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The job holder's tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Staff Management
- Manage the Emergency Response officers and Assistants, in collaboration with the Emergency Response Manager.
- Identify team training needs aligning with project scope and challenges.
- Conduct staff training and support capacity development initiatives.
- Incorporate PSEAH (Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment) into staff goals and KPIs.
Programming & MEAL
- Ensure efficient and effective program implementation while following the budget and work plan.
- Maintain a robust workplan on monthly basis/ad-hoc reflecting activities and their contribution to project objectives and indicators.
- Oversee, lead and coordinate the Rapid Needs Assessments according to DRC SOP & project guidelines in coordination with the technical coordinators.
- Supervise the beneficiary selection processes according to the Humanitarian Principles and Code of Conduct and DRC project selection criteria.
- Supervise the emergency response team activities including the site assessments, referrals, and cash distributions.
- Conduct capacity building activities for the targeted communities.
- Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/reports and proposals and budgets for donors.
- Lead the team in carrying out monitoring and evaluation exercises working closely with the MEAL team (e.g. maintain the IPTT, PDMs).
- Update project documentation and maintain online platforms (e.g., SharePoint) for archiving and sharing program-related information.
- Coordinate emergency response efforts with other sectors and stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Play the role of focal point between DRC and local authorities such as HAC, locality officers, and other stakeholder.
- Promote staff awareness and mainstream protection in program implementations.
- Perform any other tasks as instructed by the emergency response manager and Area manager/Area Programme Manager.
Coordination and representation
- Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on sector-relevant issues.
- Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings at the area level.
- Ensure integration with other DRC sectors.
Project implementation
- Develop project plans and budgets forecast with the emergency response manager.
- Assist in development of project tools.
- Project implementation and reporting.
- Monitor and evaluate projects.