Title: Deputy Area Manager
Location: Dolo Ado
Reports to: Area Manager
Start of Contract & Duration: 4 months
Posting date: April 19, 2017
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.
JOB SUMMARY
The Dolo Ado-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 Dolo Ado Woreda, Somali regional state. The Deputy Area Manager will regularly work with other program staff as well as support staff 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 project 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 Dolo Ado field office 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 Dolo Ado-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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
To achieve the overall and specific objectives of the position, the Deputy Area Manager will perform the following tasks and undertake the following responsibilities:
1. Programming, management and Coordination:
2. Finance and Administration:
3. Human Resources:
4. Logistics and Procurement:
5. Safety and Security:
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS