Area Support Services Manager

Contract

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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate is to promote and protect durable solutions to conflict and displacement affected populations on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights.

DRC is currently looking for Area Support Services Manager to join our team in Chernihiv.

Overall purpose of the role The Area Support Services Manager provides coordinated and strategic leadership for all support functions and ensures the smooth running of all support functions in an area to meet the programme needs in line with the DRC Operations Handbook.

Geographic scope: Area North This role has an area focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the area. The role contributes to the development of area strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to Area and Base operations.

Main responsibilities

Planning and strategy: • Ensure that annual planning for support services is done and regular targets are met and that these are linked to the coordination unit for country-wide consistency • Ensure that project planning includes relevant support service requirements (such as lead times and appropriate budgets) • Ensure that resource mobilisation is realistic and meets the needs of support functions, by using the operations budget to input to donor proposals • Ensure that support services are fit for purpose to meet programme needs • Be the focal point for the compliance self-check, risk register, internal audit and results contract

HR support • Ensure that monthly reports and produced and that targets are met by the department, while being a link to the HR coordination unit • Ensure that quarterly tasks are completed on time (such as staff induction, Code of Conduct training and leave planning) • Ensure that annual HR tasks are completed as per the Operations Handbook (e.g., Performance & Development Reviews) • Streamline HR responses across departments (e.g., support on organogram development) • Ensure the HR team fulfils daily tasks, such as recruitment, contract renewal/ amendments, timesheet submission and leave tracking

Administration support • Be the focal point for key administrative tasks, such as registration for the coordination unit • Oversee the team to ensure follow up on routine tasks are carried out (guesthouse supplies, visa applications, phone credit purchase, utilities bill payments, rental and lease agreements)

Logistics and procurement support • Ensure procurement procedures are followed while being the focal point for tenders together with the coordination unit (including being a chairman for most major tenders) • Closely follow department KPIs and ensure that monthly report submissions are timely and of high quality • Be a focal point and decision maker for fleet movement cancellations in line with LPM advice • Work with the LPM to ensure each of the sub departments (procurement, fleet, assets, warehouse and IT) have targets and are meeting them, in line with Operation Handbook procedures

Finance • Primary budget holder for all support service lines and secondary budget holder for all support service lines • Responsible for budget monitoring and forecasting for support service budgets • Work with senior managers to budget monitor all grants • Ensure that key annual finance tasks are completed (such as the annual reports) • Work with finance to ensure programme teams clearly understand compliance requirements • Ensure that monthly finance tasks are completed (payroll, SOS, PIT, cashbooks and cash forecasts) and in line with Operations Handbook procedures.

As Manager the post-holder is responsible for the following: • Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility • Accountable for making significant decisions on what the unit does: its purpose, functions and role, and for making commitments and decisions that require the expenditure of significant unit resources. • Accountable for people management of direct reports. This includes hiring & firing, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc. • Accountable for making sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards, and the advice of technical experts in DRC

Roles reporting to this position: Support Services Area Teams Reports to: Direct Line Manager: Area Manager North, Technical Line Manager: Head of Support Services

We offer: Employment band: F – Manager Length of Contract – 12 months Start Date – May 2023 Duty Station: Chernihiv

Required experience and competencies • At least 3 years' experience in similar role • At least 5 years' experience with people management • Knowledge of project cycle management • Knowledge of supply chain management and procurement processes • Knowledge of budget cycle and monitoring processes • Knowledge of code of conduct principles and the HR systems for performance management • Knowledge of key donor policy and compliance procedures • Full professional proficiency in English

Required education Master's degree in relevant area

APPLICATION PROCESS

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

Only candidates who possess the right to work in Ukraine will be considered.

Closing date for applications: 3rd May, 2023

The screening process for this position is on rolling basis, so early submission of applications is encouraged. DRC remains a right to close the vacancy once a suitable candidate is identified.

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