Job Openings at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Purpose

The Resilience and Livelihood (RL) Coordinator will have overall responsibility for the development and coordination of effective intervention in EAY. A strong emphasis will be put on development of the Resilience and Livelihoods Strategy and portfolio, increasing quality resilience work and multi-year self-reliance interventions.

The RL Coordinator will work closely with the Regional Team, Country Directors and Head of Programmes in each country office to develop livelihood and resilience strategies, lead and/or support programme design as required, and provide quality assurance through regular engagement with field staff at project locations and monitoring. The RL Coordinator will not line manage livelihood field staff directly, but will provide strategic direction, technical guidance and assist with capacity building.

Responsibilities:

• Lead in the development and launch of a new regional resilience and livelihood strategy and programme guidance, including developing training materials and guidance documents.
• Ensure high quality, innovatiive and timely resilience, market, food security, and livelihood assessments and provide prioritized recommendations for program interventions to the Regional team and Country programmes
• Design effective, systems-based programs in resilience, food security, agriculture and livelihoods, with an emphasis on inter-sectoral program responses and strategy, in collaboration with country teams, with a focus on innovations that respond to climate shocks and ecological degradation.
• Engage proactively with donors and regional institutions to promote and align DRC strategies towards political and funding environment,
• Campaigning DRC’s livelihood and resilience findings, best practice and evidence around displaced communities.
• Draft technical proposals and budgets for international donors and partners, work in close collaboration with DRC grants and finance staff to finalize proposals and respond to any requests for additional information
• Select and implement appropriate monitoring, learning and research systems; ensure consistent reporting and analysis of results to enhance program effectiveness and quality in collaboration with the dedicated regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) personnel
• Provide technical support on cash or voucher programming design and implementation, market systems development and financial inclusion, and internal collaboration among operational and programmatic stakeholders involved in cash/voucher programming to existing country programs remotely and through in-country visits or short-term deployments, in close collaboration with regional cash expert
• Facilitate and/or participate in relevant meetings, workshops, seminars and trainings; support technical coordinators from other sectors to apply a resilience, livelihoods and market-sensitive lens to inter-sectoral assessments and program design
• Build DRC staff capacity in the utilization of economic recovery methodologies and resources,
• Provide technical support as needed to existing country programs remotely and through in-country visits and short-term deployments

About you

To be successful in this role, we expect you to be a positive, mature leader with a proven track record of developing effective initiatives, programmes, and impact. You thrive in managing a wide range of responsibilities, and can effectively communicate and lead the country team. You enjoy working with teams of committed staff to build collaboration and capacity within the regional programmes and building strong relationships with the regional team.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate each of DRC’ 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

Moreover, we also expect the following:

• At least ten (10) years’ experience in developing resilience and/or livelihood strategies
• Master’s degree, in resilience/international development, food security, agriculture, nutrition or related field
• At least ten (10) years’ managing technical projects including at least two years in complex humanitarian and development settings
• Preferably ten (10) years’ experience in East Africa and/or in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions and/or conflict zones
• Excellent understanding of context appropriate resilience design methodologies such as permaculture, agro ecology for food security, water security and livelihoods, technical concepts and experience conducting detailed market, food security and livelihood needs assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach to market systems development
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and sectors to design and implement high-quality market-based programming, and in-depth knowledge of supply chain and financial management and controls of cash and/or voucher programs
• Demonstrated experience in integrating social cohesion, good governance and conflict sensitivity in to resilience programming
• Demonstrated experience in integrating gender equity in to resilience programming
• Demonstrated experience in integrating natural resources management and area-based programming in to resilience programming
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical expertise and standards and implement best practice approaches to implementing rapid, consistent, high quality emergency projects as well as protracted displacement situations
• Experience managing donor funded programs and grants; including staff management, budget oversight, monitoring and evaluation systems, and technical input to proposal-budget development and donor reports.
• Experienced with conflict related displacement issues
• Fluent in written and spoken English and preferably French

DRC encourages all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender or age.

Conditions

Availability: July 2018

Duty station: Nairobi – Kenya; This position is unaccompanied.

Reporting: This position reports Deputy Regional Director

Duration: 1 Year with possibility of extension, subject to performance and funding.

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Background 

DRC has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. Using a human rights framework, the DRC East Africa and Yemen (EAY) operation focuses mainly on people who are affected by displacement, including refugees, internally displaced, and migrants in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Tanzania and Yemen. The EAY Regional office also supports non-operational initiatives, focusing on mixed migration issues, civil society engagement, and advocacy and policy initiatives related to displacement. 

Purpose 

The overall responsibility of the Regional Infrastructure Coordinator (RIC) is to support existing or new operations to adequately respond to existing or emerging infrastructure needs (shelter, wash, and other facilities) in both emergency and recovery settings with a focus on durable solutions. 

Responsibilities:  

• Provide Senior Management Team, and relevant CDs/Head of Programmes with updated information on best practices and technical support for infrastructure related activities within the designated countries in the East Africa and Yemen region; 
• Participate as relevant – depending on ongoing tasks - in coordination mechanisms throughout the region and represent DRC as requested; 
• Provide technical assistance to field teams, including (but not limited to) to designs and develop tools, technical input for proposals, concepts, and budgets;  
• Support ToR development and recruitment of relevant technical staff; 
• Development of training models to address regional or country specific capacity gaps; 
• Development of infrastructure related strategies in collaboration with country teams where necessary and assist in assessment of internal capacities 
• Represent DRC in donor meetings in Nairobi or within Country programmes and participate in fundraising initiatives/meetings;    
• Undertake needs assessments for new operations or new emergencies/projects/programmes in existing operations; 
• Support existing operations with surge capacity when taking on new projects – assist in staff recruitment, staff training, setting up systems, and planning and starting activities; 
• Provide trouble-shooting support to operations facing bottlenecks/challenges in programme implementation; 
• Provides technical support to DRC facilities (such as offices and guesthouses) in terms of designing the spaces in order to improve the condition of living / working of the staff in the field. 

  On a general level: 

• Guarantee that DRC mandate, policies and values in programming is ensured through standard regulations and operational procedures for programming and implementation of DRC operations (e.g. Code of Conduct, DRC Programme Handbook, DRC Operations Handbook);  
• Ensure that DRC’s accountability obligations are delegated and carried out in accordance with the HAP/CHS standards and DRC protocols. 
• Other duties as agreed with the DRC East Africa and Yemen Senior Management Team 
• Liaise and provide support to DRC HQ entities as agreed with RO supervisor 

About you  

To be successful in this role, we expect you to be a positive, mature leader with a proven track record of developing effective initiatives, programmes, and impact.  You thrive in managing a wide range of responsibilities, and can effectively communicate and lead the country team. You enjoy working with teams of committed staff to build collaboration and capacity within the regional programmes and building strong relationships with the regional team. 

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate each of DRC’ 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 

Moreover, we also expect the following:   

Experience and technical competencies:  

• At least ten (10) years INGO, donor, or other relevant development/humanitarian experience, including at least three years. management/implementation of Infrastructure response programmes in fragile/conflict environments. 
• Bachelor or preferably a Masters’ degree in relevant sciences with expertise in infrastructure development; 
• Strong demonstrated analytical, organizational and leadership skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead assessments and develop appropriate solutions. 
• Ability to represent DRC in high level meetings, including fundraising and other high level coordination meetings. 
• Demonstrated experience in 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. 
• Hands on experience in guiding and working with staff in insecure/conflict affected locations. 
• Proven skills related to develop and implement training with a view of strengthen staff capacity.  
• Good communicator and proven diplomacy with all types of stakeholders. 
• Experience in development of concepts and proposals for relevant donors, particularly with DANIDA, SIDA, OFDA, ECHO and UN agencies  
• Ability to work independently, but also coordinate effectively as part of a team. 
• Ability to work and guide a diverse multi-cultural team. 
• Experience with the UN cluster system   
• Previous experience the East Africa and Yemen region or similar context with conflict/access analysis ability; and 
• Fluent in written and spoken English and French language skills.   

DRC encourages all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender or age. 

Conditions 

Availability: July 2018 

Duty station: Nairobi – Kenya; This position is unaccompanied. 

Reporting: This position reports Deputy Regional Director 

Duration: 1 Year with possibility of extension, subject to performance and funding.  

Contract: Level A12  Salary, benefits and other conditions are offered in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk under Vacancies.  For national candidates, competitive salary and benefits are offered in accordance with the Kenyan National staff salary scale and terms of employment.