Title: Livelihoods Officer
Location: Dolo Ado
Reports to: Team Leader-Resilience and Livelihoods
Grade-H2
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 Months
Posting date: March 8, 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:
Based in Dolo Ado of the Somali Region of Ethiopia, the Project Officer will support with the management and provision of technical support for all resilience, cash for work and job creation activities implemented by DRC Ethiopia as part of EU-funded, cross-border consortium project entitled Building Opportunities for Resilience in the Horn of Africa (BORESHA). The Officer will support the BORESHA Project Manager with the day-to-day management of the project’ Day-to-day responsibilities will include ensuring quality and timely implementation of activities, while ensuring full compliance with DRC and donor policies and regulations and delivery of quality activities to ensure that project objective is met..
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
The livelihood Officer will work in close collaboration with DRC’s Resilience and livelihoods team leader and Addis Ababa-based Livelihood Coordinator as well as project staff from each of the implementing agencies in based in or visiting Dolo Ado. He/she will provide support for the development of community driven and integrated programming through participation in assessments, design, implementing and monitoring of all resilience activities.
The livelihood officer is responsible for implementation of project work plan, ensures regular reporting to the livelihood team lead and the Technical Coordinators,
Specific responsibilities include:
Programming:
Finance and Administration:
Human Resources:
Logistics and Procurement:
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
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
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