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We are looking for a highly qualified Senior Livelihood Officer Phase 1 (Social Self-Reliance) for our Livelihood program in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

About the Job

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 social cohesion and resilience building. DRC works with beneficiary communities and individuals to prevent and reduce protection threats, and build resilience.

The objective of the Livelihood Program is to develop and strengthen capacities and self-reliance of vulnerable Syrian refugees and host community to reduce their socio-economic vulnerabilities. The activities include: 1) Counselling, transferrable-skills trainings and one-to-one coaching to provide beneficiaries with the information, skills and resources needed to develop more resilient livelihood strategies; 2) Vocational skills training to improve and/or diversify vulnerable peoples’ skillsets so they can pursue livelihood opportunities that increase their ability to adapt and cope with shocks.; 3) Productive asset support and small business grants to motivated beneficiaries to start income-generating activities. Small business management trainings will be carried out in view of building the capacity of local entrepreneurs in developing their networks, skills and business plans. Selected business plans showing an economic viability and profitability will be provided in/kind support on a matching basis to support the startup and/or expansion of the home based business or middle size enterprises.

The Senior Livelihoods Officer – Phase 1 (Social Self-Reliance) develops the strategy to increase the beneficiaries’ social self-reliance, identifies and manages the relationships with external service providers through which transferrable and soft skills trainings are provided, provides regular and tailored technical and operational guidance to the implementing partners to ensure quality implementation and oversees daily activities to ensure expected results and targets are met. The Senior Livelihoods Officer – Phase 1 plays an essential role in building the capacity of the implementing partners’ staff and in ensuring smooth coordination between DRC and its implementing partners.

Duties and Responsibilities

Senior Livelihood Officer Phase 1 (Social Self-Reliance) will have the following duties and responsibilities:

General Programming & operations (40%)

  • Provide oversight of all Phase 1 activities taking place at the Livelihoods/Training centers through close coordination with implementing partner
  • Develop the strategy for social self-reliance in the respective area (counselling and provision of high range of transferrable and soft skills)
  • Map, identify and develop relationships with relevant external service providers providing transferrable and soft skills trainings as well as the long-term language courses
  • Maintain and manage the relationships with the external service providers and communicate all relevant information to the implementing partners in a structured and timely manner
  • Follow-up the budget for relevant budget lines, with the support of the coordinator
  • Manage the contracts with and payments to the external services providers
  • Analyze at all times the changing needs amongst Syrians and refugee groups to ensure DRC provides relevant activities
  • Analyze and identify, with the team of the implementing partners, new approaches for transferrable skill trainings and language courses to ensure implementation is relevant to the needs of beneficiaries
  • Identify the need for assessments as well as focus group discussions with beneficiaries and support the team of the implementing partner in undertaking them
  • Participate in facilitating and coordinating activities within the team and with other DRC’s departmentsTechnical support – interactions with implementing partner (40%)
  • Work closely with the Livelihoods Coordination Officer of the implementing partner to identify capacity building needs for the implementing team
  • Provide capacity building to the staff of the implementing partner based on jointly developed capacity building plans
  • Support, guide and coach implementing partner’s staff on technical and operational issues for quality implementation and follow up on recommendations to ensure quality control throughout implementation
  • Provide guidance on how to integrate cross-cutting protection considerations into planned interventions
  • Promote an open and supportive environment for implementing partner’s staff
  • Ensure that the implementing partner produces detailed report on activities weekly
  • Ensure and plan with the implementing partners project monitoring visitsCoordination (10%)
  • Proactively seek for new partnerships for transferrable and soft skills training
  • Promote and ensure at all times a pragmatic and efficient dialogue as well as networking with local institutions and authorities, private Institutes, workshops, national and international NGOs, etc.
  • Coordinate with the rest of DRC Turkey team whenever neededMonitoring & Evaluation (5%)
  • Provide regular reporting on indicators, achievements and challenges related to the project in close coordination with the implementing partner
  • Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, focus group, post-assistance visits, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
  • Participate in the internal evaluation of the programme.

Representation (5%)

  • If requested by the Livelihoods Coordinator or the Livelihoods Manager, represent DRC in livelihoods working groups and interagency planning workshopsAdditional Duties
  • Any other duties as agreed with the Livelihoods Coordinator, Livelihoods Manager, Area Manager and Livelihoods Programme Coordinator.

About you

To be successful in this role, you must have Bachelor’s degree or higher education studies, business administration, human resources management, social science, other relevant field.

Required qualifications

  • High-level of knowledge and practice with Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. required.
  • Experience working in the field (preferably experience from Southern Turkey).
  • Relevant professional livelihood experience with a humanitarian aid organization.
  • Experience with managing partnerships with local organizations.
  • Experience engaging with the private sector.
  • Willingness to relocate to south/south-eastern Turkey, and to travel within and between provinces.
  • Proven analytical and writing skills.
  • Proven communication, interpersonal, representation, negotiation, promotion and diplomacy skills.
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
  • Ability to provide capacity building support to members of a different organization.
  • Flexible, enthusiastic and willingness to learn from others.
  • Strong initiative and self-motivated.
  • Ability to multi-task and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines.
  • Fluency in English and Arabic (both written and spoken); Turkish is an asset.
Desirable qualifications
  • Project Management (including budget / contract management).
  • Project monitoring (including reporting and data management).
  • Understanding of the rights and protection issues of refugees, children and women - experience working with Syrian refugees is an advantage.
  • An understanding of humanitarian/civil society issues in Turkey and the region.

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.

We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a 3 months contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from 19 March 2018 and be willing and able to work in Kahramanmaras.

We offer a fair compensation package depending on your qualification and experiences as well as additional allowances such as relocation allowance and living allowances, if applicable. DRC Turkey is income tax exempted.

Application process

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact recruitment@drc-turkey.org  

Applications close 09.March.2018Due to the urgency to fill the post, recruitment will be done on the rolling basis and DRC reserves the right to recruit before the deadline.

Need further information?

For more details on this position please contact HR Team at recruitment@drc-turkey.org.

Please note that applications sent directly to HR Team will not be considered.

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