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Background:

The DRC Somalia Programme is the largest programmes in East Africa region. DRC is among the INGOs with the largest presence in Somalia, with country-wide programmes implemented through six main sub offices in Somaliland, Puntland, Hiran Region, Gedo Region, Bay Region and Banadir Region.

Overall Purpose of the role

The CCCM/ Site Management Officer is responsible for district level coordination, IDP hosting site management, local stakeholder capacity building, information management, and assisting other DRC field teams with project implementation. This is a field based position and may require spending extended periods of time in the field. Responsibilities:

CCCM/ SMC Implementation

  • Establish and train representative and inclusive community based site management committees at sites
  • Support site planning in order to ensure that IDP site residents are able to live in dignified conditions
  • Monitor sites to identify needs, new arrivals, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites
  • Plan, support, and organize social cohesion building activities at IDP sites
  • Support other teams in conducting multi-sectorial assessments of IDP needs
  • Support in establishing and training representative and inclusive community committees at sites
  • Ensure CCCM programming is community-led and incorporates genuine community feedback and engagement throughout the project cycle
  • Weekly monitoring of sites to identify needs, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites. Ensure regular service mappings for all sites is completed by CCCM field staff
  • Oversee the implementation of the Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM) by the CCCM team in sites
  • Participate in multi-sectorial assessments of IDP needs with other DRC teams
  • Work closely with the Wash and Infrastructure and Protection team to provide inputs into the development of site plans
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the CCCM Coordinator in order to advance DRC’s interventions

Site Management Coordination and Representation:

  • Represent DRC with communities, local authorities, site partners, and other stakeholders
  • Build and maintain mutually respectful relationships with site management, service providers, local authorities, IDP community members as well as host community members
  • Foster collaborative relationships with local authorities to facilitate implementation of activities
  • Attend and facilitate meetings with stakeholders, such as local authorities, Clusters, NGOs, INGOs, UN and IDPs, including translation of meeting proceedings and provision of meeting minutes

Community participation and representation:

  • Establish, support and aid in the design of site management committees, recognising influence of ‘Camp Leaders’ in Somali context
  • Support representative committees and community groups, ensuring Inclusion is main factor in composition and any community-based targeting

Information Management:

  • Establish, maintain, and actively utilize networks of key informants at IDP sites
  • Ensure the timely registration of new IDPs, including identification of protection related needs
  • Maintain a comprehensive database of service and needs related information for each site
  • Draft weekly situation reports and provide other relevant information on site conditions and services
  • Analyze site related and contextual information to support DRC MEAL project evaluations
  • Provide, document, and track timely referrals and service requests to key partners

Capacity Building:

  • Support the CCCM team in organizing capacity building trainings for local authorities and partners
  • Train site committees in site monitoring and use of DRC and Cluster monitoring tools
  • Actively participate in development and implementation of protection and gender mainstreaming.

Experience, Education and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum two years of experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation and supervision of field level humanitarian assistance to IDPs
  • Degree in social or political sciences, engineering, urban planning or relevant discipline.
  • Significant professional knowledge of CCCM/SMC strategies, policies, and modalities.
  • Strong conceptual understanding of gender, protection, human rights and humanitarian principles
  • Proven leadership skills and related experience in building, establishing, and negotiating relationships and social networks with various stakeholders at the community, local, and national levels
  • Strong representation, negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills
  • Strong team spirit and ability to work comfortably in multi-cultural contexts
  • Ability to spend extended periods of time in field conditions
  • Ability to come up with innovative solutions to unexpected and challenging problems

Languages:

Fluency in written and spoken Somali & English

ABOUT YOU

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. Collaborating: You are a strong networker and enjoy working with many different types of stakeholders, you involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while balancing the role of advisor and taking leadership Communicating: You write and speak effectively and honestly and display political and cultural sensitivity, including ability to adapt well to local cultures Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Conditions

Availability: June 2022

Duty station: Baidoa

Reporting to: CCM Team Leader

Duration: 10 Month with possibility of extension based on performance and funding

Contract: This position is graded as Band H-Non-Management for qualified national staff and the terms of employment will be in accordance with DRC terms for national staff.

The position is open to Nationals ONLY

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap. Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, color, race, marital status or other protected characteristics.

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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 Baidoa CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Background:

The DRC Somalia Programme is the largest programmes in East Africa region. DRC is among the INGOs with the largest presence in Somalia, with country-wide programmes implemented through six main sub offices in Somaliland, Puntland, Hiran Region, Gedo Region, Bay Region and Banadir Region.

Overall Purpose of the role

The CCCM/ Site Management Officer is responsible for district level coordination, IDP hosting site management, local stakeholder capacity building, information management, and assisting other DRC field teams with project implementation. This is a field based position and may require spending extended periods of time in the field. Responsibilities:

CCCM/ SMC Implementation

  • Establish and train representative and inclusive community based site management committees at sites
  • Support site planning in order to ensure that IDP site residents are able to live in dignified conditions
  • Monitor sites to identify needs, new arrivals, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites
  • Plan, support, and organize social cohesion building activities at IDP sites
  • Support other teams in conducting multi-sectorial assessments of IDP needs
  • Support in establishing and training representative and inclusive community committees at sites
  • Ensure CCCM programming is community-led and incorporates genuine community feedback and engagement throughout the project cycle
  • Weekly monitoring of sites to identify needs, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites. Ensure regular service mappings for all sites is completed by CCCM field staff
  • Oversee the implementation of the Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM) by the CCCM team in sites
  • Participate in multi-sectorial assessments of IDP needs with other DRC teams
  • Work closely with the Wash and Infrastructure and Protection team to provide inputs into the development of site plans
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the CCCM Coordinator in order to advance DRC's interventions

Site Management Coordination and Representation:

  • Represent DRC with communities, local authorities, site partners, and other stakeholders
  • Build and maintain mutually respectful relationships with site management, service providers, local authorities, IDP community members as well as host community members
  • Foster collaborative relationships with local authorities to facilitate implementation of activities
  • Attend and facilitate meetings with stakeholders, such as local authorities, Clusters, NGOs, INGOs, UN and IDPs, including translation of meeting proceedings and provision of meeting minutes

Community participation and representation:

  • Establish, support and aid in the design of site management committees, recognising influence of ‘Camp Leaders’ in Somali context
  • Support representative committees and community groups, ensuring Inclusion is main factor in composition and any community-based targeting

Information Management:

  • Establish, maintain, and actively utilize networks of key informants at IDP sites
  • Ensure the timely registration of new IDPs, including identification of protection related needs
  • Maintain a comprehensive database of service and needs related information for each site
  • Draft weekly situation reports and provide other relevant information on site conditions and services
  • Analyze site related and contextual information to support DRC MEAL project evaluations
  • Provide, document, and track timely referrals and service requests to key partners

Capacity Building:

  • Support the CCCM team in organizing capacity building trainings for local authorities and partners
  • Train site committees in site monitoring and use of DRC and Cluster monitoring tools
  • Actively participate in development and implementation of protection and gender mainstreaming.

Experience, Education and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum two years of experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation and supervision of field level humanitarian assistance to IDPs
  • Degree in social or political sciences, engineering, urban planning or relevant discipline.
  • Significant professional knowledge of CCCM/SMC strategies, policies, and modalities.
  • Strong conceptual understanding of gender, protection, human rights and humanitarian principles
  • Proven leadership skills and related experience in building, establishing, and negotiating relationships and social networks with various stakeholders at the community, local, and national levels
  • Strong representation, negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills
  • Strong team spirit and ability to work comfortably in multi-cultural contexts
  • Ability to spend extended periods of time in field conditions
  • Ability to come up with innovative solutions to unexpected and challenging problems

Languages:

Fluency in written and spoken Somali & English

ABOUT YOU

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. Collaborating: You are a strong networker and enjoy working with many different types of stakeholders, you involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while balancing the role of advisor and taking leadership Communicating: You write and speak effectively and honestly and display political and cultural sensitivity, including ability to adapt well to local cultures Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Conditions

Availability: June 2022

Duty station: Baidoa

Reporting to: CCM Team Leader

Duration: 10 Month with possibility of extension based on performance and funding

Contract: This position is graded as Band H-Non-Management for qualified national staff and the terms of employment will be in accordance with DRC terms for national staff.

The position is open to Nationals ONLY

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap. Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, color, race, marital status or other protected characteristics.

2022-05-28

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