Openings at Danish Refugee Council

Strategy and Policy

• Develop and maintain global partnerships for evidence-building and learning on conflict & climate resilience
• Support external communication for donor & partner influencing and shared learning based on DRC’s regenerative resilience programming
• Work closely with the Global and Regional MEAL and communications teams to ensure research, learning and data from resilience programming are captured, documented and institutionalized and shared (incl through multi-media approaches)
• Strengthen DRC’s relationships with academic institutions focused on research and learning on regenerative resilience and circular practices
• Ensure that DRC’s competitive slot as a global leader in Regenerative Resilience in Displacement is secured and further strengthened
• Represent DRC in policy and donor fora, contributing to global debate on ecological responses to conflict, natural disasters and global migration

Technical advice and support

• Provide technical support for Regional Office and Country managers in the design, quality control and monitoring of community-led systems-based resilience programming and disaster risk reduction.
• Contribute to raising funds for (cross)region regenerative and circular resilience programming applying systems-based and nature-positive solutions.
• Deliver relevant policy, standards, resources, guidance and tools to country and regional operations.
• Contribute to DRC’s learning and evidence-building on resilience & community-led disaster risk reduction programming, including by collecting and sharing good practice.
• Support documentation and replication of good practices across countries/regions.

Resources, training and learning

• Build DRC sector staff capacity on programming for community resilience to (interlinked) conflict and climate risks. This will include development and roll-out of a global resilience manual, training package and establishing a Global Resilience Learning Hub.
• Oversee technical capacity building of field teams through in-person, site-based trainings and demonstrations.
• Ensure institutional knowledge management on resilience, including maintaining and updating Intranet site and Collaborative Space / SharePoint.
• Collect and disseminate internal learning on circular practices and regenerative resilience programming and work with the Go Green global advisor in Asia on strategies for organizational change in support of nature-positive programming.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have minimum 6 years’ experience in progressively more senior recovery and development programming roles, including minimum 3 years designing and managing complex multisector resilience initiatives in conflict-affected locations.

All employees should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Excellent and up-to-date knowledge of systems-based approaches and resilience concepts, policy debates and practical (technical) methods.
• Demonstrated excellence in implementing circular, regenerative and restorative practices using participatory methods with vulnerable and displaced communities.
• Demonstrated experience in applying innovative approaches to climate change adaptation in conflict-affected contexts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of conflict analysis, conflict sensitivity and/or conflict resolution techniques .
• Experience working in complex institutional environments and a strong ability to establish close collaborative working relationships across dispersed geographical locations.
• Demonstrated experience in training design and facilitation, on circular practices, regenerative resilience and/or climate change adaptation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including writing and facilitation.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as part of a small team, and to form close working relationships with a diverse range of multi-cultural colleagues.
• Highly motivated and hard-working, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point).
• Able and willing to travel for up to 45 days per year.

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REQUIREMENTS/EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation process consists of three stages:

• Administrative
• Technical and
• Financial.

Each stage requires information and documents mentioned in this TOR.

Administrative Evaluation

A bid shall pass the administrative evaluation stage before being considered for technical and financial evaluation. Bids that are deemed administratively non-compliant may be rejected. Documents listed below shall be submitted with your bid.

Document Instructions

A detailed firm’s profile

• The firm should be approved by ICPAK/ACCA & the partners should be in good standing with ICPAK/ACCA
• The firm must have a physical address and valid business permit
• The firm must have at least three INGOs and/or Humanitarian Organizations referees who must be its clients
• Partners and key staff curriculum vitae
• Tax compliance certificate
• Technical and financial proposal

Annex 1; General Conditions of Contract Sign and stamp and submit

Annex 2; DRC Supplier Code of Conduct Sign and stamp and submit

Supplier Profile & Registration Form Complete ALL sections in full of Supplier Profile & Registration form, sign, stamp and submit

Previous contracts for Similar Supplies

Reference document copy of previous contracts for Similar Supplies, within the last 3-5 years. Submit in the technical bid envelope

Note: DRC is a VAT Withholding agent appointed by KRA

If any information required during the administrative evaluation is not provided by the bidders, DRC may choose to request bidders to supply this information within 48 hours of the tender opening. Please note that this is only applicable for documentation that does not alter the details in the bid, such as price information.

Technical Evaluation

To be technically acceptable, the bid shall meet or exceed the stipulated requirements and specifications in the TOR. If a Bid does not technically comply with the TOR, it will be rejected.

Requirements

Technical proposal

1. Should indicate the audit approach, methodology and work-plan for this assignment.
2. The firm must also demonstrate sufficient quality control measures.

Year of Experience

1. The firm should have been in practice for a period of not less than 5 years
2. The firm must have five years’ experience in audit of International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) and/or Humanitarian Organizations
3. List of various donor-funded projects that the audit firm has audited.

Key personnel that will work on this assignment. This should include;

1. The firm must have at least two partners who are full time practitioners
2. Appropriate mix of the audit team and the level of involvement each has in conducting this assignment (partner, team leader, manager, audit senior, audit assistant, or special expertise, if necessary).
3. Audit and accounting qualifications and level of experience (minimum of 3 years’ experience) of the key proposed personnel in relation to audit of donor-funded project

How to apply

Interested firms that meet the above requirements should send both their proposal and other required documents as one attachment to email address rfq.ro01@drc.ngo on or before 10 July 2022.

Please indicate “Proposal to conduct 2021/2022 Audit for Project Contract Number 21/04080 – “RFQ NO. RO01-001781” in the subject line of your email application.