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Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC is present in more than 30 conflict territories around the world assisting displaced people with shelter, food, income generating activities, and wide range of other assistance. It is of utmost importance for DRC to work in compliance with the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system and national legislations. Smooth, reliable and effective operational systems are preconditions for DRC to maintain its position as a trustworthy and reliable partner for our donors and an accountable organisation towards our beneficiaries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

AVR Training Officer

Location: Michika, Adamawa
Contract type: National contract

The Position

  • The primary function for this position is to design and ensure the quality of planning, implementation and follow up of all technical aspects of the training activities being implemented by DRC-DDG.

Key Responsibilities

  • Determine the training and capacity building needs of NGOs/CBOs/, community leaders and other stakeholders
  • Identify specific capacity building requirements and define the skills needed for the different participating stakeholders
  • Develop and cost capacity building workshops for participating humanitarian actors, DRC staff, Community leaders and NGOs
  • Identify and cost appropriate training materials for target groups
  • Conduct workshops and Training of Trainers (TOT) training and submit training reports to the AVR Supervisor/ Manager
  • Evaluate TOT workshops including recommendations for improvements
  • Ensure efficient and Effective training program implementation while following the budget and work plan.
  • Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights and reports.
  • Lead the AVR teams in carrying out monitoring and evaluation of training activities.
  • Develop weekly and monthly plans and budgets for Manager’s approval
  • Ensure quality control during implementation of mediation and dialogue facilitation activities in accordance with DRC-DDG standard
  • Support the Manager to monitor training’s financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-ups.
  • Initiate procurements and ensure their execution.
  • Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner.
  • The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Requirements
Essential:

  • At least 3-4 years’ experiences in developing training material and conduct workshops
  • Knowledge of the context of Northeast Nigeria
  • Proven record of training, mentoring and developing the capacity of community leaders, humanitarian actors in the fields of safety and peacebuilding
  • Experience working in diverse and cross-cultural and insecure context.

Desirable:

  • Experience in Mediation and dialogue facilitation training, knowledge of the Youth Safety Planning Process within DDG
  • Previous experiences in Armed Violence reduction programme is an added advantage
  • Experience in working with women and familiar with UNSC Resolution 1325- Women Peace and Security
  • Experience working in emergency response with NGOs, preferably in a humanitarian context.
  • Master qualification in conflict prevention, international relations, law, peace studies

Conditions

  • Availability: ASAP
  • Salary and conditions: In accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment;
  • The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws. The employee is responsible for tax returns.

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  • Job City Adamawa
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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD Adamawa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC is present in more than 30 conflict territories around the world assisting displaced people with shelter, food, income generating activities, and wide range of other assistance. It is of utmost importance for DRC to work in compliance with the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system and national legislations. Smooth, reliable and effective operational systems are preconditions for DRC to maintain its position as a trustworthy and reliable partner for our donors and an accountable organisation towards our beneficiaries.We are recruiting to fill the position below:

AVR Training Officer

Location: Michika, Adamawa Contract type: National contractThe Position

  • The primary function for this position is to design and ensure the quality of planning, implementation and follow up of all technical aspects of the training activities being implemented by DRC-DDG.

Key Responsibilities

  • Determine the training and capacity building needs of NGOs/CBOs/, community leaders and other stakeholders
  • Identify specific capacity building requirements and define the skills needed for the different participating stakeholders
  • Develop and cost capacity building workshops for participating humanitarian actors, DRC staff, Community leaders and NGOs
  • Identify and cost appropriate training materials for target groups
  • Conduct workshops and Training of Trainers (TOT) training and submit training reports to the AVR Supervisor/ Manager
  • Evaluate TOT workshops including recommendations for improvements
  • Ensure efficient and Effective training program implementation while following the budget and work plan.
  • Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights and reports.
  • Lead the AVR teams in carrying out monitoring and evaluation of training activities.
  • Develop weekly and monthly plans and budgets for Manager’s approval
  • Ensure quality control during implementation of mediation and dialogue facilitation activities in accordance with DRC-DDG standard
  • Support the Manager to monitor training’s financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-ups.
  • Initiate procurements and ensure their execution.
  • Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner.
  • The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Requirements Essential:

  • At least 3-4 years’ experiences in developing training material and conduct workshops
  • Knowledge of the context of Northeast Nigeria
  • Proven record of training, mentoring and developing the capacity of community leaders, humanitarian actors in the fields of safety and peacebuilding
  • Experience working in diverse and cross-cultural and insecure context.

Desirable:

  • Experience in Mediation and dialogue facilitation training, knowledge of the Youth Safety Planning Process within DDG
  • Previous experiences in Armed Violence reduction programme is an added advantage
  • Experience in working with women and familiar with UNSC Resolution 1325- Women Peace and Security
  • Experience working in emergency response with NGOs, preferably in a humanitarian context.
  • Master qualification in conflict prevention, international relations, law, peace studies

Conditions

  • Availability: ASAP
  • Salary and conditions: In accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment;
  • The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws. The employee is responsible for tax returns.
2019-11-26

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