BACKGROUND
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 the displacement occurring in connection with Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. DRC aims to create a synergy between the different humanitarian aid and development projects in the HOAY – both in terms of geographical coverage and types of activities implemented in support of refugees and populations displaced or otherwise affected by conflict, consequences of climate change and natural hazards in the region.
DRC work with three programmatic directions primarily, 1) acute emergency response 2) response to protracted displacement and promotion of durable solutions and 3) support to prevention of root causes of displacement.
In DRC we believe that if we are to live up to the high demands made on every employee in DRC by our vision and mission and by the goals of our organisation, we need to benefit from each other in terms of experience, knowledge, energy, assistance and support. We need to collaborate. At the DRC EYA Regional office we all work towards this collaboration and management vision and we now search for a colleague sharing these ambitions and who thrives in a busy but professional environment.

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 strategies and portfolio, increasing quality resilience work and multi annual 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 RSL Coordinator will not line manage livelihood field staff directly, but will provide technical guidance and assist with capacity building. RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead in the development and launch of a new regional resilience and livelihood policy and programme guidance, including developing training and material
• Ensure high quality 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 response programs in resilience, food security, agriculture and livelihood, with an emphasis on cross-sectoral program responses and strategy, in collaboration with country teams
• 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, 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 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 strengthening, 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 cross-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
The desired candidate is expected to have senior level management experience and a demonstrable successful track record of strategic programme development, capacity building and effective programme implementation and monitoring. He or she must also be able to conceptualize and articulate DRC vision and have the strong oral and written communication skill required to translate the vision into tangible action. The incumbent is expected to have extensive donor, government and partner engagement experiences.
Experience and understanding of refugee and displacement issues is an advantage and ideally the candidate will have a good understanding of the region and/or from other similar protection situations
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate each of DRC’ five core competencies:
i. Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results in a fast paced environment
ii. Collaborating: You lead initiatives and processes by involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
iii. Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while setting high standards
iv. Communicating: You listen to other stakeholders and staff; and you communicate concisely and persuasively
v. Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values.

Technical competencies
• Master’s degree, in resilience/international development, food security, agriculture, nutrition or related field
• At least seven years’ experience in developing resilience and/or livelihood strategies
• At least seven years’ managing technical projects including at least two years in complex humanitarian and development settings
• Excellent understanding of resilience, food security and livelihoods technical concepts and experience conducting detailed market, food security and livelihood needs assessments.
• 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 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.
• Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English.
• Experienced with conflict related displacement issues

Personal competencies
• Excellent internal and external communication and coordination capabilities and excellent team building and management skills
• Continuous Learning; a colleague who promotes continuous learning for self and others;
• Creativity and Initiative; someone that actively seeks new ways of improving Programmes, services and partnership
• Performance Management; a person who identify ways and implement actions to improve performance of self and others

GENERAL
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

Conditions
Availability: As Soon as possible
Duty station: Kampala-Uganda with frequent travel to the other project locations.
Reporting: Reports to Deputy Regional Director with extensive collaboration with Country Directors, Heads of Programmes and Livelihood staff in programme areas
Contract: 1 year contract dependent on both funding and performance. Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates (available at www.drc.dk under Vacancies). This position is graded as A12.
For qualified National staff the terms of employment will be in accordance with DRC terms for National staff

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies.
Please forward the application and CV, in English through the online application on www.drc.dk under vacancies no later than 15th April 2017
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk.
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.

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