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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 Project Team Leader – Protection will be responsible for leading the protection activities in 3 IDP sites in West Guji, Oromia region. The Project Team Leader – Protection will be responsible for the day-to-day technical supervision and management of the Protection teams deployed in the field locations to ensure the accuracy and the technical rigor of the activities implemented. The Project Team Leader – Protection will work closely with DRC’s Protection Project Manager and Protection Coordinator to ensure effective, relevant and holistic protection programming delivering activities in line with protection standards. Moreover he / she will be overall responsible for the project cycle while providing support to for proposal development and program strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management & Monitoring

  • Have full supervision and management of the entire project cycle from initiation to closure phases.
  • In collaboration with the Protection Project Manager and Area Manager, ensuring implementation of protection activities according to programme commitments.
  • Manage the assigned budgets, and ensure forecasts and expenses’ burning rates are regularly done and followed. Ensure procurement plans are prepared in advance to the commencements of projects and followed to ensure project supply are timely available as per implementation plan.
  • Review project monitoring tools as necessary and prepare monthly Activity Progress Reports.
  • Ensure PMDs are systematically conducted, analyse data an prepare/revised reports.
  • Link with the M&E team to facilitate external monitoring of the project and take corrective actions where necessary.
  • Link with the M&E team to facilitate the roll out of a feedback and complaint mechanism.

Technical Support:

  • Providing technical guidance to the protection officers to ensure quality and adherence to national and international protection standards and guidelines.
  • Develop and deliver protection training for staff and beneficiaries, including PFA and Protection mainstreaming trainings for staff providing services in other sectors of intervention.
  • Lead or contribute to assessments and mappings, and identify protection needs.
  • Support in the development of protection monitoring and assessment tools.
  • Technically guide the implementation of Individual protection assistance.
  • Supporting protection programme development, including project design and developing of proposals.

 

Manage the project team:

  • Recruit and supervise the project team in collaboration with the Protection Project Manager, Area Manager and HR department
  • Provide leadership, day-to-day support and guidance to staff under direct supervision. Build the capacity of protection staff through mentoring and training.
  • Promote team building and contribute to a respective and positive working environment.
  • Review and update the HR needs for effective project implementation and timely response.
  • Identify needs for training and liaise with the Protection Project Manager and Country Protection Coordinator to provide additional orientation.
  • Develop action plans and weekly planning for program team movements in link with the Logistic Department.
  • Conduct evaluation of staff according to DRC  procedures.

 

Reporting:

  • Compile and provide weekly and monthly reporting on all protection activities, developments in the external context and humanitarian situation, and on project implementation progress.  This includes submitting weekly and monthly report to the M&E and to external partners.
  • Contribute to donor reports and external reports developments.
  • Provide ongoing general monitoring of the operating context to ensure relevance and accountability to DRC’s beneficiary populations.
  • Maintaining accurate and comprehensive files of project activities, outputs, materials, and other relevant documentation.

 

Represent DRC:

  • In collaboration with the Area Manager and Protection Project Manager, support in representing DRC towards Gov counterparts and coordinate with local authorities and humanitarian partners involved in emergency responses in the targeted locations.
  • Represent DRC towards communities, communicating about DRC mandate, eligibility criteria for protection projects, and humanitarian principles.

 

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

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in an mid-level to senior level position, with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee/IDP protection working for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority.
  • Hands-on experience with protection case management and psychosocial support is mandatory. Previous experience supporting community based protection structures is a strong advantage.
  • Prior work experience with INGO in project management in complex emergency setting, involving internal displacements (and added value if in West Guji) with a focus on protection (Child Protection and/or SGBV).
  • Strong analytical and writing skills, with the ability to produce well-written and succinct documents for external use.
  • Strong planning, organization and problem solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
  • Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure.
  • Strong inter personal skills and Staff management skills.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.

 

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

  • Bachelor degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or other relevant field from a recognized institution.
  • Full proficiency in Microsoft Office.                  

 

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

  • Excellent verbal and written proficiency in Amharic, Afan Oromo and English

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  January 31, 2019.  Applications will be reviewed in a rolling bases. 

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 Bule Hora, Oromia CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

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 Project Team Leader - Protection will be responsible for leading the protection activities in 3 IDP sites in West Guji, Oromia region. The Project Team Leader - Protection will be responsible for the day-to-day technical supervision and management of the Protection teams deployed in the field locations to ensure the accuracy and the technical rigor of the activities implemented. The Project Team Leader - Protection will work closely with DRC’s Protection Project Manager and Protection Coordinator to ensure effective, relevant and holistic protection programming delivering activities in line with protection standards. Moreover he / she will be overall responsible for the project cycle while providing support to for proposal development and program strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management & Monitoring

  • Have full supervision and management of the entire project cycle from initiation to closure phases.
  • In collaboration with the Protection Project Manager and Area Manager, ensuring implementation of protection activities according to programme commitments.
  • Manage the assigned budgets, and ensure forecasts and expenses’ burning rates are regularly done and followed. Ensure procurement plans are prepared in advance to the commencements of projects and followed to ensure project supply are timely available as per implementation plan.
  • Review project monitoring tools as necessary and prepare monthly Activity Progress Reports.
  • Ensure PMDs are systematically conducted, analyse data an prepare/revised reports.
  • Link with the M&E team to facilitate external monitoring of the project and take corrective actions where necessary.
  • Link with the M&E team to facilitate the roll out of a feedback and complaint mechanism.

Technical Support:

  • Providing technical guidance to the protection officers to ensure quality and adherence to national and international protection standards and guidelines.
  • Develop and deliver protection training for staff and beneficiaries, including PFA and Protection mainstreaming trainings for staff providing services in other sectors of intervention.
  • Lead or contribute to assessments and mappings, and identify protection needs.
  • Support in the development of protection monitoring and assessment tools.
  • Technically guide the implementation of Individual protection assistance.
  • Supporting protection programme development, including project design and developing of proposals.

 

Manage the project team:

  • Recruit and supervise the project team in collaboration with the Protection Project Manager, Area Manager and HR department
  • Provide leadership, day-to-day support and guidance to staff under direct supervision. Build the capacity of protection staff through mentoring and training.
  • Promote team building and contribute to a respective and positive working environment.
  • Review and update the HR needs for effective project implementation and timely response.
  • Identify needs for training and liaise with the Protection Project Manager and Country Protection Coordinator to provide additional orientation.
  • Develop action plans and weekly planning for program team movements in link with the Logistic Department.
  • Conduct evaluation of staff according to DRC  procedures.

 

Reporting:

  • Compile and provide weekly and monthly reporting on all protection activities, developments in the external context and humanitarian situation, and on project implementation progress.  This includes submitting weekly and monthly report to the M&E and to external partners.
  • Contribute to donor reports and external reports developments.
  • Provide ongoing general monitoring of the operating context to ensure relevance and accountability to DRC's beneficiary populations.
  • Maintaining accurate and comprehensive files of project activities, outputs, materials, and other relevant documentation.

 

Represent DRC:

  • In collaboration with the Area Manager and Protection Project Manager, support in representing DRC towards Gov counterparts and coordinate with local authorities and humanitarian partners involved in emergency responses in the targeted locations.
  • Represent DRC towards communities, communicating about DRC mandate, eligibility criteria for protection projects, and humanitarian principles.

 

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

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in an mid-level to senior level position, with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee/IDP protection working for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority.
  • Hands-on experience with protection case management and psychosocial support is mandatory. Previous experience supporting community based protection structures is a strong advantage.
  • Prior work experience with INGO in project management in complex emergency setting, involving internal displacements (and added value if in West Guji) with a focus on protection (Child Protection and/or SGBV).
  • Strong analytical and writing skills, with the ability to produce well-written and succinct documents for external use.
  • Strong planning, organization and problem solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
  • Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure.
  • Strong inter personal skills and Staff management skills.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.

 

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

  • Bachelor degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or other relevant field from a recognized institution.
  • Full proficiency in Microsoft Office.                  

 

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

  • Excellent verbal and written proficiency in Amharic, Afan Oromo and English

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  January 31, 2019.  Applications will be reviewed in a rolling bases. 

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.

2019-02-01

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