Danish Refugee Council Jobs vacancy
Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council new Jobs vacancy 2024 The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Danish Refugee Council new Jobs an transnationalnon-governmental association (NGO), has been furnishing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports results to the problems faced by deportees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and settlers. DRC Ethiopia began operations in 2009 and has been responding to the requirements of refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable host communities ever ago. DRC Ethiopia presently has programs enforced through five area services (AO) in Gambella, Tigray, Somali (Jijiga & Dollo Ado) and Hence regions, as well as its country office (CO) in Addis Ababa.
Position 1: HINGO Engagement fellow
Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Employment Category G1
Salary Organizational Salary scale
Reporting To Ethiopia HINGO Group Director
Contract Duration 12 months
Posting date October 14, 2024
Required Hand 1
OVERALL propose OF THE ROLE
The HINGO Group is an informal gathering of more than 80 International NGOs legally registered and operating in Ethiopia. Its role is to foster coordination and peer support, but to also support a more effective and principled humanitarian response in the country. Through DRC as hosting agency, the HINGO Group is retaining a highly qualified Engagement Manager who'll be responsible for providing overall leadership, coordination, and strategic direction to the HINGO Forum’s engagement and communications work in Ethiopia. She/ He also is in charge of gathering data and trends to support evidence- based collaborative dispatches and advocacy efforts. Under the supervision of the HINGO Forum director, the HINGO Engagement Manager will be responsible for engaging crucial stakeholders in enterprise to impact in support of NGOs’ access and operations in Ethiopia, as well as the development of crucial positions and messaging around material issues to advance the HINGO Forum’s priorities. She/ He'll also coordinate efforts on communications of the HINGO Forum and its members.
Geographic scope Country (Ethiopia)
This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to HINGO Group and 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 part provides support and/ or specialized guidance to HINGO members operations while overseeing HINGO Group country activities.
Responsibilities and tasks
Engagement
- Lead on the development, update and implementation of the Ethiopia HINGO Forum advocacy strategy
- Work closely with ECSOC on the development of external engagement targeting authorities and government institutions
- Develop and update talking points, top- line messages, and advocacy asks for the HINGO Forum
- Coordinate policy responses and development regarding public policy frameworks and practices, UN coordination, funding, and security enterprises that have an impact on INGOs and their access to beneficiary population
- Suggest crucial advocacy opportunities and targets at public and regional levels and develop an advocacy engagement plan
- Draft and support the creation of advocacy products as outlined in the advocacy strategy for use at the country, indigenous and transnational levels
- Support the HINGO Group Director and HINGO Steering Committee to articulate priority advocacy objectives and develop collaborative advocacy strategies, as well as developing messaging on crucial issues within clusters, working groups, and area specific forums
- Develop and sustain relationships with crucial stakeholders in Ethiopia to contribute to the HINGO Forum’s advocacy initiatives.
- Support ongoing HINGO members and stakeholder mapping to inform implementation of an effective advocacy strategy
- Ensure that all advocacy messages, documents and strategies are evidence- based, drawn from members experience, of high quality and effective
Communications
- Lead on the development and implementation of the HINGO Forum’s communications strategy
- Work nearly with ECSOC and HINGO members on Communication and campaigns to improve the visibility and understanding of the work of NGOs and CSOs in Ethiopia and increase original acceptance.
- Produce high- quality content to support positive communication on HINGO members’ activities and engagement in Ethiopia, including communication and advocacy accoutrements , and visual materials for use by HINGO members
- Coordinate with public, indigenous, and HINGO members’ HQ offices on effective communications strategies and messaging
- Regularly visit HINGO members’ projects in the field to ensure a direct link between program work and communication, and identify and generate media and communication, as well as effective case studies, quotes, photographs, and videos
Establish and maintain network
- Maintain a contact list of applicable stakeholders and access influencers.
- Maintain logs of all incidents affecting NGOs operating in Ethiopia and analyze their contributing factors and impact. Verify access and security incidents together with partners and UN agencies.
- Develop a network of original contacts among crucial stakeholders, including authorities and the philanthropic community to identify, monitor and analyze crucial access constraints in collaboration with the HINGO Security and Safety Working Group and UN agencies.
- Establish and maintain connection with the embassies and donors and share access and security challenges.
- Establish and maintain contact with all philanthropic actors in the area of responsibility and serve as an information channel and advocate for their issues with applicable organizations.
Strategy and Representation
- Support management to articulate precedence advocacy and communications objects and develop programme-specific strategies
- Ensure HINGO members are in line with the Ethiopia HINGO Forum’s advocacy and communications strategies and understand and promote collectively- developed asks
- Liaise with crucial Government, UN, NGO, and politic missions in Ethiopia to ensure up- to- date information on hu,anitarian situation and response, as well as policy developments
- Represent the HINGO Forum and its members in advocacy- related forum
Information Management
- Create and organize surveys and tools to gather data and trends from HINGO members to inform substantiation- driven dispatches and engagement
- Keep, manage and update the HINGO members’ mapping and facilitate its periodic mandatory update. Coordinate with specialized partners to ensure the systems runs well and issues are delt with in a timely manner As Coordinator thepost-holder is responsible for the following
- Responsible for coordinating strategy and operations within a specific discipline in a region or country
- Usually has specialized line responsibilities within a given discipline, for both strategy and operations
- Provides expert advice and support to set strategy and assure functional quality and compliance
All DRC roles require thepost-holder to master
DRC’s core competencies
- Striving for excellence You focus on reaching results while ensuring an effective process.
- Collaborating You involve applicable parties and encourage feedback.
- Taking the lead You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating You listen and speak effectively and actually.
Demonstrating integrity You act in line with our vision and values.
Experience and specialized competencies (include years of experience)
- At least 3- 5 years of work experience of humanitarian experience, including experience working in coordination, advocacy and/ or communication on humanitarian issues, refugee rights, human rights, and/ or development issues
- Strong understanding of the political system and context in Ethiopia and/ or the Horn of Africa region, including familiarity with crucial stakeholders from government, UN, NGOs, Civil Society
- Demonstrated experience using communication tools and technologies to engage and influence stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience using surveys, data gathering and information management for engagement and influence of crucial stakeholders
- Proven experience crafting messages in colorful formats( articles, press releases, websites, photos, success stories, blog entries, tweets, etc.) targeting a variety of audiences
- Exceptional, proven writing and editing skills (English) and the ability to summarize and repackage specialized information in clear, compelling language
- Excellent verbal and spoken communication skills, with an ability to engage with different audiences
- Strong literacy in Microsoft packages with knowledge of Adobe products is a distinct advantage
- Full professional proficiency in English (written and orally)
- Full professional proficiency in Amharic (oral), knowledge of other Ethiopian indigenous languages would be a plus.
EDUCATION (include certificates, licenses, etc.)
Master’s degree in International Law, Human Rights, political science, peace & conflict studies, history, or disaster management or any other applicable field. A lower degree may be considered with significant fresh work experience in the applicable field.
LANGUAGE (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and spoken English and Amharic
HOW TO APPLY
- Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they're suited for the post.
- We only accept applications sent via our online- application form on www. Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than October 27, 2024.
- We strongly encourage women candidates to apply for the position!
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationForm/SinglePageApplicationForm.aspx?cid=1036&departmentId=19012&ProjectId=172277
- Gender Equality DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gendergap.
- Equal Opportunities DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment based on collective respect for all employees. We do n't discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnical origin, colour, race, connubial status, or other protected characteristics We encourage only good Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.
Position 2: Budgeting and Reporting fellow
Location Addis Ababa Employment Category G1
Salary Range As per the organization salary scale Reporting To Finance Manager
Contract Duration 1 Year
Posting date October 7, 2024
Required Employee 1
- Experience and specialized competencies( include years of experience)
- Minimum 5 years proven progressive experience in finance related positions
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working for INGOs
- Proven experience in working with fiscal management of systems funded by humanitarian donors
- Solid knowledge and understanding of financial compliance and procedures
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Excellent skills in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, Power Point);
EDUCATION (include certificates, licenses, etc.)
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
LANGUAGE (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and spoken English.
Knowledge of Amharic an added advantage.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they're suited for the post.
Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on Budgeting and Reporting Coordinator – Application Form (hr-manager.net)
