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