Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) Team Leader

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.

DRC Ukraine is looking for an Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) Team Leader  based in Kharkiv.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be

Planning, Coordination, and Context Analysis

• Produce weekly and monthly activity work plans in collaboration with HDP Programme Manager and report on their progress.
• Ensure field coordination with other EORE providers and flag uncoordinated efforts to HDP Programme Manager.
• Organize and facilitate regular internal EORE team meetings.
• Act as the main Focal Point for DRC HDP Humanitarian Demining, Non-Technical Survey, Victim Assistance, and other DRC sectors to ensure an integrated approach.
• In cooperation with EORE Specialist and HDP Programme Manager, continuously analyse the context, including Explosive Ordnance (EO) contamination
• Attend EORE local, district, or regional meetings when required. Implementation of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education

Implementation of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education

• Upon staffing gaps, conduct direct and online EORE sessions for adults, adolescent, and children according to DRC HDP SOPs, using standard and approved methodologies.
• Upon staffing gaps, conduct EORE Training of Trainers (TOT) for local stakeholders.
• Manage the organization of HMA workshops, events, and other such public events, organized by DRC.
• Supervise Community Liaison (CL) with local communities and conduct Community Liaison with district and regional authorities.
• Plan, supervise, and report on the distribution of EORE informational materials to Information Management and/or HDP Programme Manager.
• Contribute to the development of EORE (informational) materials, methodologies, and tools.
• Support EORE Specialist in the development of EORE SOP and TMP and ensure compliance with said documents by EORE Facilitators and Team Leads

Reporting and Information Management

• Maintain up-to-date records of EORE activities, based on the inputs from EORE Facilitators and Team Leads.
• Provide inputs to government, donor, and other donor reports, as well as Concept Notes and proposals. Procurement, Warehouse, and EORE Archives
• Oversee the upkeep of EORE Warehouses in assigned DRC offices, including updated records of EORE assets, and report any challenges to HDP Program Manager.
• Oversee the regular upkeep of the online and offline EORE archives.
• Oversee EORE procurement efforts. People/Budget Management
• Directly manage EORE Facilitators and Team Leads and their day-to-day work.
• Recruit and onboard new staff, ensuring their equipment and office needs are met, conduct annual performance reviews, ascertain correct salary budgeting, and raise issues to HDP Programme Manager
• .Acts as the Officer in Charge for the EORE programme when HDP Programme Manager is not available.
• .Acts as the Officer in Charge for the EORE programme when HDP Programme Manager is not available.

Monitoring and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)

• Cooperate during EORE (internal and external) monitoring as well as in-country or HQ Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC).
• Contribute to the lessons learned reports on EORE activities

Required experience and competencies:

• University degree in Education or Pedagogy or in other relevant field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a humanitarian organisation or an educational institution, with experience managing or coordinating EORE or HMA. Experience working with children, adolescent, and adult audiences, public speaking capacity
• Languages: fluent in Ukrainian and Russian languages, with at least a basic level of English.
• Computer literacy: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office package (with focus on Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

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

• An interesting opportunity to work with the International Humanitarian Organization
• Fixed-term Labor Contract
• Medical and Life Insurance 

Contract length: 12 months, after 3 months of probation period with possibility to extend based on available funding.

Start date: ASAP

The application is open for Ukraine citizens only. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff. 

Application process

All applicants must send 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: 31 May 2023

We reserve the right to conduct further interviews before the deadline for submission of applications.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo