Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC is present in more than 30 conflict territories around the world assisting displaced people with shelter, food, income generating activities, and wide range of other assistance. It is of utmost importance for DRC to work in compliance with the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system and national legislations. Smooth, reliable and effective operational systems are preconditions for DRC to maintain its position as a trustworthy and reliable partner for our donors and an accountable organisation towards our beneficiaries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Programme Development, Quality and Accountability Coordinator
Location: Maiduguri
Contract type: Expatriate contract
Overall Purpose of the Role
- The Programme Development, Quality, and Accountability (PDQA) Coordinator is responsible for strategic leadership, technical guidance, and management of the PDQA portfolio, covering accountability, communications, grants management, programme quality, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and information management.
- The PDQA supports the Country Director to ensure quality and accountability is mainstreamed throughout the mission, through the development, implementation, and compliance with processes, procedures, and mechanisms throughout the country programme, in coordination with DRC Nigeria Heads of Programme, Programme Coordinators, and key support functions.
Requirements/Education
- Advanced University degree (or Bachelor level qualification with equivalent years of professional experience) in a relevant field such as Social Sciences, Development Studies, International / Humanitarian Law, Communications or similar;
- Relevant professional humanitarian qualifications / recognised training certificates in PDQA-related areas (M&E, IM, CHS, PSEA, SPHERE, Protection, etc) are desirable, although practical experience more essential to the role.
Experience and Technical Competencies:
- Five years of professional experience in humanitarian emergency contexts with PDQA responsibilities, preferable to have at least two years of experience at senior management level;
- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively in a multi-cultural environment with competing priorities, tight deadlines, and in a complex emergency context;
- Ability to live and work in an insecure and high stress environment.
- Knowledge and experience working with relevant sectoral areas implemented by DRC-DDG Nigeria programmes – including protection, food security, WASH, shelter, NFIs, mine action, mine risk education, and armed violence reduction;
- Advanced knowledge and demonstrated ability of principles and practices related to confidentiality, protection, and interviewing of extremely vulnerable individuals in a humanitarian context;
Languages (indicate fluency level):
- English – fluent, with demonstrated capacity for high quality written and verbal command of the language
- Hausa and other languages used in northeast Nigeria an asset, but not essential to the position.
Application Deadline 20th May, 2018.
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