Title: Livelihoods Specialist
Location: Dima
Reports to: Area Manager
Grade-G2
Start of Contract & Duration: Three months with possibility of extension
Posting date: April 7, 2020
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 JOB
The Livelihoods Specialist functions as the key technical specialist within the livelihoods sector area in the Dimma region. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team in a large market-systems implementation, and the livelihoods specialist will drive development of innovative market-led livelihoods programming that tackles holistic outcomes including market systems development, protection, conflict management and environmental damage as well as provide technical support to existing livelihoods activities. Sector specific responsibilities include:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities:
General responsibilities:
Specific responsibilities:
Market systems assessment
Market systems implementation
Monitoring, reporting and development
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: