BACKGROUND
DRC is an International non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.
In Uganda, DRC assists the refugees from neighboring countries mainly DR Congo and South Sudan in the South West, West and West Nile region of the country. DRC’s assistance to refugees have been both emergency assistance to address the short term influxes from the neighboring countries as well as to address the sustainable solutions for the refugees. DRC is currently implementing a multi donor WASH response to address live saving humanitarian WASH needs amongst the refugees as well as supporting local communities as part for the Re-HOPE strategy.
General Objectives
The post refers to a candidate with vast knowledge of the contextual area of operation and responsible for the day to day operations in the beneficiary communities as outlined by the Livelihood / Gender Coordinator.
Specific tasks:
Coordination/ Representation
Under the supervision of the Livelihood / Gender Coordinator, coordinate with stake holders, all DRC livelihood /Gender related linkages representing the organization within its internal guidelines / standards and those of donors / partners in the districts of jurisdiction.
Attend and represent the interests of DRC in all Livelihood / Gender related meetings with the District Local Governments, lower local governments, and other stakeholders
Actively coordinate within the jurisdiction of your responsibility
Contribute and actively participate in internal and sector coordination meetings
Project development, implementation and reporting
Contribute to concept and proposal development in the livelihood / Gender thematic areas
Contribute to the gap analysis in the areas of Livelihoods and contribute in the development of new thematic areas according to analysis
Responsible for day to day activity implementation through efficient and effective ways
Contribute to the design of capacity building syllabic and materials and effectively implement the trainings at all levels
Manage the day-to-day livelihood activities, including activity finances while bearing in mind DRC’s/Donor financial regulations.
Monitor and document DRC’s livelihood activities, ensuring all processes, results and lessons learnt are documented and shared within the sector and with Management
Prepare/contribute to weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, donor and other reports in the area of livelihoods
Staff management
Supervise and mentor Livelihood / Gender Assistants in the district of jurisdiction, providing hands-on and real time training to ensure growth and development in performance of the Assistants
Uphold DRC’s code of conduct and principles of accountability. Provide technical and informed programmatic leadership for the livelihood staff members and community based mechanisms in Arua operational area as needed.
Develop staff performance measurement and targets for staff under direct supervision and appraise them based on the set targets.
Conduct daily field visits to support field staffs – mentoring – through technical back stopping and to train duty bearers
Logistics /Finance
Support the Livelihood and Gender Coordinator to monitor financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow ups.
Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different activity locations.
Initiate procurement and ensure their timely execution
Ensure the delivery of supplies in the right quantity and quality
Contribute to grants management of all livelihood / Gender projects through management of day to day project expenditures with strict adherence to internal finance policies and donor guidelines
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications should be in English and include the following:
A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.
Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to administrator@drcuganda.org by 10th July 2017 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line.
We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Employer want to submit job applications through their website at: Apply Online