Refugee Response Coordinator

Do you have a successful track record in programme management experience? And are you ready to pursue an exiting career opportunity to join a progressive organization in one of the world's most complex humanitarian and emergency operations?

Then you may be our new colleague; Danish Refugee Council is looking for a Refugee Response Coordinator who will be overall responsible for implementation and quality assurance of the refugee response programme.

About the job
The Refugee Response Coordinator reports to the Head of Programme, and line manages Team Leaders in three field locations. The Refugee Response Coordinator manages the Refugee Programme, providing technical and management support to the Team Leaders in
three locations.
He/she is drives the necessary support provision in Juba to the programme with strong coordination with the Logistic, HR/Admin and Finance Coordinators. The Coordinator guides strategy and proposal development, and ensures compliance with DRC and donor policies
and procedures. The Coordinator will work closely with the Head of Programme, the Technical Coordinators and M&E Coordinator to ensure that all activities in the field locations.
The Coordinator is responsible for are being appropriately monitored and evaluated. He/sheattends coordination and other meetings relevant to the emergency programme, advocates and represents the organization in various for forums.

Duties and Responsibilities
Reports to: Head of Programme South Sudan.
Main Functional links: Technical Coordinators (Protection, CCCM, Shelter/NFI, FSL) and M&E
Coordinator AND Support Coordinators (Logistics, Finance, HR/Admin), IDP Response
Coordinator, DDG Head of Programme.
Line manages: Team Leader of the Refugee Response (Maban, Ajung Tok, Aweil – programme for Returnees.)

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure coordination, quality and relevance, compliance and accountability of DRC’s refugee response activities in South Sudan;
• Consolidate the development and oversee the roll out of DRC’s strategy in each project site;
• Oversee implementation of emergency activities and ensure that objectives and results are timely and qualitatively met;
• Lead the development of proposals to secure follow on or expansion funding for the refugee program as per identified needs;
• Ensure high quality and timely reports for DRC, partners and donors within agreed deadlines with the support of the Grant Manager;
• Coordinates with the Support Coordinators (Logistics, Finance, HR/Admin) to ensure appropriate support and resources are made available to the field teams, including capacity building;
• Coordinates with the Technical Coordinators (Protection, CCCM, Shelter/NFI, FSL) and M&E Coordinator to ensure appropriate support and technical resources are made available to the field teams, including capacity building;
• Coordinates with DDG Head of Programme to identify possible synergies and support and opportunities for joint programming;
• Support Team Leaders to develop work plans and monitoring tools as appropriate, and make regular monitoring visits to project sites;
• Monitor financial planning and expenditures allocated to emergency response programme, including needed amendments/revisions;
• Ensure information sharing across project sites, and standardization of approaches, as appropriate;
• Assist in recruiting, coaching and evaluating staff;
• Coordinate with national, local and international actors and participate in sectoal meetings, working groups and other meetings and forums as needed;
• Represent DRC with relevant donors and local actors, in coordination with the Head of Programme and Country Director;
• Stay up to date with donor strategies and practices within South Sudan.About you
  To be successful in this role you must have:
• At least 8 years’ proven and successful track record of management experience. Preferably this includes a minimum of 6 years professional humanitarian field work experience.
• Experience of managing multi-million dollar programmes and budgets across a complex portfolio of projects and sites
• Experience of overseeing teams of expatriate and national staff, strong human resource management skills, interpersonal skills and cross-cultural communication.
• Experience of representing an organization to donors, partners, stakeholders.
• Direct experience and/or broad knowledge of themes relevant to refugee response, preferably in a conflict or post conflict environment, understanding and experience in camp settings a plus.
• Experience with budget management, navigating financial systems and payments, and contracts management.
• Experience of using, adapting and disseminating project management tools such as work plans, budget forecasts, procurement plans and indicator tracking.
• Experience of preparing/reviewing for submission donor reports and proposals.
• Post-graduate degree in Political/Social Sciences, Management, Economics, International Development or equivalent.
• Prior experience in South Sudan a plus.

We offer
DRC will offer the successful applicant a one-year contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk under
Vacancies. This position will be placed at level A9.

Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. CV only applications will not be considered. Applications sent to DRC staff will not be
considered.
Applications close on August 30th, 2015 If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk.
Need further information?
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.

HOW TO APPLY:

Apply here