Данська Рада у справах біженців оголошує конкурс на заміщення вакансії Livelihoods Junior Officer. Дедлайн - 28 серпня 2017 р. (далі - англ.).

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Livelihoods Junior Officer for a 2-years comprehensive livelihoods programme.

About the job

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Ukraine DRC operates since 2007. From 2015 on, DRC successfully implements livelihoods programmes aimed to provide IDPs and conflict-affected population with income-earning opportunities thus strengthening their resilience.

 As the Livelihoods Junior Officer you will be responsible for supporting implementation of the micro-business grants and vocational education training (VET) components of the project in Donetsk Oblast, as well as support job creation component and monitoring/evaluation process, under the supervision of National Project Manager. The Livelihoods Junior Officer will be directly engaged in implementation of the income generation and vocational education activities, including including selection of the micro-business grants beneficiaries, feasibility assessments of the proposed business ideas, disbursement, monitoring and follow-up of the business grants, identification of the training needs of applicants for vocational education, selection of VET requests for funding, and evaluation of the economic impact of all the funded initiatives. Also you will actively participate in the various activities of job creation component and be engaged in the project monitoring/evaluation work. You should at the same time promote DRC’s values through various entry points in the project and preserve staff moral and enthusiasm for the project work.

 Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Under the supervision of National Project Manager, implement the micro-business grants and vocational education training components of the project in Donetsk Oblast, support job creation component and actively participate in monitoring/evaluation process;
• Participate in identification process of the programme beneficiaries;
• Support in information dissemination and outreach activities to ensure active participation of the beneficiaries in the programme;
• Participate in the selection process of the business ideas and provide feasibility assessments as required;
• Identify the training needs of the beneficiaries and engage in capacity building interventions to enhance technical skills of the programme beneficiaries;
• Undertake regular monitoring of the funded business ideas and VET activities, provide ongoing support to the programme beneficiaries;
• Support job creation component activities, including participation in the selection process, working with project documentation, monitoring, etc;
• Organize filing system for the livelihoods support activities and ensure supporting documentation is in place;
• Back-up Employment Creation Officer,  Livelihoods Business Monitors, Livelihoods Legal Assistants of the project when necessary;
• Cooperate with UN agencies, INGO’s and national NGO’s as needed;
• Liaise with local authorities as necessary;
• Maintain good working relations within DRC and other organizations in the area of responsibility;
• Understand, and ensure the observance of the DRC Code of Conduct;
• Perform other tasks as requested by DRC management.

 About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to be reliable, rigorous and well organized, committed to professional development, able and willing to learn and extend scope of work and to organize prioritization and planning, possess excellent inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills. All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

 Required

• Advanced university degree in economics, public/business administration, or other related field;
• At least 5 years of overall working experience, preferrably related to grants/microfinance/VET;
• Good knowledge of livelihoods interventions in Ukrainian context, understanding of possible durable solutions for conflict-affected population;
• Practical understanding of the needs and concerns of micro-business sector;
• Good communication, presentation and reporting skills;
• Full working proficiency in both oral and written English, Ukrainian and Russian (equally important);
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

 Desirable

• Experience in working with IDPs and conflict-affected population;
• Capacity to manage stress and flexibility for long working hours;
• Ability to take initiatives and work without constant supervision;
• Motivated and dedicated to his/her job;
• Small business / micro-finance qualification will be an advantage.

We offer

Contract length: 22 months

Level: C (National scale)

Start date: 01 September 2017

 The application is open for Ukraine citizens only. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact Ms. Anna Radchenko [email protected] .

 Application process

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

 ATTENTION: Though external and internal candidates are equally encouraged to apply for this position, in case of equal level of qualifications and interview performance the preference will be given to an internal candidate. Closing date for applications: 28 August 2017. Due to the urgent nature of this recruitment, DRC reserves the right to interview candidates on rolling basis, so the candidate might be selected before the closing date.

 If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.