Position Description
Title: Deputy Area Manager
Location: Shire
Start of Contract & Duration: Now for 12 months with possibility of extension (Subject to fund availability)
Posting date: February 11, 2016
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world, including Ethiopia. DRC fulfills its mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. Under its mandate, the organization focuses on emergency humanitarian response, rehabilitation and post-conflict recovery.
DRC commenced work in Ethiopia in 2009 and currently provides expertise in shelter, WASH, livelihoods and protection in the Gambella and Somali regions of the country. Activities implemented by DRC are funded by money raised from the Danish public and by project grants from the Danish government and other bilateral and multi-lateral donors.
DRC is in the process of starting a new program in Tigray regional state, where the organization anticipates implementing a variety of youth protection activities in Hitsats, Shimelba, Mai-Aini and Adharush refugee camps, which are currently hosting a combined population of over 30,000 Eritrean refugees.
POSITION’S OVERALL OBJECTIVES
The Shire-based Deputy Area Manager will work directly under the Area Manager to setup DRC's new field office in Shire and to support the overall implementation and strategic direction of the organization's current and future projects in Tigray regional state. The Deputy Area Manager will be the direct supervisor of program staff in the protection sector and will regularly work with other program staff as well as support staff in the Area Manager's absence. Specifically, The Deputy Area Manager Manager will lead DRC’s protection programming in Tigray regional state and will support a consistent integration of a rights-based approach into all DRC’s program activities in the region. Furthermore, the Deputy Area Manager will be required to provide daily support and guidance to project cycle management, proposal development and program strategy, with specific contributions in the area of technical protection knowledge. The Deputy Area Manager will ensure the successful implementation of all protection-related activities and will work collaboratively with the Area Manager to monitor the operating context to ensure DRC's programing is relevant and responsive to priority humanitarian needs. In this capacity, the Deputy Area Manager is also responsible for working closely with the Area Manager to represent DRC publically at the site level, including in coordination fora, with other agencies and with ARRA, and for providing the direct link in communications between DRC's Shire field office and the organization's Addis Ababa office. Finally, it is essential the Deputy Area Manager collaborates with the Area Manager to provide safety and security management of the Shire-based team and ensures all safety and security measures, including contingency plans and standard operating procedures, are in place and well understood by all staff.
POSITION’S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
The Deputy Area Manager, in coordination and cooperation with the Area Manager and program and support staff, is expected to pursue the following objectives in her or his daily work:
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
To achieve the overall and specific objectives of the position, the Deputy Area Manager will perform the following tasks and undertake the following responsibilities:
2. Programming:
3. Finance and Administration:
4. Human Resources:
5. Logistics and Procurement:
6. Safety and Security:
QUALIFICATIONS
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS