DRC NGO Regional Resilience and Livelihoods Coordinator Jobs
DRC has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. Using a human rights framework, the DRC East Africa and Yemen (EAY) operation focuses mainly on people who are affected by displacement, including refugees, internally displaced, and migrants in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Tanzania and Yemen.
The EAY Regional office also supports non-operational initiatives, focusing on mixed migration issues, civil society engagement, and advocacy and policy initiatives related to displacement.
Purpose
The Resilience and Livelihood (RL) Coordinator will have overall responsibility for the development and coordination of effective intervention in EAY. A strong emphasis will be put on development of the Resilience and Livelihoods Strategy and portfolio, increasing quality resilience work and multi-year self-reliance interventions.
The RL Coordinator will work closely with the Regional Team, Country Directors and Head of Programmes in each country office to develop livelihood and resilience strategies, lead and/or support programme design as required, and provide quality assurance through regular engagement with field staff at project locations and monitoring.
The RL Coordinator will not line manage livelihood field staff directly, but will provide strategic direction, technical guidance and assist with capacity building.
Responsibilities:
Lead in the development and launch of a new regional resilience and livelihood strategy and programme guidance, including developing training materials and guidance documents.
Ensure high quality, innovatiive and timely resilience, market, food security, and livelihood assessments and provide prioritized recommendations for program interventions to the Regional team and Country programmes
Design effective, systems-based programs in resilience, food security, agriculture and livelihoods, with an emphasis on inter-sectoral program responses and strategy, in collaboration with country teams, with a focus on innovations that respond to climate shocks and ecological degradation.
Engage proactively with donors and regional institutions to promote and align DRC strategies towards political and funding environment,
Campaigning DRC’s livelihood and resilience findings, best practice and evidence around displaced communities.
Draft technical proposals and budgets for international donors and partners, work in close collaboration with DRC grants and finance staff to finalize proposals and respond to any requests for additional information
Select and implement appropriate monitoring, learning and research systems; ensure consistent reporting and analysis of results to enhance program effectiveness and quality in collaboration with the dedicated regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) personnel
Provide technical support on cash or voucher programming design and implementation, market systems development and financial inclusion, and internal collaboration among operational and programmatic stakeholders involved in cash/voucher programming to existing country programs remotely and through in-country visits or short-term deployments, in close collaboration with regional cash expert
Facilitate and/or participate in relevant meetings, workshops, seminars and trainings; support technical coordinators from other sectors to apply a resilience, livelihoods and market-sensitive lens to inter-sectoral assessments and program design
Build DRC staff capacity in the utilization of economic recovery methodologies and resources,
Provide technical support as needed to existing country programs remotely and through in-country visits and short-term deployments
About you
To be successful in this role, we expect you to be a positive, mature leader with a proven track record of developing effective initiatives, programmes, and impact.
You thrive in managing a wide range of responsibilities, and can effectively communicate and lead the country team. You enjoy working with teams of committed staff to build collaboration and capacity within the regional programmes and building strong relationships with the regional team.
In this position, you
are expected to demonstrate each of DRC’ five core competencies:
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 our vision and values
Moreover, we also expect the following:
At least ten (10) years’ experience in developing resilience and/or livelihood strategies
Master’s degree, in resilience/international development, food security, agriculture, nutrition or related field
At least ten (10) years’ managing technical projects including at least two years in complex humanitarian and development settings
Preferably ten (10) years’ experience in East Africa and/or in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions and/or conflict zones
Excellent understanding of context appropriate resilience design methodologies such as permaculture, agro ecology for food security, water security and livelihoods, technical concepts and experience conducting detailed market, food security and livelihood needs assessments.
Demonstrated experience in the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach to market systems development
Demonstrated ability to work across functions and sectors to design and implement high-quality market-based programming, and in-depth knowledge of supply chain and financial management and controls of cash and/or voucher programs
Demonstrated experience in integrating social cohesion, good governance and conflict sensitivity in to resilience programming
Demonstrated experience in integrating gender equity in to resilience programming
Demonstrated experience in integrating natural resources management and area-based programming in to resilience programming
Demonstrated ability to communicate technical expertise and standards and implement best practice approaches to implementing rapid, consistent, high quality emergency projects as well as protracted displacement situations
Experience managing donor funded programs and grants; including staff management, budget oversight, monitoring and evaluation systems, and technical input to proposal-budget development and donor reports.
Experienced with conflict related displacement issues
Fluent in written and spoken English and preferably French
DRC encourages all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender or age.
Conditions
Availability: July 2018
Duty station: Nairobi – Kenya; This position is unaccompanied.
Reporting:This position reports Deputy Regional Director
Duration: 1 Year with possibility of extension, subject to performance and funding.
Contract:
Level A12 Salary, benefits and other conditions are offered in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to our website under Vacancies.
For national candidates, competitive salary and benefits are offered in accordance with the Kenyan National staff salary scale and terms of employment.
Commitments
DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework into the work of DRC
How to apply
Application
Qualified candidates are invited to access the full job description and the requirements for this position under vacancies at our website Please submit applications online using this link by 11th June 2018
For more information and job application details, see; DRC NGO Regional Resilience and Livelihoods Coordinator Jobs
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