Humanitarian Mine Action Officer ( Capacity Development Project Officer )
Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Project Officer to lead the capacity development efforts in its Humanitarian Mine Aciton projects.
DRC selects the best qualified candidate for any role, based on pre-defined criteria, such as competencies, qualifications and values. We strive for diversity and inclusion in all our recruitments, by selecting the best suited candidate based on the requirements for the job without discriminating against age, gender, ethnicity, religion, marital status, those with a disability or similar.
About the job
Known as Danish Demining Group (DDG), the Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (HDP) is the branch of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) that focuses on humanitarian peace building and disarmament programming. DRC-DDG has been present in Libya since 2011 and started operations in Tripoli in 2022, striving to increase safety and protection levels among communities who reside in some of the most contaminated areas with explosive hazards, by reducing and removing the contamination threat and by providing explosive ordnance risk education awareness sessions to those most at-risk. The Project Officer- HMA Capacity Development (PO) will play an integral role in the partnership definition and capacity development of DRC-DDG humanitarian mine action (HMA) national partner in Libya. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
- Support the capacity building assessment and liaison with the partner/s and coordinate on teh development plans definiation.
- Coordinate between DRC-DDG teams in ensuring an effective partner engagement
- Ensure regular communication and visits to the partner teams and operations
- Ensure all the partnership grant documents are of high quality, finalized and properly filed
- Lead the partnership related reporting and review processes, including the filing of all relevant files
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to demonstrate ecellent coordination and communication skills, being able to develop capacity building assessment and development plans in support of local actors contributing to saving lifes in Libya. Moreover, we also expect the following:
Required
- Minimum 3 years of NGO experience in a programmatic capacity involved in the development and delivering of humanitarian activities in particular for HMA programmes
- At least 2 years of experience working in partnership with and building the capacity of local civil society organizations; and strong understanding of the civil society, national and local partnership operating environment in Libya.
- Experience in faciliating and delivering targeted and high-quality technical training and capacity building, including in settings with remote technical management.
- Ability to act as a focal point, working across multiple teams
- Excellent oral, written and communication skills (Arabic and English).
Desirable
- Good programme management skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent and consistent content (proposals, budgets, logframes, reports)
- Experience in establishing and maintaining good working relationships in a diverse and multi-disciplinary environment
- Sound IT skills, Microsoft Word, Excel etc
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core 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 uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
We offer
Contract length: 12 months
Band: H
Designation of Duty Station: Unaccompanied.
Start date: ASAP
Closing date for applications: November 6th, 2022
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.
How to apply
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