Title: Project Assistant
Location: Based in Addis
Duration: 6 months, with a possibility of extension based on availability of funding
Posting date: January 17, 2018
INTRODUCTION
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.
POSITION’S OVERALL OBJECTIVES
The Project Assistant will be tasked to implement DRC’s ongoing International Organization for Migration (IOM) funded, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) project. Specifically, the position will focus on the coordination of DRC-hired enumerators in the collection of displacement related data. DTM data collection is planned to be conducted in three cycles, every other month, through a period of six (6) months. Furthermore, the position will be expected to support other information management-related initiatives being undertaken by the Ethiopia and Djibouti program.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
To achieve the objectives of the position, the Project Assistant, with support from the Senior Project Officer, will perform the following tasks and undertake the following responsibilities:
QUALIFICATIONS
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
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