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INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

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Overall purpose of the role:

The Safety Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the DRC Safety Risk Management (SRM) system throughout the DRC areas of operation in Ethiopia and Djibouti. This will be done in close cooperation with the Regional Safety Advisor, Country Director, Area Managers, and Safety Focal Points in the DRC field offices in Ethiopia and Djibouti.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Responsibilities: 

  • Facilitate compliance audits as part of the Safety Risk Management (SRM) system, including Minimum Operating Safety Standards (MOSS) and Safely Level System (SLS) audits.
  • Training of local staff and mentoring of Local Safety Officers (LSOs) and Safety Focal Points (SFPs), including Personal Awareness and Safety Training, staff inductions, and training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Assess safety risks for DRC programmes in Ethiopia and Djibouti to facilitate programme delivery. Assessments will be undertaken as described in the DRC organizational handbook.
  • Facilitate the implementation of the SRMS, including undertaking minimum operating safety standards (MOSS) and safely level system (SLS) audits on a quarterly basis and/or as needed.
  • Ensure safety improvement plans (SIPs) are drafted and finalized/approved with Area Managers and the Country Director.
  • Assist in the implementation of safety management policies, protocols and procedures, including Safety Improvement Plans (SIPs)
  • Facilitate programme access and continuity through the provision of dependable advice, weekly sit-reps, and safety advisories, as needed
  • Responsible for ensuring that Local safety rules (LSRs), standard operating procedures (SOPs) are established and updated quarterly or as needed.
  • Maintain current safety risk assessments (SRAs) for all DRC sites in Ethiopia and Djibouti.
  • Maintain relevant safety documentation, such as SOPs, LSRs, pre-arrival briefings and contingency plans, plus records of safety incident and training registers. The online safety level system will be kept accurate for all program sites.
  • Manage DRC and contracted guards in Addis Ababa and ensure minimum safety standards and random compliance checks are completed.
  • Coordinate the country level Incident Management Team (IMT) and support Area IMTs
  • Represent the DRC Ethiopia programmes within inter-agency fora as related to safety issues
  • Regularly monitor the organization’s Motor Vehicles using the established tracking system.
  • Visit each field office a minimum of every 2 months and review the MOSS in liaison with the Area Managers.
  • Any other duties as directed by the Country Director

In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

Striving for Excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.

Taking the Lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating Integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values

Job Requirements

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

  • Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Experience working with NGOs/International Organizations in a complex humanitarian context
  • Previous management and/or supervisory experience, preferably in an NGO
  • Military and/or Police experience is not required; NGO safety management experience is desirable
  • Stable, moral and robust character and a good team-player
  • Willingness to travel widely throughout Ethiopia, Djibouti and the HoA&Y region
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, including negotiations and mediation
  • Previous experience as a trainer/instructor/teacher
  • EXPERIENCE- 4 years of proven and relevant work experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • Excellent skills in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, outlook Power Point).

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.) 

EDUCATION/TRAINING- BA degree in relevant fields.

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

English – Fluency in spoken and excellent in writing.

Basic knowledge of French an advantage.

How to Apply

TO APPLY

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies.

Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than December 23, 2018 

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.

We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit. It is DRC policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to gender, race, national, clan or tribal origin, religion, age, sex, origin or ancestry, marital status, social status, sexual orientation, or status as a qualified disabled individual.

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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 Addis Ababa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

​​

Overall purpose of the role:

The Safety Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the DRC Safety Risk Management (SRM) system throughout the DRC areas of operation in Ethiopia and Djibouti. This will be done in close cooperation with the Regional Safety Advisor, Country Director, Area Managers, and Safety Focal Points in the DRC field offices in Ethiopia and Djibouti.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Responsibilities: 

  • Facilitate compliance audits as part of the Safety Risk Management (SRM) system, including Minimum Operating Safety Standards (MOSS) and Safely Level System (SLS) audits.
  • Training of local staff and mentoring of Local Safety Officers (LSOs) and Safety Focal Points (SFPs), including Personal Awareness and Safety Training, staff inductions, and training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Assess safety risks for DRC programmes in Ethiopia and Djibouti to facilitate programme delivery. Assessments will be undertaken as described in the DRC organizational handbook.
  • Facilitate the implementation of the SRMS, including undertaking minimum operating safety standards (MOSS) and safely level system (SLS) audits on a quarterly basis and/or as needed.
  • Ensure safety improvement plans (SIPs) are drafted and finalized/approved with Area Managers and the Country Director.
  • Assist in the implementation of safety management policies, protocols and procedures, including Safety Improvement Plans (SIPs)
  • Facilitate programme access and continuity through the provision of dependable advice, weekly sit-reps, and safety advisories, as needed
  • Responsible for ensuring that Local safety rules (LSRs), standard operating procedures (SOPs) are established and updated quarterly or as needed.
  • Maintain current safety risk assessments (SRAs) for all DRC sites in Ethiopia and Djibouti.
  • Maintain relevant safety documentation, such as SOPs, LSRs, pre-arrival briefings and contingency plans, plus records of safety incident and training registers. The online safety level system will be kept accurate for all program sites.
  • Manage DRC and contracted guards in Addis Ababa and ensure minimum safety standards and random compliance checks are completed.
  • Coordinate the country level Incident Management Team (IMT) and support Area IMTs
  • Represent the DRC Ethiopia programmes within inter-agency fora as related to safety issues
  • Regularly monitor the organization’s Motor Vehicles using the established tracking system.
  • Visit each field office a minimum of every 2 months and review the MOSS in liaison with the Area Managers.
  • Any other duties as directed by the Country Director

In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

Striving for Excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.

Taking the Lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating Integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values

Job Requirements

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

  • Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Experience working with NGOs/International Organizations in a complex humanitarian context
  • Previous management and/or supervisory experience, preferably in an NGO
  • Military and/or Police experience is not required; NGO safety management experience is desirable
  • Stable, moral and robust character and a good team-player
  • Willingness to travel widely throughout Ethiopia, Djibouti and the HoA&Y region
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, including negotiations and mediation
  • Previous experience as a trainer/instructor/teacher
  • EXPERIENCE- 4 years of proven and relevant work experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • Excellent skills in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, outlook Power Point).

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.) 

EDUCATION/TRAINING- BA degree in relevant fields.

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

English - Fluency in spoken and excellent in writing.

Basic knowledge of French an advantage.

How to Apply

TO APPLY

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies.

Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than December 23, 2018 

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.

We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit. It is DRC policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to gender, race, national, clan or tribal origin, religion, age, sex, origin or ancestry, marital status, social status, sexual orientation, or status as a qualified disabled individual.

2018-12-24

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