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Job Description

Title: Volunteer
Location:  Addis Ababa
Payment : None
Reports to: Protection Coordinator
Start of Contract & Duration:  1 month
Posting date: Sept 19,  2019
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 person will be responsible to oversee activities including Planning, organizing and facilitating conferences, trainings and workshops which are hosted by Danish Refugee council protection team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
  • Plan and organize events hosted by DRC protection team
  • Organize, facilitate and manage all events details such as décor, catering, transportation, location, invitee list, special guests, equipment’s, promotional materials etc.
  • Support protection team on plan layout for event, schedule and agenda of the
  • program including arranging invitation for delegates
  • Coordinate event participant requirement and briefing
  • oversee activities and ensure details are handled as planned
  • Propose ideas to improve provided service and event quality
  • Support in preparing post-event report
  • Ensure proper documentation of all event activities

Job Requirements

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
  • Graduate in law or must be last year of graduation
  • Must present a professional appearance and a friendly manner
  • Must be dependable and punctual
  •  Be courteous and personable when dealing with the public
  • Be self-directed, willing to take initiative, and detail-oriented
  • Computer skills are desired
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Graduate in law  or must be last year of graduation
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and written proficiency in English
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 Volunteer , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Job Description

Title: Volunteer
Location:  Addis Ababa
Payment : None
Reports to: Protection Coordinator
Start of Contract & Duration:  1 month
Posting date: Sept 19,  2019
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 person will be responsible to oversee activities including Planning, organizing and facilitating conferences, trainings and workshops which are hosted by Danish Refugee council protection team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
  • Plan and organize events hosted by DRC protection team
  • Organize, facilitate and manage all events details such as décor, catering, transportation, location, invitee list, special guests, equipment’s, promotional materials etc.
  • Support protection team on plan layout for event, schedule and agenda of the
  • program including arranging invitation for delegates
  • Coordinate event participant requirement and briefing
  • oversee activities and ensure details are handled as planned
  • Propose ideas to improve provided service and event quality
  • Support in preparing post-event report
  • Ensure proper documentation of all event activities

Job Requirements

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
  • Graduate in law or must be last year of graduation
  • Must present a professional appearance and a friendly manner
  • Must be dependable and punctual
  •  Be courteous and personable when dealing with the public
  • Be self-directed, willing to take initiative, and detail-oriented
  • Computer skills are desired
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Graduate in law  or must be last year of graduation
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and written proficiency in English
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
2019-09-30

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