Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (HDP) Manager 93 views0 applications

Fixed Term South Sudan Humanitarian Print


The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), a leading humanitarian NGO, is seeking a skilled and motivated HDP Manager to lead our Mine Action and Peacebuilding programmes in South Sudan.

Programme Overview

DRC has operated in South Sudan since 2006, with HDP activities in Unity, Upper Nile, and Western Bahr el Ghazal, including EOD, BAC, EORE, and Peacebuilding initiatives.

About the job

You will:

  • Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of HDP activities.
  • Manage and build capacity of national staff.
  • Guide strategic development for Mine Action and Peacebuilding.
  • Drive donor engagement, proposal writing, and reporting.
  • Represent DRC to donors, UN bodies, authorities, and forums.
  • Ensure compliance, safety, and quality standards across operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Overall leadership of HDP programme; budget and staff management.
  • Strategic planning, coordination, and nationalization of roles.
  • Proposal development, fundraising, and donor relations.
  • Oversight of operations, including HR, procurement, and compliance.
  • Ensure safety, impact monitoring, and quality reporting.

Required Qualifications

  • Min. 5 years’ experience in Mine Action, Peacebuilding, or conflict management.
  • Degree in conflict/development studies or related field.
  • Strong project management, strategic planning, and staff capacity building skills.
  • Fluent in English; experienced in donor engagement and coordination.

Desirable

  • Female candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Prior experience in South Sudan or similar contexts.
  • Background in data analysis, conflict sensitivity, and training delivery

More Information

  • Job City Juba
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Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

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 Juba CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC) The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), a leading humanitarian NGO, is seeking a skilled and motivated HDP Manager to lead our Mine Action and Peacebuilding programmes in South Sudan.Programme OverviewDRC has operated in South Sudan since 2006, with HDP activities in Unity, Upper Nile, and Western Bahr el Ghazal, including EOD, BAC, EORE, and Peacebuilding initiatives.About the jobYou will:
  • Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of HDP activities.
  • Manage and build capacity of national staff.
  • Guide strategic development for Mine Action and Peacebuilding.
  • Drive donor engagement, proposal writing, and reporting.
  • Represent DRC to donors, UN bodies, authorities, and forums.
  • Ensure compliance, safety, and quality standards across operations.
Key Responsibilities
  • Overall leadership of HDP programme; budget and staff management.
  • Strategic planning, coordination, and nationalization of roles.
  • Proposal development, fundraising, and donor relations.
  • Oversight of operations, including HR, procurement, and compliance.
  • Ensure safety, impact monitoring, and quality reporting.
Required Qualifications
  • Min. 5 years' experience in Mine Action, Peacebuilding, or conflict management.
  • Degree in conflict/development studies or related field.
  • Strong project management, strategic planning, and staff capacity building skills.
  • Fluent in English; experienced in donor engagement and coordination.
Desirable
  • Female candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Prior experience in South Sudan or similar contexts.
  • Background in data analysis, conflict sensitivity, and training delivery
 2025-06-26

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