Title: Project Manager – Resilience and Livelihoods Specialist
Location: Dolo Ado, Somalia Region
Reports to: Area Manager Dolo Ado
Start of Contract & Duration: One Year
Posting date: January 30,2018 G.CINTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Purpose:
Based in Dolo Ado of the Somali Region of Ethiopia, the Project Manager will have overall responsibility for the management and provision of technical support for all resilience and livelihoods activities implemented by DRC Ethiopia as part of a EU-funded, cross-border consortium project entitled Building Opportunities for Resilience in the Horn of Africa (BORESHA). The Project Manager will be responsible for day-to-day management of the project, including the management of up to two project officers, two project assistants and up to two project-dedicated support staff. In addition, the Project Manager may be responsible for overseeing the activities of project staff employed by other consortium members during their deployments to Dolo Ado. Day-to-day management will include coordination and oversight of project staff, budget management and ensuring quality and timely implementation of all activities, while ensuring full compliance with DRC and donor policies and regulations. Furthermore, the Project Manager will represent the project’s initiatives with internal and external stakeholders in the assigned field locations.
The position requires proactive and clear communications and coordination with DRC Ethiopia’s Livelihoods Coordinator as well as technical BORESHA consortium counterparts in Kenya and Somalia in order to develop integrated approaches to the project’s livelihoods and resilience activities and to share lessons learned across locations. From time to time, the Project Manager may be asked to support members of the BORESHA Project Management Unit (PMU) with strategic guidance related to livelihoods and resilience initiatives being undertaken through the project and to contribute to consortium-level planning and reviews.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
The Project Manager will work in close collaboration with DRC’s Dolo Ado Area Manager, Addis Ababa-based Livelihood Coordinator as well as project staff from each of the implementing agencies in based in or visiting Dolo Ado. Specific responsibilities include:
1. Management and Coordination
2. Programming:
3. Finance and Administration
4. Human Resources:
5. Logistics and Procurement:
In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
Qualifications: