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• Under the supervision of the Area/Program
  Manager, coordinate with stakeholders, all DRC livelihood/gender related
  linkages representing the organization within its internal
  guidelines/standards and those of donors/partners in the districts of
  jurisdiction.
• Attend and represent the interests of DRC
  in all Livelihood/Gender related meetings with the District Local
  Governments, lower local governments, and other stakeholders
• Actively coordinate within the
  jurisdiction of your responsibility
• Contribute and actively participate in
  internal and sector coordination meetings

• Contribute to concept and proposal
  development in the livelihood/gender thematic areas
• Contribute to the gap analysis in the
  areas of Livelihoods and contribute in the development of new thematic
  areas according to analysis
• Responsible for day to day activity
  implementation through efficient and effective ways
• Contribute to the design of capacity
  building syllabi and materials and effectively implement the trainings at
  all levels
• Manage the day-to-day livelihood
  activities, including activity finances while bearing in mind DRC’s/Donor
  financial regulations.
• Monitor and document DRC’s livelihood
  activities, ensuring all processes, results and lessons learnt are
  documented and shared within the sector and with Management
• Prepare/contribute to weekly, monthly,
  quarterly, annual, donor and other reports in the area of livelihoods

• Supervise and mentor Livelihood / Gender
  Assistants in the district of jurisdiction, providing hands-on and real
  time training to ensure growth and development in performance of the
  Assistants
• Uphold DRC’s code of conduct and
  principles of accountability. Provide technical and informed programmatic
  leadership for the livelihood staff members and community based mechanisms
  in Kiryandongo operational area as needed.
• Develop staff performance measurement and
  targets for staff under direct supervision and appraise them based on the
  set targets.
• Conduct daily field visits to support
  field staffs – mentoring – through technical back stopping and to train
  duty bearers

• Keenly monitor financial commitments and
  expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow
  ups.
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics
  and movements of staff from and to different activity locations.
• Initiate procurements and ensure their
  timely execution
• Ensure the delivery of supplies in the
  right quantity and quality
• Actively contribute to grants management
  of all livelihood / Gender projects through management of day to day
  project expenditures with strict adherence to internal finance policies
  and donor guidelines

• The
  ideal candidate for the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Livelihood and
  Gender Officer job placement must
  hold a Bachelor’s Degree
• Four
  years of experience working with community development and
  livelihoods, preferably in a refugee setting
• Ability to speak local languages
• Proven experience managing community
  dialogues and working directly with beneficiaries
• Previous experience working with or
  implementing UNHCR projects

• A
  cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the
  position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria
• Concise
  and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about
  your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact
  details of 3 relevant references.

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