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: Livelihoods Assistant
Locations: Mubi X 2/ Michika X 2
Contract type: National contract
Slot: 4 Openings
The Position
The position is responsible to the Overall purpose of the role:
- Assisting in enhancing the livelihoods of beneficiaries through the provision of business training, business grants support, beneficiary information and skills training while developing the social cohesion between host community and IDPs.
Responsibilities
Supporting SME Development, CTP and Agricultural Inputs Distributions:
- Ensure beneficiaries are screened, selected and verified through use of developed targeting criteria in operational areas.
- Provide livelihood guidance, on an individual or group basis, to increase beneficiaries’ awareness of different business options based on market assessment and beneficiary interests.
- Provide information to beneficiaries about livelihood and business development opportunities.
- Organize small business training and business planning activities with beneficiaries
- Provide information to beneficiaries on skills trainings, market opportunities, and small enterprise creation.
- Assist beneficiaries in the establishment of home gardens/poultry production and continued support throughout the project timeframe.
- Facilitate the implementation of Cash Transfer programmes and ward level; Unconditional/Conditional Cash Grants and Cash for Work
- Work with line manager to plan for agricultural inputs distributions and ensuring inputs distributed accountably.
- Work closely with Ministry of Agriculture Extension workers in facilitating vegetable farming/poultry production trainings for beneficiaries.
- Support the organization of trainings and other events related to the project.
- Establish linkages to adult learning institutions and refer beneficiaries to selected courses.
- Provide administrative support if required.
- Submit weekly reports and contribute to compilation of the monthly report and submit to line manager.
Social Cohesion Programming:
- Assess the relevance of potential intercommunal dialogue activities linked to livelihoods to improve the dialogue and cooperation between these fields (e.g. joint workshops, peer-to-peer activities, language exchanges, etc.).
- Select beneficiaries who will participate in the activities through youth empowerment and community safety planning in coordination with AVR teams.
- Maintain Excel tracking sheet to ensure that data are collected on a timely basis.
- Contribute to regular reporting on achievements and challenges related to the project as requested by the Livelihoods Officer.
Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Work closely with the monitoring team and the Livelihood Officer on the timely monitoring and evaluation of all components – information, beneficiary selection, beneficiary feedback about activities, etc.
- Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, visits to selected beneficiaries, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
- Participate in the internal evaluation of the program.
- Coordination of Ward level stakeholders in consultation with line manager.
- Ensure that protocol is followed through stakeholder consultation at all stages of project implementation.
The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.
Key Requirements
Essential:
- University degree or advanced training/ course in Business Administration, Sociology, Social Work, International Affairs, Humanitarian or related field
- Experience in Livelihood Programming and trainings.
- An understanding of humanitarian/civil society issues in the country and the region.
- 1-2 years working experience, in the field of business is require
Desirable:
- Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
- Previous working experience with humanitarian agencies
- Experience working with displaced populations.
- Experience with case management protocols desirable
- Demonstrate high level of initiative, diplomacy and tact.
- Must be flexible and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good supervision skills and report writing.
- Willingness and ability to travel to field locations regularly and sometimes on short notice.
Conditions
- Availability: 7th January 2019.
- Salary and conditions: In accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment;
- The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Livelihoods Assistant
Locations: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract type: National contract
The Position
The position is responsible to the Overall purpose of the role:
- Assisting in enhancing the livelihoods of beneficiaries through the provision of business training, business grants support, beneficiary information and skills training while developing the social cohesion between host community and IDPs.
Responsibilities
Supporting SME Development, CTP and Agricultural Inputs Distributions:
- Ensure beneficiaries are screened, selected and verified through use of developed targeting criteria in operational areas.
- Provide livelihood guidance, on an individual or group basis, to increase beneficiaries’ awareness of different business options based on market assessment and beneficiary interests.
- Provide information to beneficiaries about livelihood and business development opportunities.
- Organize small business training and business planning activities with beneficiaries
- Provide information to beneficiaries on skills trainings, market opportunities, and small enterprise creation.
- Assist beneficiaries in the establishment of home gardens/poultry production and continued support throughout the project timeframe.
- Facilitate the implementation of Cash Transfer programmes and ward level; Unconditional/Conditional Cash Grants and Cash for Work
- Work with line manager to plan for agricultural inputs distributions and ensuring inputs distributed accountably.
- Work closely with Ministry of Agriculture Extension workers in facilitating vegetable farming/poultry production trainings for beneficiaries.
- Support the organization of trainings and other events related to the project.
- Establish linkages to adult learning institutions and refer beneficiaries to selected courses.
- Provide administrative support if required.
- Submit weekly reports and contribute to compilation of the monthly report and submit to line manager.
Social Cohesion Programming:
- Assess the relevance of potential intercommunal dialogue activities linked to livelihoods to improve the dialogue and cooperation between these fields (e.g. joint workshops, peer-to-peer activities, language exchanges, etc.).
- Select beneficiaries who will participate in the activities through youth empowerment and community safety planning in coordination with AVR teams.
- Maintain Excel tracking sheet to ensure that data are collected on a timely basis.
- Contribute to regular reporting on achievements and challenges related to the project as requested by the Livelihoods Officer.
Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Work closely with the monitoring team and the Livelihood Officer on the timely monitoring and evaluation of all components – information, beneficiary selection, beneficiary feedback about activities, etc.
- Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, visits to selected beneficiaries, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
- Participate in the internal evaluation of the program.
- Coordination of Ward level stakeholders in consultation with line manager.
- Ensure that protocol is followed through stakeholder consultation at all stages of project implementation.
The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.
Key Requirements
Essential:
- University degree or advanced training/ course in Business Administration, Sociology, Social Work, International Affairs, Humanitarian or related field
- Experience in Livelihood Programming and trainings.
- An understanding of humanitarian/civil society issues in the country and the region.
- 1-2 years working experience, in the field of business is require
Desirable:
- Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
- Previous working experience with humanitarian agencies
- Experience working with displaced populations.
- Experience with case management protocols desirable
- Demonstrate high level of initiative, diplomacy and tact.
- Must be flexible and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good supervision skills and report writing.
- Willingness and ability to travel to field locations regularly and sometimes on short notice.
Conditions
- Availability: 7th January 2019.
- Salary and conditions: In accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment;
- The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Deadline: 26th December, 2018.
Job Title: Country Safety Advisor
Locations: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract Type: Expatriate contract
Background
- Nigeria’s northeast is currently experiencing a significant humanitarian crisis, which has been the result of the ongoing-armed conflict between Boko Haram, the Nigerian military and the Multi-National Task Force in the north-east
- An estimated 10 million people in Nigeria are affected by the conflict and other factors, which has led to a state of emergency being declared in three North-Eastern states and spill-over effects into neighboring countries.
The Job
- The Country Safety Advisor (CSA) will manage all aspects of the DRC Safety Risk Management (SRM) system in all of Nigeria, for both DRC and DDG programmes
- The CSA, in consultation with local safety staff and programme manager, under the technical supervision of Regional Safety Advisor and under the direct line management of the Country Director is expected to pursue the following objectives and duties in his/her daily work:
Overall Objectives
- Manage the development and implementation of the Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC’s) Safety Risk Management System (SRMS)
- Ensure compliance with DRC safety policy as stated in Chapters 19 & 20 of the DRC Operations Handbook
- Supervise and mentor the Local Safety Officers (LSOs) in Yola and Mubi and the Safety Focal Point (SFP) in Abuja
- Develop policies and procedure, in coordination with project staff, for the safe delivery of program activities
Responsibilities
Risk Analysis:
- Conduct regular Safety Risk Assessments (SRA) for each programme area pursuant to DRC Safety Policy
- Provide quality control for SRAs
Safety Improvement Plans:
- Based on the SRA, advise programmes on achievable and cost-effective mitigation measures through the development of contextualized Safety Improvement Plans
- Supervise and monitor the progress of Safety Improvement Plans
- Minimum Operating Safety Standards (MOSS)
- Ensure Nigeria is compliant with the DRC global MOSS
- Based on the SRA, advise programmes on context specific MOSS requirements
- Monitor programme compliance with MOSS
Local Safety Rules (LSR):
- Based on the SRA and MOSS, ensure all areas have updated LSR
- Ensure all staff are provided with a copy of the LSR and are briefed on their responsibilities
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs):
- Ensure each programme area has appropriate SOPs developed and implemented
- Monitor compliance with SOPs
Contingency Plans (CPs):
- Facilitate the development of context-specific contingency plans for each programme area
- Support Incident Management Teams (IMTs) with the implementation of contingency plans
- Conduct regular reviews with IMTs to ensure CPs are up to date, realistic and understood
Capacity Building:
- Conduct – or facilitate the delivery of – safety training for staff at all levels
- Ensure watchmen and guards are trained and aware of their responsibilities, in accordance with the SOPs governing access control Liaison
- Develop a network of contacts through other NGOs, UNDSS, Government agencies and other useful contacts
- Act as the primary representative for DRC Nigeria on safety matters
Crisis and Critical Incident Management:
- Act as the Country level coordinator for the Incident Management Team (IMT)
- Ensure IMT members are aware of their responsibilities
- Ensure IMT logs are maintained and updated as required
- Advise the IMT at country and area levels on safety related issues
- Act as the primary point of contact for safety related matters with the Regional Office and other local actors (UNDSS, etc)
- Conduct after action reviews of all critical incidents to facilitate organizational learning
Information Management and Reporting:
- Maintain detailed soft and hard copy files of all relevant safety documents
- Monitor the overall situation and provide regular situation reports
- Maintain an up-to-date incident tracking database
- Provide staff with relevant and concise safety related information and analysis, both through external and internal reports, publications, etc
- Coordinate the submission of Safety Incident Reports and ensure that all SIRs are completed within 48 hours of an incident occurring
- Conduct post-incident inquiries, if required, and monitor compliance with action points on SIRs
Briefings:
- Ensure an up-to-date visitor briefing package is provided to all visitors and international staff
- Conduct safety briefings for all visitors and international staff at the country level; at the field level, ensure that individual areas do the same
- Provide briefings on thematic and specific issues, as requested by the Country Director or Regional Safety Advisor (RSA)
Field Travel:
- Ensure compliance with the Field Travel SOP
- Assist with the planning of field travel, including briefing escorts if required
- Act as the focal point for issues related to armed escorts
- When required, manager and coordinate field travel
Experience and Technical Competencies
Essential:
- At least 3 years’ experience working with NGOs and/or other international agencies
- Experience working in the designated area of operations (West Africa)
- Management and/or supervisory experience within an NGO
- Proven ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Stable, moral and robust character and a good team-player
- Excellent communication skills, calm and a good sense of humour
- Proven commitment to accountability practices.
- Emergency First Aid qualification (within the last year)
Preferable:
- Training in safety, fire and evacuation procedures
- Training in safety and disaster management
- NGO/UN Security Management experience
- Military/Police experience (those with officer-level or senior non-commissioned officer rank should apply)
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant area of study
- Master’s Degree preferred
Languages:
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:
Others:
- Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
- Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
- Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values.
We Offer
- Contract length: One-year contract
- Level: N.M.F (A 12)
- Designation of Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State. Non-family Duty station
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies.
- For questions regarding the vacancy please contact Mr. Zeljko Toncic: cd-nigeria@drc.ngo.
Deadline: 6th January, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Applications should include:
- CV and Cover Letter indicating and explaining the suitability to the position .
- Contact details (name, position, email address and tel. no.) of 3 professional non-related references, whereas 1 must be for the latest employer. Please do not attach any written recommendations.
Note
- Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications, sent together with a CV, will be considered. CV-only applications will not be considered.
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
- The position is for Nigerian National Only.
- Applications sent/received after the deadline will not be considered.
- Only short-listed applicants will be invited for written test and oral interview.
- DRC-DDG Nigeria does not charge any fees for recruitment and does not use any employment mediator.
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