the Regional Supply Chain administration.

Key responsibilities

Coordination

• Contributes to the daily operation with comprehensive knowledge in logistics and procurement.
• Lead the coordination with the programme staff to ensure logistics & procurement involvement in the whole programme cycle.
• Ensure that all logistics & procurement specific DRC/donors’ rules and policies are understood and respected.
• Responsibility for assigned operational budgetary lines within programmes.
• Technical support

Procurement

• Ensure that procurement policies and procedures are rigorously followed.
• Procurement of all goods and services
• Establish and follow up annual procurement plans.
• Track all orders, purchases and deliveries.
• Oversight of all purchase and service contract to ensure DRC's interests are protected.
• Optimize all logistics operations to increase cost effectiveness including setting up longer term supply contracts.
• Ensure DRC supplier due diligence is effective.

Logistics

• Fleet: management of rental and owned vehicles, generators, speed boats & motorbikes (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Transport: management of all transportation of goods and people (via road, river, air) to-from areas of operations and-or other DRC offices
• Asset: registration, maintenance, repairs-maintenance & disposal of DRC assets accordingly to donors’ rule and policies (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Warehouse: manage the DRC warehouse and stores (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Premises: health and safety, contract management and repairs/maintenance at DRC premises

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or Purchasing and Supplies. Diploma Level preferable from Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
• Member of relevant institute of supply chain management or any other relevant body
• With at least 6 years' work experience in relevant field INGO or other agencies experience in Supply Chain management
• Good knowledge ERP Supply Chain software’s Systems is mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian and development systems, institutions and donor’s programs (including GFFO, EU, ECHO, DFID and OFDA), and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices
• Excellent communication, analytical and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations between programs & support.
• Proven commitment to accountable practices
• Knowledge of working in challenging environments
• High integrity, pro-active, stable, robust character and a good team-player
• Ability to travel regularly within the region – including in conflict affected areas.
• Excellent Communication skills in English required.

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Overall purpose of the role

The WASH Coordinator will provide targeted and high-quality strategic guidance, capacity strengthening and technical leadership to DRC Emergency WASH portfolio in the Horn of Africa region and will promote and reinforce DRC’s leadership and expertise in ensuring climate and displacement-affected populations in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are provided with critical WASH lifesaving assistance.

A specific focus for the WASH Coordinator will be the supervision of the quality of the implementation at site level, in coordination with WASH country teams, Clusters and relevant authorities. This entails building effective collaboration with a diversity of stakeholders, ranging from displaced communities, host community representatives, humanitarian partners, and local authorities. A secondary focus will be to support the development of integrated programming across other DRC core sectors of intervention (including CVA, CCCM and Protection).

The WASH Coordinator reports to the Head of PMU and works in close collaboration with the WASH colleagues in country and the other technical specialists within the regional PMU.

Key responsibilities

WASH Technical Support

• Lead the development, update and roll out of DRC’s WASH strategy in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia in response to the drought.
• Lead the harmonization of the methodology, tools, processes, and outputs within the various field teams and externally with Country Cluster partners.
• Provide technical support and overall coordination in the design and implementation of WASH programming.
• Represent DRC in WASH and Shelter clusters, as well as the relevant technical working groups and vis-a-vis the national and local authorities as required.
• Participate and support existing coordination mechanisms.
• Contribute to WASH related MEAL planning and implementation.
• Contribute to donors reporting requirements, PDMs and ensure all data is collected and indicator tracking tools are updated regularly.
• Ensure that the proposed actions are based and respect both IDPs and host communities’ needs.

Oversight of WASH Implementation

• Support the development and implementation of DRC’s WASH activities in response to the drought.
• Conduct frequent field visits to monitor the quality of WASH implementation.
• Improve utilization of site monitoring data in informing humanitarian responses, as well as utilization of the data for analysis and advocacy purposes.
• Ensure integration with other DRC sectors such as Economic Recovery, Protection, CCCM and Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding (HDP) during implementation.
• Contribute to the implementation of beneficiary feedback mechanisms at field sites.
• Oversee protection and Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) mainstreaming in all DRC WASH activities.
• Oversee and support representative committees and community groups, ensuring Inclusion is main factor in composition and any community-based targeting.
• Establish and maintain coordination amongst key actors, including government representatives, UN agencies, international and national NGOs and other service providers groups.
• Assist in monitoring, in close collaboration with CCCM/SMC and Protection, activities implemented by DRC in IDP sites, as well as the activities of other organisations.

Ensure all activities respect international standards for each sector.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Degree or Master’s in social or political sciences or relevant discipline.
• At least six years INGO experience, including at least three years in management or coordination in insecure environments.
• Significant professional knowledge of WASH strategies, policies, and modalities.
• Proven experience in strategic planning and organizational development.
• Strong capacity in inter-agency coordination and networking.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and management and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability with project grants management, including project design, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, supervision and performance.
• Proven commitment to accountable practices and knowledgeable of quality assurance systems.
• Good communicator and proven diplomacy with all types of stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, but also coordinate effectively as part of a team.
• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, BI, Outlook and Power Point)
• Ability and willingness to work and live in diverse, challenging and potentially unstable environments.
• Ability to travel regularly within the region and beyond – including in conflict affected areas – for up to 4 weeks at a short time notice and a good team-player.