Shelter & Settlement Team Leader (Kadugli) – DRC
Job Description
| Organization | Danish Refugee Council (DRC) |
| Workplace: | Kadugli |
| Department/Country: | Sudan |
| Contract type: | National contract |
| Salary range: | USD 1836-2068 |
| Closing Date: | 31 Oct 2024 |
Overall Purpose of the Role :
- Lead the implementation of shelter and settlement activities within Kadugli and South Kordofan area (including surrounding areas).
- Manage the entire response project cycle, from design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting.
- Supervise and manage staff in the area office.
- Deliver technical support and guidance to the team
- Ensure the quality of the planning, implementation, and follow-up of all technical aspects of DRC’s response activities
- Develop and maintain good relations with the persons of concern, relevant stakeholders, and other humanitarian actors, to support adequate implementation and coordination of DRC’s sector activities
Responsibility and Tasks:
The job holder’s tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Staff Management
- Manage the shelter and settlement officers and Assistants, in collaboration with the Area Manager/Area Programme Manager.
- Identify team training needs aligning with project scope and challenges.
- Conduct staff training and support capacity development initiatives.
- Incorporate PSEAH (Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment) into staff goals and KPIs.
Programme and Operations
- Manage and ensure efficient and effective program implementation while following the budget and work plan
- Provide technical support and inputs on all shelter activities.
- Highlight and report project related challenges to the area manager and the technical coordinator.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/reports and proposals and budgets for donors
- Lead the team in carrying out monitoring and evaluation exercises
- Update project documentation and explore new partnership opportunities.
- Coordinate activities efforts with other sectors and stakeholders.
Promote an integrated, area-based approach to the humanitarian response
Partnership management
- Organize monthly or quarterly meetings with the partners, review the implementation and budget management, and recommend remedial actions.
- Coordinate with the Area Manager to review partner’s reports (narrative and financial)
- Support the implementation of partner capacity-building plans.
Communication and visibility
- Implement activities in line with the donor and project visibility and communication requirements/strategies
- Identify any issue that would require advocacy work and flag them to the emergency response manager
- Identify any advocacy that is being done in the field by the organization and share the information with the emergency response manager.
Coordination and representation
- Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on sector-relevant issues
- Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings at the area level
- Ensure integration with other DRC sectors.
Project implementation
- Develop project plans and budgets to line with the project target and activities.
- Develop project tools in collaboration with the technical lead.
- Project implementation and reporting on regular basis.
- Monitor and evaluate projects with regular communication with the MEAL department.
Logistics/Finance
- Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up
- Proactively plan logistics and movements of staff and goods from and to different operational areas
- Initiate procurements and closely follow up with the supply chain team to ensure their execution
Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner
Experience and technical competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of humanitarian experience in technical areas like WASH, Shelter/NFI, and CCCM.
- Prior work experience in complex and volatile contexts, with Kordofan/Sudan experience considered a plus.
- Minimum 2 years of emergency response management within humanitarian NGOs.
- Experience in leading assessments, distributions, planning for activities, and Community engagement.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with tools like ODK, Kobo, and data analysis.
- Excellent communication skills in both English and Arabic is mandatory (written and spoken).
Advanced computer skills for report writing.
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
- A postgraduate degree in a field related to emergency response, DRR, or related field.
A good knowledge of humanitarian cash transfer programming.
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
- Fluent in English (both oral and written)
Fluency in written and spoken Arabic is mandatory
Competencies:-
- Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
- Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
- Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
We offer
Contract length: 12 months
Level: Management G
Salary range: USD 1836-2068
Location: Kadugli
Expected Start date: As soon as possible
Note: Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply:
Application process:
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note.
Applications Closing Date: 31 /10/2024
Need further information?
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.org
