Camp Management Assistant
Tikrit
- Organization: DRC - Danish Refugee Council
- Location: Tikrit
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Protection Officer (Refugee)
- Human Settlements (Shelter, Housing, Land, Property)
- Closing Date: Closed
Camp Management Assistant
Duty Station [Tikrit Iraq]
Who are we?
Danish Refugee Council is a leading protection agency pursuing our mandate to protect and promote durable solutions to displacement-affected populations on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), DRC apply a regional approach with operational presence in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
Present in Iraq since 2003, DRC is today operational in the Kurdish governorates, in and around Baghdad and in several South-Central governorates. Focused both on the influx of Syrian refugees and the current IDP crisis, DRC is providing assistance in a range of sectors including Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Protection, Livelihoods, Emergency Response (including food security, cash, and NFIs), WASH, Shelter and Mine Action. The Iraq programme presently employs some 450-national staff and 45 international staff, and is growing to meet new, emerging needs associated with ongoing and recent conflict in multiple locations
About the job
The Camp Management Assistant will support the implementation of planned activities in either a formal IDP camp, informal settlements, or returnee locations – focused primarily on needs identification, documentation and referrals/service requests, in addition to regular liaising with stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide support to national Camp Management teams in formal IDP camp and/or support IDP site representatives in informal settlements and returnee locations.
- Support the Camp Management Officer and Camp Management Project Manager in any other duties, as needed.
- Ensure regular contact (physical or through phone calls) and collect site specific information/updates from IDP and returnee representatives.
- Assist in identifying needs, service gaps and duplications in all targeted sites.
- Document, track and provide timely referrals and service requests to specialist service providers.
- Help facilitate awareness campaigns, trainings and information dissemination to IDP and returnee populations using diverse methodologies, ensuring understanding by the IDP and returnee community
- Attend meetings with various stakeholders, including national authorities and IDPs/returnees as necessary or requested.
- Provide accurate and timely information that supports the drafting of weekly situation reports and other updates.
Overarching tasks
- The Camp Management Assistant is a field-based position which supposes daily presence in either camps, informal IDP settlements, or the Community Resource Centre (returnees).
- The Camp Management Assistant will undertake any other tasks, within the framework of his/her position, as requested by his/her supervisor.
About you
To be successful in this role you must have:
- Minimum 2 year of professional experience, ideally involved in social services or community activism.
- Ideally, at least 1 year experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation of field level humanitarian assistance to refugees, IDPs, or returnees.
- Proven leadership skills and experience in creating, establishing and negotiating relationships and building alliances and networks with various stakeholders at community and local and national levels.
- Strong understanding of humanitarian issues, especially related to displacement.
- Ability to draft basic reports and situational briefings in English.
- Competence using Microsoft Word and Excel necessary.
Preferred experience:
- Education: Advanced University degree is asset
- Experience in social services or community activism.
- Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
- Understanding of gender, protection and human rights.
- Extensive knowledge of Iraqi displacement.
- Language: Arabic ( fluent ) English ( very good )
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 act in line with our vision and values.
Moreover, we also expect the following:
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills.
- Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
- Commitment to and understanding of DRC’s aims, values and principles
We offer
Contract length: 6 Months
Level: B2 1
Designation of Duty Station: Tikrit
Start date: 1 August, 2018
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates/ Nationals; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies.
Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button.
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: 27 June, 2018 on 14:30 PM
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.
Need further information?
For more details on this position please contact job@drc.dk
Please note that applications sent directly to [job@drc.dk] will not be considered.
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