Title: Livelihoods Specialist
Location: Jijiga
Reports to: Project Manager
Grade-G2
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 months
Posting date: June 12, 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:
Working under the direct management of the Project Manager, the Livelihoods Specialist will be responsible for the provision of technical support to pilot programs aimed at promoting the employment of refugees in and out of camps, in collaboration with private sector actors as well as in the affected host communities.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
EDUCATION:
LANGUAGE: