RESPONSIBILITIES

Main Responsibilities:

• Plan, supervise, and facilitate DRC’s Cash and Economic Recovery-related interventions in the refugee Setting and host community areas.
• Ensure the high quality and timeliness of DRC’s Cash, Economic Recovery, and income-generating activities.
• Empower refugees and host communities to be able to manage their issues by themselves and have the ability to sustain Cash and Economic Recovery projects
• Facilitate relations between DRC, the target communities, and local authorities, taking particular care to consider youth, women’s, and girls’ specific needs in Cash and Economic Recovery.

Programming & Operations

• Contributes to the daily operation with comprehensive knowledge in a specific area
• Support the implementation of Cash and economic recovery assessments, gathering quality data, and support the development of market-led activities
• Deliver market-led economic recovery activities with components of agriculture, business development, cash transfers, private sector engagement, financial inclusion, group enterprise development
• Assist and empower the communities to enable them to manage self-reliance issues by themselves and be able to sustain Cash and Economic recovery projects.
• Ensure equal participation by all segments of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age, disability, and clan affiliation.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the performance of the project, provide timely inputs, feedback, and impact of the DRC Cash and Economic Recovery interventions in Gambella
• Develop and implement surveys and needs assessments in refugee and host community areas in collaboration with the field team and other stakeholders.
• Support the coordination of micro-loan services to refugees in the camps, with a focus on vulnerable refugees.
• Support market-led interventions and the development of private-sector partnerships
• Deliver training on income-generating activities, vocational skills training other economic recovery-related fields.
• Support agricultural and related activities in the Gambella region
• Ensure that DRC’s objectives are disseminated and that policies and procedures are properly followed.

Coordination and representation

• Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on issues related to relevant sector
• Ensure integration of sector activities with other DRC sectors
• Coordinate with sector counterparts in other locations in the implementation of common funded projects
• Ensure good representation and reputation of the sector at all levels.
• Actively participate in the internal coordination meeting
• Ensure and actively participate in regular sector meetings

Reporting arrangements

• Monthly and yearly work plans;
• Weekly, Monthly, quarterly and annual reports to DRC and partners.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

DRC’s core 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.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• First Degree or equivalent in Economics, agricultural economics, business management, or another relevant field;
• Minimum two years of experience delivering Cash and Economic recovery solutions (income-generating activities, vocational training, non-formal training, employment opportunity creation, micro-financing, or similar) preferably in refugee and host community areas;
• Minimum two years experience working in community development, refugee assistance, and/or community mobilization;
• Experience in working with Non-Governmental organizations;
• Good command of spoken and written English;
• Prior experience implementing Cash and Economic recovery in refugee, IDP, and host community settings is an advantage;
• Experience working with local government organizations, and planning and implementing capacity-building activities, is an advantage.
• Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and meetings;
• Understanding of gender, protection, and human rights;
• Well-developed computer skills;

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

• First Degree or equivalent in Economics, agricultural economics, business management, or another relevant field;

LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)

• Full professional proficiency in English.