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Title: Shelter and Infrastructure Officer-Construction

No of Position :One

Employment category: H2

Location: Dimma

Reports to: program manager

Start of Contract & Duration: 9 Months

Posting date: February 10, 2020

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.

Over all purpose of the role

Reporting to the Program manager; this position will provide day to day supervision of Construction and infrastructure activities. This includes responsibility for all other sectors construction activities assigned under its control.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Technical Responsibilities:

  • Continuously supervises on quality and material utilization control in the field
  • Prepare bills of quantities, breakdowns estimate and technical specifications for various construction and infrastructural activities.
  • Carry-out technical assessments.
  • Supervise ongoing construction and rehabilitation projects on the sites.
  • Quality control of material and the implemented activities.
  • Oversees construction and infrastructure activities
  • Conducts frequent rapid needs assessment of the situation in the event of emergency in collaboration with other stakeholders to address construction problems
  • Submits daily, weekly and monthly report to the immediate supervisor every Friday and as require.
  • Participate in relevant meetings with community leaders, block leader, ARRA and UNHCR.
  • Directly supervises Artisan Team as agreed with the program manager
  • Other relevant duties as directed by the Program Manager.

 Monitoring, Reporting and Development

  • Develops Activities and material Monitoring and tracking Tools
  • Planning and organizing of work schedules, project team member monitoring and guidance.
  • Quality control and site monitoring ensuring that services are in accordance to SPHERE standards
  • Beneficiaries’ list data collection and field verification
  • Continuously update project documentation and files

Job Requirements

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience

  • Preferably educated in Civil Engineering or relevant field with minimum of 2 years of proven experience
  • Conversant with all MS-Office software applications; Excellent computer Aided Design skills, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD etc
  • Strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
  • Excellent personnel management skills, including diplomacy, communication and negotiating skills;
  • Experience in staff training and capacity building
  • Experience for working in complex, refugee contexts and hardship locations
  • Results-oriented and demonstrated ability to build partnerships  

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

  • Bachelor’s degree in any disciple relating to Civil Engineering/ Construction

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

  • Good verbal and written proficiency in English and Amharic; Arabic or Anyway is advantage

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
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

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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)

Title: Shelter and Infrastructure Officer-Construction

No of Position :One

Employment category: H2

Location: Dimma

Reports to: program manager

Start of Contract & Duration: 9 Months

Posting date: February 10, 2020

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.

Over all purpose of the role

Reporting to the Program manager; this position will provide day to day supervision of Construction and infrastructure activities. This includes responsibility for all other sectors construction activities assigned under its control.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Technical Responsibilities:

  • Continuously supervises on quality and material utilization control in the field
  • Prepare bills of quantities, breakdowns estimate and technical specifications for various construction and infrastructural activities.
  • Carry-out technical assessments.
  • Supervise ongoing construction and rehabilitation projects on the sites.
  • Quality control of material and the implemented activities.
  • Oversees construction and infrastructure activities
  • Conducts frequent rapid needs assessment of the situation in the event of emergency in collaboration with other stakeholders to address construction problems
  • Submits daily, weekly and monthly report to the immediate supervisor every Friday and as require.
  • Participate in relevant meetings with community leaders, block leader, ARRA and UNHCR.
  • Directly supervises Artisan Team as agreed with the program manager
  • Other relevant duties as directed by the Program Manager.

 Monitoring, Reporting and Development

  • Develops Activities and material Monitoring and tracking Tools
  • Planning and organizing of work schedules, project team member monitoring and guidance.
  • Quality control and site monitoring ensuring that services are in accordance to SPHERE standards
  • Beneficiaries’ list data collection and field verification
  • Continuously update project documentation and files

Job Requirements

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience

  • Preferably educated in Civil Engineering or relevant field with minimum of 2 years of proven experience
  • Conversant with all MS-Office software applications; Excellent computer Aided Design skills, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD etc
  • Strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.
  • Excellent personnel management skills, including diplomacy, communication and negotiating skills;
  • Experience in staff training and capacity building
  • Experience for working in complex, refugee contexts and hardship locations
  • Results-oriented and demonstrated ability to build partnerships  

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

  • Bachelor’s degree in any disciple relating to Civil Engineering/ Construction

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

  • Good verbal and written proficiency in English and Amharic; Arabic or Anyway is advantage

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes. 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

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