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Economic Recovery Coordinator (Expat)

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Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Economic Recovery Coordinator.

About the Job
DRC in Turkey seeks a skilled and experienced technical coordinator who will have a country focus and will provide technical guidance on livelihoods and economic recovery assistance to the Turkey country operation while overseeing country activities. The Economic Recovery Coordinator will guide DRC’s strategic positioning, technical quality management and capacity building, and oversight of the implementation of economic recovery programmes. S/he will ensure the programme is delivered to a standard of high quality in line with DRC’s and international standards. S/he will ensure good coordination with other actors in the sector and proactively build linkages between DRC’s programmatic sector teams. Building impactful public and private partnerships at the country level plays a key part of the role.
This role has a country focus and ensures compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country activities. Coordinator is expected to frequently travel to field locations to support implementing teams, on average 40% of their time.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Programme Design and Partnerships
  • Lead on the technical design of proposals and concept notes on livelihoods and to a smaller extent basic needs assistance using cash and voucher modalities, including conducting design workshops and writing technical narratives
  • Support identification, assessment, and development of strategic partnerships with local and national civil society, private sector entities, and government institutions on livelihoods
  • Collaborate with partners to leverage respective strengths and develop shared value programming
  • In collaboration with the Protection Coordinator, design integrated programme approaches that address protection needs and socio-economic vulnerabilities of affected population
Technical Support
  • Provide technical guidance and support to programme staff on livelihoods activities and to a lesser extent, basic needs
  • Spearhead the revision, maintenance, and rollout of DRC’s Turkey Economic Recovery Strategy and contribute to a country-level strategy, taking into account DRC and inter-agency standards and best practices. Ensure all team members and programme initiatives align with the strategy.
  • Lead revision or development of, and ensure the effective implementation of, DRC’s approaches and standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to livelihoods activities, including to a smaller extent basic assistance
  • Identify research and evidence gaps needed to inform programme design and quality
  • Ensure risk assessments and mitigation measures related to livelihoods and basic assistance programming are completed
  • Provide technical oversight of programme activities implemented by DRC and partners, including conducting spot checks and participating in review meetings
  • Support start-up of new livelihoods programmes
  • Support recruitment of livelihoods staff as required
  • Support with SOPs for cash as modality across sectors
 Programme Quality, Reporting, and Learning
  • Provide technical inputs to and quality assurance of donor reports in coordination with the Grants team
  • Review partners’ reports and provide technical feedback
  • Ensure strong information management and use of databases for information management and reporting
  • Support accountability to affected populations and roll out of accountability improvement plan in area of livelihoods and basic assistance
  • Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) teams to develop and implement ethical and safe monitoring and evaluation tools and mechanisms, including qualitative data collection and analysis
  • Analyze monitoring and evaluation results, capture best practices and lessons learned, and use them to enhance programme quality, effectiveness, and efficiency
 Management & Capacity Building
  • Technical management of economic recovery programme managers and team leaders
  • Line management and capacity building of market technical unit team, ensuring information flows between national and field levels
  • Conduct regular capacity assessments of DRC and partner staff in areas of livelihoods and basic assistance and provide training and mentoring based on identified gaps
  • Enable an effective team through result-oriented management systems, providing leadership and designing staff development strategies
  • Closely coordinate with the Head of Programme, Area Managers, and Protection Coordinator and ensure regular information flows regarding programme implementation and quality control
  • Encourage a positive, innovative, and mutually supportive team spirit amongst the livelihood team
External Representation & Coordination
  • Represent DRC at national working groups and core groups on livelihoods, and other fora as required
  • Support in strengthening the liaison with key stakeholders in the livelihoods sector
  • Support in harmonisation of approaches in livelihoods programming across field sites, in line with Regional and Global DRC strategy and SOPs
  • Provide briefings for donors and stakeholders as needed
 About you
To be successful in this role, you must have:
• Master's degree in development studies or other relevant field
Moreover, we also expect the following:
Required experience and qualifications
  • Experience working with employability promotion programmes, labour market studies, entrepreneurship, and business development is fundamental
  • Minimum 6 years of experience with international humanitarian and/or development organizations, including significant experience working in contexts of displacement
  • Proven experience leading large-scale programme development and proposal writing
  • Minimum 5 years of proven excellent skills in livelihoods technical management and capacity building of organization staff and partners
  • Experience in collaborating with local and international partners, local/government authorities, and private sector actors
  • Experience with capacity building of local civil society a strong plus factor
  • Experience in Turkey and/or the Middle East is advantageous
  • Understanding of humanitarian protection activities and prior experience collaborating with protection teams on integrated programmes a plus
  • Excellent problem-solving and creative thinking skills and ability to innovate
  • Excellent speaking, writing, and comprehension skills in English required. Arabic and/or Turkish desired.
  • Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to represent DRC effectively and professionally with donors, partners, and stakeholders
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s 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
We offer
Contract length: 12 months (renewable dependent on both funding and performance)
Employment Band: G  Non - Manager
Designation of Duty Station: Hatay- Country Office
Start date: 01.10.2020
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates.
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.
Closing date for applications: 06.09.2020

DRC as an employer
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees in 40 countries.
We pride ourselves on our:
• Professionalism, impact & expertise
• Humanitarian approach & the work we do
• Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
• Culture, values & strong leadership
• Fair compensation & continuous development

Read more here about what our employees say about working in DRC.
DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process. Visit drc.ngo to read more about what we do to secure robust safeguarding mechanisms.

DRC as an employer
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees in 40 countries. We pride ourselves on our:
  • Professionalism, impact & expertise
  • Humanitarian approach & the work we do
  • Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
  • Culture, values & strong leadership
  • Fair compensation & continuous development

Read more here about what our employees say about working in DRC.

DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process. Visit link to read more about what we do to secure robust safeguarding mechanisms.
 


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