South Sudan: Food Security Livelihoods Coordinator

Jan 11, 2015 | Danish Refugee Council
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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.

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been present in South Sudan since 2005. DRC and DDG merged in 2012 and currently have operations in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity and Upper Nile states.

DRC is a rights-based organisation and a member of the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) and is therefore committed to documenting our accountability to the beneficiary population and the impact of our activities. DRC adopts a community-based approach, where beneficiaries and local authorities are included in the prioritising, planning and implementation of activities as an important measure of rehabilitation and capacity building.

About the job
Reporting to the DRC Head of Programmes based in Juba, the FSL Coordinator has the responsibility for the continued development, coordination and support of DRC’s FSL activities across the emergency and refugee responses in Upper Nile and Unity States.

DRC/DDG is looking for a candidate with extensive experience in agriculture and livelihoods. This includes income generation, group formation, market assessments, kitchen gardening activi-ties, cost benefit analysis, start-up grant provision, basic financial literacy, group savings and loans, seed multiplication, FFS, extension. The successful candidate should also have good coordination and M&E experience.

Duties and Responsibilities
To achieve the position’s purpose, the DRC FSL Coordinator will perform the following tasks and undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

Coordination

  • Responsible for supporting the planning, coordination and implementation of project activities related to FSL components of all projects in DRC refugee and emergency response locations
  • Ensuring that there is cohesion between the FSL activities in different locations and be-tween projects supported by different donors
  • Supporting teams to successfully conduct activities which will include market assessments for profitability of income generation activities, group formation, training in basic financial literacy, small grants management, group savings and loan schemes and kitchen gardening
  • Awareness of negative impacts of some livelihoods and culturally sensitive experience in mitigating them
  • Coordination of information collection and collation across different project activities in different sites to monitor that project outputs and objectives are achieved in accordance with DRC/DDG standard rules, regulations and operational procedures, agreed strategies, implementation plans, and HQ requirements
  • Ensure that a minimum standard of quality programming is implemented across all DRC FSL activities in all locations
  • Support creation and follow up of work plans and procurement plans for FSL activities across FSL projects
  • Improve communication and coordination between DRC FSL staff based in different locations.
  • Financial and Operational monitoring
  • Ensure that FSL activities are adequately budgeted for in preparation of budgets and proposals
  • Follow up expenditure across FSL components to ensure accurate and timely expenditure
  • Support procurement and logistical aspects of programmes to ensure FSL activities are well planned and managed in accordance with DRC policies and procedures.
  • Staff supervision and capacity building
  • Provide regular contact and support to all project Managers and technical staff working on FSL activities
  • Identify gaps and weaknesses in technical capacity of DRC staff and prepare a training plan to address these in agreement with Team Leaders and Head of Programmes
  • Ensure roll out of the agreed plan in all sites including preparation of materials and training reports and follow up to the trainings.
  • External Relations
  • Represent DRC at the FSL cluster in Juba and field locations on a regular basis and establish strong links with all FSL actors and stakeholders
  • Maintain close collaboration and good relations as required with donors and other partners
  • Work to increase the profile of DRC as an FSL actor in South Sudan.
  • Reporting and information sharing
  • Ensure timely and regular project documentation and reporting on the project – including performance/progress assessments against pre-defined project objectives, outputs, activities and indicators
  • Promotion of learning from relevant best practices internally and externally
  • Support preparation and review of donor reports for FSL components for submission.
  • Strategic programme development
  • Identify opportunities to increase scope and quality of DRC FSL programming in South Sudan
  • Participate in gathering of information and contributing to FSL proposal development, in-cluding working with site teams to ensure accurate assessments, planning of suitable activities and preparation of log frames with SMART indicators.

About you
Required qualifications:

  • At least 8 years’ experience in agricultural and livelihood support and food security
  • Solid experience (at least 5 years) in project cycle management, - especially in volatile security environments
  • Experience of coordinating FSL activities in emergency and camp settings
  • Experience of coordinating activities across different projects and locations
  • Proven experience of capacity building and training, including preparation of materials and facilitation and roll out of a training plan
  • Proven experience of preparing project proposals and log frames for FSL projects for donors. Experience with EC, ECHO, UN and Danida preferred
  • Relevant educational background, at least at Master Level
  • Fluency in written and spoken English essential
  • Demonstrated experience in meeting high, evidence-based monitoring and evaluation standards
  • Experience of designing and using tools for monitoring programme activities and achievements against the LFA
  • Arabic or Dinka or other languages suitable to the context would be an asset.
  • Experience in South Sudan is highly desirable.
  • Availability: As soon as possible
  • Duty station: Based in Maban, Upper Nile state, with extensive travel to other DRC programmes
  • Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension, subject to funding and performance)
  • Salary: Salary and conditions in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk/Vacancies. This position is offered at salary level A10.

Further Information:
You are welcome to contact Rebecca Carter, by email only, for information about the position only, at head.programme@drc-ssudan.org For general information about the Danish Refugee Council and Danish Demining Group, please consult www.drc.dk and www.danishdemininggroup.dk

How to Apply:
Application and CV
Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications sent together with a CV will be considered. Please provide reference details, but do not attach any written recommendations until requested to do so.

Please submit your application and CV in English and marked “FSL Coordinator – South Sudan” no later than 27th January 2015.

Due to the urgency of this role, applications may be shortlisted prior to the closing date.

CV-only applications will not be considered. Please note that applications are not to be sent directly to any DRC staff. We only accept applications sent via our online recruitment system on www.drc.dk/Vacancies.

Problems with on-line application?
Please inform us via job@drc.dk, if you have questions to the application process or experience problems with your on-line application.