Danish Refugee Council is a non-governmental and international organization founded in 1956. The headquarter of the organization is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The main purpose of the DRC is to provide humanitarian assistance to the people affected by conflict and civil war also refugees and internally displaced people. Now, DRC is looking for a Protection Manager to work in Hatay, Turkey, application deadline is 8 January 2015.
Who are we?
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 1956, that works in more than 35 countries around the world. DRC has been operating in Turkey since early 2013, working with by and large with non-camp Syrian refugees and affected host communities. DRC is committed to basic humanitarian principles; including impartiality and neutrality, and offers the highest standards of accountability to the people it serves.
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 1956, that works in more than 35 countries around the world. DRC has been operating in Turkey since early 2013, working with by and large with non-camp Syrian refugees and affected host communities. DRC is committed to basic humanitarian principles; including impartiality and neutrality, and offers the highest standards of accountability to the people it serves.
The overall objective for DRC in Turkey is the protection and promotion of durable solutions to displacement affected populations on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights with more immediate objectives focusing both on the immediate subsistence needs, protection and self-reliance support as well as a more long term focus on capacity building. In Turkey, DRC works partially through partners, also providing intensive capacity building support, while also conducting direct implementation.
About the job
DRC is currently seeking funds from UNHCR to launch a 1 year protection project to enhance the protection capacities within already existing DRC/DRC supported community centres, through enhanced information and counselling possibilities. Additionally, the proposed project also aims at broadening the capacity for awareness raising in communities surrounding the centres. As the project intends to work with the already existing centres, the position would provide technical and managerial oversight in both areas (Hatay and Sanliurfa). In Hatay, DRC will be directly implementation, in Sanliurfa, implementation will be through a national partner.
DRC is currently seeking funds from UNHCR to launch a 1 year protection project to enhance the protection capacities within already existing DRC/DRC supported community centres, through enhanced information and counselling possibilities. Additionally, the proposed project also aims at broadening the capacity for awareness raising in communities surrounding the centres. As the project intends to work with the already existing centres, the position would provide technical and managerial oversight in both areas (Hatay and Sanliurfa). In Hatay, DRC will be directly implementation, in Sanliurfa, implementation will be through a national partner.
Duties and Responsibilities:
DRC Turkey is looking for a Protection Project Manager to manage the project in the two provinces whose responsibilities are outlined below:
DRC Turkey is looking for a Protection Project Manager to manage the project in the two provinces whose responsibilities are outlined below:
Representation
• Represent DRC on protection issues before relevant donors;
• Represent DRC in the protection working and sub working groups and interagency planning workshops;
• Liaise with local authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure complementarity and smooth implementation of project.
General Programming & operations
• Ensure qualitative and timely implementation of projects activities as agreed with donor;
• Supervise and oversee all activities related to project;
• Report weekly, monthly and quarterly on ongoing achievement and challenges related to the project;
• Participate in developing DRC Turkey strategy by feeding in input from field;
• Ensure common field implementation approach;
• Facilitate and coordinate activities within the team and with other DRC’s departments.
• Represent DRC on protection issues before relevant donors;
• Represent DRC in the protection working and sub working groups and interagency planning workshops;
• Liaise with local authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure complementarity and smooth implementation of project.
General Programming & operations
• Ensure qualitative and timely implementation of projects activities as agreed with donor;
• Supervise and oversee all activities related to project;
• Report weekly, monthly and quarterly on ongoing achievement and challenges related to the project;
• Participate in developing DRC Turkey strategy by feeding in input from field;
• Ensure common field implementation approach;
• Facilitate and coordinate activities within the team and with other DRC’s departments.
Capacity Building
• Train protection staff, including providing training to volunteers in general protection concepts, practices and minimum standards including child protection and sexual and gender based violence (SGBV).
• Monitor, coach and mentor protection staff. Provide on the job training as much as required and adapt trainings/coaching to specific staff needs.
• Help guide protection staff in how to work with capacity building of volunteers, including on culturally sensitive topics/
• Support protection staff on management of volunteers.
Technical supervision
• Finalize guidelines and standard operational protocols for assistance;
• Lead the process of quality assurance of awareness raising sessions.
• Help develop and support referral mechanisms in each location (both internal and external).
Monitoring & Evaluation
• Ensure/facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, post-assistance visits, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
• Facilitate the evaluation of the programme internally.
Finance, Procurement and Administration
• Follow up and monitor project budget.
• Review and authorise programme financial documents, including reviewing vouchers and supporting documentation, including that of local partner.
• Ensure familiarity with DRC’s Operational Handbook.
Fundraising / programme development
• Based on a solid understanding of needs of gaps of DRC’s beneficiaries, suggest new concepts and ideas to be proposed to donors.
• Assist the Head of Programme and CD in identifying other funding opportunities.
• Assist the Head of Programme and CD in writing concept-papers and project proposals by participating in brainstorming sessions with DRC staff/partners.
• Train protection staff, including providing training to volunteers in general protection concepts, practices and minimum standards including child protection and sexual and gender based violence (SGBV).
• Monitor, coach and mentor protection staff. Provide on the job training as much as required and adapt trainings/coaching to specific staff needs.
• Help guide protection staff in how to work with capacity building of volunteers, including on culturally sensitive topics/
• Support protection staff on management of volunteers.
Technical supervision
• Finalize guidelines and standard operational protocols for assistance;
• Lead the process of quality assurance of awareness raising sessions.
• Help develop and support referral mechanisms in each location (both internal and external).
Monitoring & Evaluation
• Ensure/facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, post-assistance visits, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
• Facilitate the evaluation of the programme internally.
Finance, Procurement and Administration
• Follow up and monitor project budget.
• Review and authorise programme financial documents, including reviewing vouchers and supporting documentation, including that of local partner.
• Ensure familiarity with DRC’s Operational Handbook.
Fundraising / programme development
• Based on a solid understanding of needs of gaps of DRC’s beneficiaries, suggest new concepts and ideas to be proposed to donors.
• Assist the Head of Programme and CD in identifying other funding opportunities.
• Assist the Head of Programme and CD in writing concept-papers and project proposals by participating in brainstorming sessions with DRC staff/partners.
Accountability
• Ensure DRC Turkey program is compliant with DRC accountability principles (HAP, etc).
Any other duties as agreed with the DRC Country Director and Head of Programme.
• Ensure DRC Turkey program is compliant with DRC accountability principles (HAP, etc).
Any other duties as agreed with the DRC Country Director and Head of Programme.
About you
To be successful in this role, you must have the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in international human rights, law, sociology, social work, or other relevant field.
• At least 3 years of proven international experience in humanitarian protection, advocacy work, and refugee law, with minimum 2 years in a specific protection position
• Capable of leading teams – strong management experience, including working with, mentoring and monitoring local partners.
• Familiarity with community-based protection programming and ability to incorporate lessons learned from similar experiences
• Solid knowledge and experience with UNHCR regulations, procedures and requirements.
• Understands rights and protection issues of refugees, children and women, experience working with Syrian refugees is an advantage;
• Fluency in the English language, both written and verbal. Turkish and/or Arabic are assets.
• Proven analytical and writing skills.
• Proven communication, interpersonal, representation, negotiation, promotion and diplomacy skills,
• Able and willing to travel to project locations on a regular basis.
• Able to remotely provide guidance to the teams
• High-level of knowledge and practice with Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. required.
Other Essential Competencies:
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, working with different groups, partners and nationalities.
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles.
• Flexible, enthusiastic and willingness to learn from others.
• Ability to multi-task and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines.
• Ability to cope with high workload and stress.
• Identify priority activities and assignments, adjust priorities as required.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender or age.
To be successful in this role, you must have the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in international human rights, law, sociology, social work, or other relevant field.
• At least 3 years of proven international experience in humanitarian protection, advocacy work, and refugee law, with minimum 2 years in a specific protection position
• Capable of leading teams – strong management experience, including working with, mentoring and monitoring local partners.
• Familiarity with community-based protection programming and ability to incorporate lessons learned from similar experiences
• Solid knowledge and experience with UNHCR regulations, procedures and requirements.
• Understands rights and protection issues of refugees, children and women, experience working with Syrian refugees is an advantage;
• Fluency in the English language, both written and verbal. Turkish and/or Arabic are assets.
• Proven analytical and writing skills.
• Proven communication, interpersonal, representation, negotiation, promotion and diplomacy skills,
• Able and willing to travel to project locations on a regular basis.
• Able to remotely provide guidance to the teams
• High-level of knowledge and practice with Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. required.
Other Essential Competencies:
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, working with different groups, partners and nationalities.
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles.
• Flexible, enthusiastic and willingness to learn from others.
• Ability to multi-task and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines.
• Ability to cope with high workload and stress.
• Identify priority activities and assignments, adjust priorities as required.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender or age.
We offer
Availability: January 2015
Duty station: Hatay, Turkey with frequent travel to Sanliurfa, and other domestic traveling to the different fields of operation as needed.
Contract: 11 months pending funding
Position is a non-family duty station, accommodations will be in a shared DRC guesthouse.
Salary and conditions in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk under Vacancies. The position is placed at salary level within the range of A13 or A12.
Need further information?
You are welcome to contact Ms Sarah Saleh, DRC’s Country Director at sarah.saleh@drc-turkey.org for more information about the position.
Availability: January 2015
Duty station: Hatay, Turkey with frequent travel to Sanliurfa, and other domestic traveling to the different fields of operation as needed.
Contract: 11 months pending funding
Position is a non-family duty station, accommodations will be in a shared DRC guesthouse.
Salary and conditions in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk under Vacancies. The position is placed at salary level within the range of A13 or A12.
Need further information?
You are welcome to contact Ms Sarah Saleh, DRC’s Country Director at sarah.saleh@drc-turkey.org for more information about the position.
Please note that applications are not to be sent to Ms. Saleh; we only accept applications sent online via www.drc.dk. Applications sent directly to Ms. Sarah Saleh will not be considered.
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.
Commitments
DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html).
DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html).
Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.dk and find Current Vacancies. All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV no longer than four pages, both in the same language as the vacancy note.Your CV should also include contact details of three professional referees.
Applications close 8 January 2015. The interviews are expected to take place within 1 week to 10 days.
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.dk and find Current Vacancies. All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV no longer than four pages, both in the same language as the vacancy note.Your CV should also include contact details of three professional referees.
Applications close 8 January 2015. The interviews are expected to take place within 1 week to 10 days.
About DRC
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in more than twenty five countries throughout the world. The aim of DRC is to protect refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) against persecution and to promote durable solutions to the problems of forced migration, on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights. DRC works in accordance with the UN Conventions on Refugees and the Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief.
The protection and assistance to conflict affected population is provided within a long-term, regional and rights-based approach in order to constitute a coherent and effective response to the challenges posed by today’s conflicts. Assistance consists of relief and other humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, support to return and repatriation as well as promotion of long-term solutions to displacement and its causes. In addition, support and capacity building of local and national authorities and NGOs form an integral part of DRC’s work.
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in more than twenty five countries throughout the world. The aim of DRC is to protect refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) against persecution and to promote durable solutions to the problems of forced migration, on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights. DRC works in accordance with the UN Conventions on Refugees and the Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief.
The protection and assistance to conflict affected population is provided within a long-term, regional and rights-based approach in order to constitute a coherent and effective response to the challenges posed by today’s conflicts. Assistance consists of relief and other humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, support to return and repatriation as well as promotion of long-term solutions to displacement and its causes. In addition, support and capacity building of local and national authorities and NGOs form an integral part of DRC’s work.
