Danish Refugee Council Vacancies

The Danish Refugee Council has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa region since 1997.

The DRC Kenya Program seeks to fill the following positions:

1. Protection Coordinator

1 Position

Based in Dadaab

The Protection Coordinator (PC) will provide strategic direction, leadership, management and technical expertise for DRCs protection programs in Kenya.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the development and implementation of protection programming that is efficient, accountable and measurable.
• Ensuring overall leadership of DRC’s protection portfolio, including research, program development, program implementation and management, and staff training/mentoring.
• Ensuring programs are based on user-identified priorities&resources, and implemented/evaluated with clear impact monitoring systems, have clear planning and meet DRC and donor regulations and humanitarian and HAP principles.
• Formulating and executing DRC’s protection strategy, contributing to strategic planning, fundraising and mainstreaming protection throughout the Kenya program portfolio.
• Act as DRC’s primary representative for protection-related issues in Kenya.
• Develop protection related networks within the local and business community, the Government of Kenya and other relevant stakeholders

Requirements:

• Must possess an advanced university degree in relevant field (protection, political science, international relations, law, community development) with at least 4-years relevant experience; or basic university degree and at least 6-years relevant experience.
• Experience in an equivalent position involving holding management responsibility, leading teams, working in protection, human rights, gender issues, with refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and/or other vulnerable populations will be an added advantage.
• Past experience working with indigenous protection mechanisms, proven experience working in community development and expertise in training on human rights and protection theories and related tools and methodologies will be crucial in this position.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Proven ability to manage others, work as a team under stressful conditions and meet deadlines.

2. Protection Officers

2 Positions

Based in Dadaab

Under the direct supervision of the Protection Coordinator, the Protection Officers will provide support, guidance and assistance to the field staff on protection priorities, issues and concerns.

Key responsibilities include:

• Implement DRCs protection programming; including on-job training/mentoring
• Support the mainstreaming of protection into DRCs program portfolio
• Monitor, analyze and prepare reports on the prevailing protection conditions among persons of concern; identify protection gaps, resources and solutions
• Develop protection related networks with the local and business community and participate in formal protection forums

Requirements:

• Minimum Qualification: University degree in relevant field (protection, political science, international relations, law, community development or social sciences) with at least 2-years’ experience working in protection, human rights, gender issues with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and/or other vulnerable populations; previous experience working with persons of concern within the inter-agency context.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills and cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Good analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Proven ability to manage others and work as a team under stressful conditions.

Highly desired (for Protection Coordinator & Protection Officer)

• Knowledge and understanding of Somali society/language Somali language skills a key asset
• Past experience in East Africa; past experience in insecure working environments
• Experience in a refugee setting and knowledge of refugee issues
• DRC is an equal opportunity employer- women are strongly encouraged to apply.

3.Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) Officer

Based in Dadaab

The M & E Officer is responsible for strengthening DRC Kenya’s capacity and profile in the area of documentation, monitoring and evaluation by providing M & E technical support and training to staff.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carryout, and ensure the accuracy and quality of, internal and external reporting proposal development and associated reporting/writing
• Ensuring the development of, and synergies between, work plans, budgets and achievements; archiving and dissemination of documentation/information
• Ensure impact and input monitoring is carried out in all programs, lead evaluations and ensures ‘lessons’ are applied.
• Providing on-site program support to ensure that programs meet objectives and are in-line with planning
• Training staff on M & E principles, practices, methodologies and tools; training communities on community-based monitoring and evaluation methodologies

Requirements:

• Must possess a degree in Development Studies or other related field with a strong background in statistics.
• Minimum 3-years’ experience in a senior programmatic position in monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian and development programs.
• Knowledge and experience in participatory approaches and tools for program design, planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Proven ability to manage others, work as a team under stressful conditions and meet deadlines.

4. Livelihoods Technical Manager

(Roving; based in Nairobi)

The Livelihoods Technical Manager will provide strategic direction, leadership, managements and technical expertise for the DRCs urban and rural livelihood programs in Kenya.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the development and implementation of urban and rural livelihoods programming that is efficient, accountable and measurable.
• Ensuring overall leadership of DRC’s livelihoods portfolio, including research, program development, program implementation and management, and staff training/mentoring.
• Ensuring programs are based on user-identified priorities &resources, and implemented/evaluated with clear impact monitoring systems, have clear planning and meet DRC and donor regulations and humanitarian and HAP principles.
• Formulating and executing DRC’s livelihoods strategy, contributing to strategic planning& fundraising
• Acting as DRC’s primary representative for livelihoods related issues in Kenya.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Community Development or other related field.;
• Minimum 5-years’ working experience with INGOs in the fields of livelihoods at management level with at least 2-years’ experience engaging with refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and/or other vulnerable populations in economic strengthening interventions.
• Must have proven expertise in urban livelihoods programing and programing focused on income generating and partnering with the private sector.
• Must have proven ability to carryout and teach others participatory approaches to rural/urban livelihood methodologies, tools and techniques.
  Excellent analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Proven ability to manage others and work as a team under stressful conditions.

Please note that the above positions are on a 1-year contract with possibility of extension.

Only applicants with the legal right to work in Kenya will be considered.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly stating their motivation and qualification and CV.

CVs longer then 4-pages will not be considered.

CVs should include contact details of three professional referees.

One referee must be the applicant’s most recent manager.

Applications should be sent to: drcjobs@drckenya.org.

Kindly indicate the position applied for as the subject heading.

Deadline for receiving applications is Friday 18thMay, 2012.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.