Background
DRC is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants all over the world. As part of a UNHCR-funded project working with trafficking and refugee secondary movement, DRC will look at the refugees moving to third countries from Ethiopia, with a focus on the refugee camps in Shire. As part of its EC-funded project in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, DRC is also currently implementing a range of activities in five regions: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Somaliland, and Puntland. DRC’s activities for this project include, inter alia, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, support of coordination bodies, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Purpose
In order to implement its UNHCR-funded project mentioned above, with focus on refugees in Shire, and its regional migration project across the region, DRC needs a qualified national Project Officer to be based in Addis Ababa with frequent travel to Tigray and Somali regional states as well as to DRC project implementation areas (Djibouti, Somaliland, and Puntland) for its migration project.
Key Responsibilities
The Project Officer, in coordination and cooperation with supporting staff, is expected to give a substantial contribution to:
To this end, it is expected that the Project Officer will perform the following specific tasks and undertake the following responsibilities:
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
Desirable
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