Title: Area Manager(Re-advertised)
Location: Shire
Reports to: Head of Program
Start of Contract & Duration: One year
Posting date: November 28, 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.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Shire-based Area Manager is responsible for the overall implementation and strategic direction of the organization's current and future projects in Tigray Regional State, and is the direct supervisor of both program and support staff in the Shire field office. The Area Manager advises DRC’s program and support staff to ensure all programming in Tigray regional state is in line with DRC Ethiopia’s country strategy and is in full compliance with the organization’s policies and best practices. Furthermore, the Area Manager is responsible for leading project cycle management, proposal development and program strategy - ensuring the successful implementation of all activities, and relevance and responsiveness of the activities to priority humanitarian needs in Tigray Regional State. In this capacity, the Area Manager is also responsible for representing DRC publicly at the site level, including in coordination fora with other agencies, and for providing the direct link in communications between DRC's Shire field office and the organization's Addis Ababa country office. Finally, it is essential the Area Manager collaborates with the Addis Ababa based Security Coordinator and Senior Management Team to provide safety and security management of the Shire-based team and ensure all safety and security measures, including contingency plans and standard operating procedures, are in place and well understood by all staff.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Management and Coordination:
Programming and Technical Support:
Finance and Administration:
Human Resources:
Logistics and Procurement:
Safety and Security:
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
REQUIRED