Danish Refugee Council Camp Coordination and Camp Management Coordinator Jobs in South Sudan
Danish Refugee Council Camp Coordination and Camp Management Coordinator Jobs in South Sudan
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries through-out the world, including South Sudan.
DRC/DDG fulfills its mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. Under its mandate, the organization focuses on emergency humanitarian response, rehabilitation, post-conflict recovery and humanitarian mine-action.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in conjunction with Danish Demining Group (DDG) has been operating in South Sudan since 2005 initially concentrating on providing safe and supportive conditions for refugees returning from neighboring countries after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed.
Overall purpose of the role
Reporting to the Deputy Country Director for Programmes, the Camp Management Coordinator will provide strategic vision and overall coordination of DRCs camp and site management and coordination work and CCCM programming across the country to ensure that DRC delivers high quality work that has a meaningful impact on those it serves.
The Protection Technical Coordinator will be responsible for developing and rolling out DRC’s overall CCCM country strategy for South Sudan in coordination with the field teams, the CCCM Cluster and the DCD Programmes.
The Camp Management Coordinator will also be responsible for reviewing CCCM approaches, methodologies and programming supporting camp managers and CCCM teams in developing higher quality programming that is responsive to the needs of those living in camps and camp like settings.
Responsibilities
Provide technical advice to programme managers and camp management staff on implementation of CCCM activities;
Provide guidance on development of new camp management activities including mobile and urban approaches to site management and coordination.
Maintain and revise the CCCM strategy for DRC.
Support Camp Managers to strengthen communication with communities, identify beneficiary information needs and provide guidance in developing information and awareness-raising materials and activities, with beneficiary participation, and strengthening communication and complaints mechanisms;
Promote a participatory approach (engagement of affected population) to camp management and service provision in the camps/sites
Work with Camp Managers to ensure representative governance and leadership structures, and improve capacity and accountability of Camp Management Committees and other community groups through trainings, workshops and close coordination
Lead on national camp management and POC strategy development geared towards the promotion of durable/transitional solutions, and support field teams with local strategy development
Support design of and coordinate assessments as relevant to camp management and participate in assessments as required
Ensure program standardization and sharing of experiences, lessons learned, and good practices across DRC-managed sites
Responsible for supporting the planning, coordination and implementation of project activities related to camp management components of all projects in DRC refugee and emergency response locations;
Coordinate information collection and collation across different camps and camp like settings.
Ensure that a minimum standard of quality programming is implemented across all DRC camp management activities in all locations;
Improve communication and coordination between DRC camp management staff based in different locations;
Ensure integration of camp management activities with other DRC sectors (FSL, Protection/SGBV and Shelter).
Identify gaps and weaknesses in technical capacity of DRC staff and prepare a training plan to address these in agreement with Deputy Country Director – Programmes;
Ensure roll out of the agreed plan in all sites including preparation of materials and training reports and follow up to
the trainings.
Provide training to CCCM staff.
Represent DRC at the CCCM cluster in Juba and field locations on a regular basis and establish strong links with all CCCM actors and stakeholders;
Stay up to date with donor strategies and practices within South Sudan and provide technical backstopping to the Deputy Country Director - Programmes in donor relations;
Maintain close collaboration and good relations as required with donors and other partners.
Ensure timely and regular project documentation and reporting on the project – including performance/progress assessments against pre-defined project objectives, outputs, activities and indicators;
Promotion of learning from relevant best practices internally and externally;
Support preparation and review of donor reports for camp management components for submission.
Identify opportunities to increase scope and quality of DRC camp management programming in South Sudan
Participate in gathering of information and contributing to camp managemet proposal development, including working with site teams to ensure accurate assessments, planning of suitable activities and preparation of log frames with SMART indicators.
Experience and technical competencies:
A degree in a relevant discipline;
At least 4 years’ proven and successful track record of humanitarian experience, including in a camp setting;
Direct experience and/or broad knowledge of themes relevant to conflict-affected or post-conflict countries;
Strong knowledge of CCCM and ideally knowledge of mobile, urban and/or area based CCCM approaches
Ability to work effectively as an integral part of multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team and to work with a wide range of counterparts, and other partners;
Proven coordination skills wand experience engaging with clusters.
Proven experience of preparing project proposals and log frames for CCCM projects for donors;
Experience with different donors i.e. EC, BPRM, UNHCR, ECHO, OFDA, FAO, CHF and DANIDA preferred;
Understanding of and experience in engaging the cluster system in IDP camps;
Experience of information management, information visualisation and/or mapping desirable
Ability for rapid analysis of very complex issues, strong decision-making, and translation of programmatic learning and priorities into operational strategies;
Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication and ease in managing a multi-ethnic team;
Good team leadership and conflict resolution skills, consensus team building, and adaptability;
Proficiency in reading, writing and understanding in English is essential
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.
Conditions
Duty Station: Juba, with frequent field travel.
Reporting : Deputy Country Director
Contract: 1 year contract dependent on both funding and performance.
Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates (available at www.drc.dk under Vacancies).
This position is graded as A13.
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies.
For more information and job application details, see; Danish Refugee Council Camp Coordination and Camp Management Coordinator Jobs in South Sudan
Please forward the application and CV, in English through the online application on www.drc.dk under vacancies no later than 19 November, 2018.
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk
