Title: Cash and Market Systems- Program Coordinator
Location: Addis Ababa
Reports to: Head of Program
Grade-G1
Start of Contract & Duration: 6 months
Posting date: July 25, 2019
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.
DRC Ethiopia is looking for an experienced Cash and Market Systems Coordinator who will provide targeted and high-quality technical oversight, guidance, hands-on implementation support and strengthening the capacity of DRC’s market systems interventions, including emergency cash/voucher distribution. A specific focus of the role is to provide technical leadership and to strategically develop the quality, impact and protection integration of DRC’s Market Systems-based programming, including cash/voucher-based distribution activities in line with DRC procedures and global standards and towards the achievement of the country program mission and vision. The role reports to the Head of Program and is considered to be a senior member of the program team. Perfect candidate would have the following competencies and skills:
The candidate will be leading technical input provision during the program development processes and is expected to actively engage with the field offices providing monitoring and evaluation as well as on-site technical guidance to program operations. The position will report to the Head of Programs and will be based in Addis Ababa with frequent travel to the areas of operation.
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: