Title: Deputy Area Manager
Location: Dimma
Reports to: Area Manager
Direct reports: Protection Team Leader and Livelihoods Officer
Start of Contract & Duration: Eight Months
Availability: As Soon as possible
Posting date: June 21, 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.
Overall purpose of the role:
The Dimma-based Deputy Area Manager will work directly under the Area Manager, to support the overall implementation and strategic direction of the organization's current and future projects in Dimma. The Deputy Area Manager will be the direct supervisor of the Protection Team Leader and the Livelihoods team and regularly work with other program staff as well as support staff and will represent DRC in Dimma Woreda in the Area Manager's absence. Furthermore, the Deputy Area Manager will be required to provide daily support and guidance to project cycle management, proposal development and program strategy. The Deputy Area Manager will ensure successful implementation of all protection and livelihoods activities and will work collaboratively with the Area Manager to monitor the operating context to ensure DRC's programing is relevant and responsive to priority humanitarian needs. In this capacity, the Deputy Area Manager is also responsible for working closely with the Area Manager to represent DRC at the site level, including in coordination fora, with other agencies and with ARRA, and for providing the direct link in communications between DRC's Dimma field offices and the organization's Addis Ababa office. Finally, it is essential that the Deputy Area Manager collaborates with the Area Manager to provide safety and security management of the Dimma-based team and ensures all safety and security measures, including contingency plans and standard operating procedures, are in place and well understood by all staff.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:
Striving for Excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
Taking the Lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
Demonstrating Integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Graduate degree in law, social sciences, education, international development, or other relevant field degree in from a recognized institution.
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and written proficiency in Amharic and English.Let Employers Find You
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