Camp Coordination and Camp Management – Community Engagement

Contract

This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.

Duty Station [Khokha -Yemen]

Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. Using a protection of human rights framework, DRC has mainly focused on Somalis who are displaced by conflict. Programmers include protection, livelihood, food and NFI distribution, water and sanitation, and advocacy amongst others. DRC Yemen has been providing relief and development services in Yemen since 2008. DRC has mainly focused on refugees and migrants displaced by conflict and natural disasters.

DRC, through its specialized business unit, Danish Demining Group (DDG) aims to recreate a safe environment where people can live without the threat of landmines, unexploded ordinances and small arms and light weapons”. These goals can be effectively advanced through cooperation and joint action with other organization as well as with integration of operations and programs with its sister organization, DRC.

About the job:

Overall purpose of the role:

The Camp Management Assistant is responsible for building relationships with beneficiaries, information management, local level capacity building, facilitating meetings, and assisting other DRC field teams with project implementation. This is a field-based position and may require spending extended periods of time in the field.

Responsibilities:

Communication with Communities: CWC:

• Conduct visits to the field to create linkages with other actors in the site to ensure all site residents are informed about services and information is shared across the different community groups.
• Identify various topics for mass information campaigns and support the designing of the information products.
• Conduct regular awareness sessions with keeping the record as per the Means of verification (MoU) outlined in the project.
• Support Complaints Feedback mechanism to ensure accountability to affected population.
• Establish, maintain, and actively utilize networks of key informants at IDP sites.
• Ensure regular updating of the existing Notice boards in consultation with the community communities.

Liaison & coordination

• Represent DRC with communities, local authorities, site partners, and other stakeholders.
• Build and maintain mutually respectful relationships with site management, service providers, local authorities, IDP community members as well as host community members.
• Foster collaborative relationships with local authorities at site level to facilitate implementation of activities.
• Assess existing formal and informal community structures and create linkages with the community committee members.

Site management

• Establish & train representative and inclusive community-based site management committees at sites.
• Monitor sites to identify needs, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites.
• Plan, support, and organize social cohesion building activities at IDP sites.
• Establish Referral Mechanism in the sites.
• Support implementation of community led projects including idea brainstorming, finalizing small projects in coordination with the CCCM manager, monitoring progress and impact of the implementation.

Capacity building

• Support the Camp Management team in organizing capacity building trainings for community committee members
• Train site committees in site monitoring and site management
• Actively participate in development and implementation of protection and gender mainstreaming

Information management

• Regular analysis of new arrivals in the sites
• Support in the timely registration of IDPs, including identification of protection related needs.
• Provide information for database of service and needs related information for each site.
• Support inputs for cluster led monthly site monitoring tools.

Other duties

• Assist other DRC teams with conducting assessments, distributions, and sectorial activities.
• Support the team to prioritize site infrastructure work including taking lead in needs assessment through the engagement of community, monitoring progress, regular following up.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Camp management manager in order to advance DRC's interventions.

About you

To be successful in this role you must have:

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum two years of work experience in the CCCM sector
• Excellent skills in establishing, building, and negotiating relationships and social networks.
• Excellent ability to understand the needs of displaced persons.
• Basic conceptual understanding of gender, protection, and human rights
• Good representation, negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Strong team spirit and ability to work comfortably in multi-cultural contexts.
• Experience with using basic software, such as MS Word and Excel
• Ability to write daily/weekly reports.
• Ability to spend extended periods of time in field conditions.
• Ability to come up with innovative solutions to unexpected and challenging problems.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.

• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.

• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.

• Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required qualifications:

Education :

• University Degree in areas relevant to, Community Organizations, Education, Humanitarian Work, and Humanitarian Protection.

Languages:

• Professional fluency in spoken and written Arabic, and fluency in English at moderate level is desirable.

We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a contract until April 2024, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work As soon as possible, and be willing and able to work in Khokha.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment. This position will be placed at Band (I Non- Manager) and will be reporting to CCCM Manager.

Application process

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or the link below. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

Females are encouraged to apply for this position.

Applications close 17 October 2023. The interviews are expected to take place**, in two weeks after advertisement**** **closing date.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please check Need Support?

Need further information?

For more details on this position, please contact [email protected].

Please note that applications sent directly to [[email protected]] will not be considered.

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