The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

We aim to make our programs a model for the highest global standards and to cultivate lasting change not just for our clients but for all people affected by humanitarian crises. To achieve that vision, the IRC’s Technical Excellence (TE) group, located within the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) Department, provides technical assistance to IRC’s country program staff and shares what we learn to influence policy and practice globally.

IRC’s Technical Excellence team is comprised of five sector teams or “Units” which have deep expertise in their respective fields: Education, Economic Wellbeing, Governance, Health, and Violence Prevention and Response, as well as teams which provide measurement and finance/grant management support. Technical teams are also matrixed with a team that focuses on the quality and content of cross-sectoral programming in emergency responses.

IRC’s Technical Excellence teams offer five core services to IRC country programs and the wider organization:

1. Program Design: We support country and regional teams to design state of the art programming, incorporating the best available evidence, cost data, and expertise of what has worked elsewhere, together with the knowledge that country teams, partner organizations and our clients bring to the table.

2. Quality Assurance: We partner with our measurement teams to design and drive the use of indicators to measure progress towards outcomes. We partner with regional and country teams to review program delivery progress and help address implementation challenges and adapt interventions to changed circumstances.

3. Business Development: We partner within and outside the IRC to design winning bids and identify winning consortia; we deploy technical expertise in public events and private meetings to position IRC as a partner of choice.

4. Research & Learning: We partner with our research lab to design cutting edge research to fill evidence gaps, and with country teams to learn from implementation such that we continuously improve our future design and delivery.

5. External Influence: We showcase the IRC’s programs, technical insights and learning in order to influence and improve the humanitarian sector’s policy and practice.

Technical Excellence is currently going through a change process called “Regional and Technical Alignment.” We are doing this to ensure that the impact of our programs and the influence of our ideas create meaningful change for people affected by crisis. This next phase of IRC’s commitment to program quality will more deliberately resource and link global thought leadership with practice on the ground. Updated Technical Unit structures will have new roles with clearer mandates. The Regional Lead is a new leadership role introduced by this change process.

The Economy Recovery and Development Unit at the IRC

The Economy Recovery and Development (ERD) Unit is one of IRC’s five Technical Units alongside Health, Education, Violence Prevention and Response, and Governance. Technical Units provide support to our country programs in the design, delivery, quality assurance and continuous learning for programs advancing the outcomes areas the IRC supports and driving thought leadership around those areas of work.

The ERD TU is a dynamic team of more than 30 professionals responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and monitoring of client-centered economic wellbeing (EWB) programs. These include, but not limited to, cash and voucher assistance (CVA), agricultural & climate-resilient livelihoods, financial inclusion, and employment (including self-employment/enterprise development) promotion across emergency, recovery and resilience programming contexts. The TU’s technical assistance to this wide variety of programs ensures quality and use of evidence-based practices; promotes innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion; and drives data-based management and decision making, to achieve positive change in people’s lives.

Job Overview

Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) Central Africa Regional Lead provides coherence and direction to the provision of technical support for Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion programming in Central Africa. As a member of both the regional team and the technical unit senior management team, the ERD Central Africa Regional Lead has accountability for technical quality and responsibility for assuring the advice from Technical Advisors is taken into appropriate action by the country office.

The ERD Central Africa Regional Lead will lead a highly effective, strategic ERD regional team to ensure the Central Africa Region has high quality, sound technical support needed to deliver on global program goals and effectively serve our clients. The role will serve as a functional leader, advisor, and a thought partner to both TU leadership and regional leadership, with a particular focus on leading the operationalization of the Economic Wellbeing strategy in Central Africa, multi-sector and sub-sector program integration, mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion across programming, evidence-based design, business development, and quality assurance for high-impact and scale strategic projects. The ERD Central Africa Regional Lead will coordinate across individuals and projects, ensuring clear priorities are set and communicated, and navigating the challenges inherent in being an advisory function. They will be excellent people managers, with great team building/animation skills, able to help technical staff succeed and grow in their careers. The ERD Central Africa Regional Lead will invest deeply in understanding the context and dynamics of the country and regional teams and the challenges they face. They will ensure coherent ways of working within and across the regional technical team, as well as within the wider ERD TU, to align high quality technical support with the operational realities of the country offices. The Regional Lead will champion technical external representation in regional fora for promoting learning, advocacy and showcasing IRC’s programming as well as engage with regional colleagues on donor facing engagement. By doing so, the Regional Lead will ensure high quality programming across the Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion practice areas in Central Africa, high quality coordination and partnership with regional teams, effective team performance, and efficiency and impact of technical excellence service offering to the Central Africa region and country programs. In Central Africa, ERD programming operates in all IRC’s CA countries (Tanzania, DRC, CAR, Cameroon, and Chad) with at least 3 technical advisors working across the 3 practice areas.

Major Responsibilities

Functional Leadership, Coordination and Implementation Support:

• Provide technical leadership across the region, including by contextualizing the Economic Wellbeing at the regional level in partnership with Technical Advisors, DRD, + Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) and in line with Country Program Strategic Action Plans

• Promote programming coherence and strategic direction of the ERD programming portfolio including identifying opportunities for intra and cross-sectoral integration

• Closely coordinate with Global Practice Leads and HQ functions to facilitate translation of global standards to the region and of country-generated innovation and learning to global practice

• Support regional Technical Advisors to address implementation bottlenecks and critical quality concerns in the region’s programming portfolio, in partnership with the Deputy Regional Director (DRD)

• Increase quality of technical collaboration across the region by fostering cross-regional dialogue with other regional technical teams

• Provide technical oversight of regional strategic projects in collaboration with the Global Practice Leads as appropriate and/or budgeted, escalating quality assurance challenges as needed

• Foster relationships with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders to make strategic connections and identify opportunities

• Provide stop-gap direct implementation support as/if appropriate and budgeted on CP-grants

Staff management, learning, and development

• Lead and line manage a high performing team of ERD Technical Advisors to design and support ERD programming across the region, and generate evidence and learning for local and global strategies

• Accountable for ensuring TAs maintain core knowledge and expertise and apply global best practices to their work across health sub-sectors

• Work closely with Regional and CRRD HQ People & Culture colleagues to devise strategies of attracting, onboarding, developing, and nurturing diverse regional technical staff at the Advisor and Coordinator levels, and ensuring an inclusive work environment. In collaboration with the DRD, Regional and CRRD HQ P&C, and Global Practice Leads, plan and implement professional development for staff ensuring targeted learning.

Program Design and Business Development

• Provide technical leadership and oversight to region-led (multi-country) business development, as well as particularly large single-country opportunities, together with the Technical Advisors, Global Practice Leads and others as relevant.

• Support and promote technical and programmatic innovation in the region, based on technically-sound and contextually-grounded creativity and/or insights

• Collaborate with other technical area Regional Leads and Technical Advisors to promote regional uptake of solutions that are proven to increase scale and deepen impact, with close attention to where integrated programming would multiply efficacy and efficiency

• Work with DRD, Director of Awards Management and DDPs for country programs to understand the region’s donors for the ERD sectors, the donors’ priorities in the region, and the regional funding priorities of Country Programs for the Economic Wellbeing Outcomes

• Support regional donor engagement to deepen donor understanding of IRC’s work the region, strategically foster and develop new donor relationships in close coordination with the regional team, and support the development of regional business development opportunities

• Support the development and growth of strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations at the regional level who share commitments towards scale and impact and have complementary areas of expertise for collaboration towards delivering better outcomes for clients

• Accountable for coordinating across expert staff to better integrate cross-cutting issues into ERD programs (e.g., gender equality, diversity and inclusion, climate adaptation, etc.).

Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Lift up program learning for sharing across the region and to inform global strategic direction of (relevant) Global Practice Areas

• Facilitate interpretation and use of sector data in regional learning routines and put in place routines and accountability mechanisms to encourage uptake of data-driven recommendations made by TAs

• Collaborate with Regional Measurement Advisors to ensure that Regional Technical Advisors support good MEAL practice for ERD programming in Central Africa, including the use of high-quality indicators, the use of IRC standard data tools, and the inclusion of MEAL activities in project plans

External Influence and Representation

• Engage in regional sector coordination groups and bilateral relationships as appropriate, to represent IRC, showcase learning from our client-centered program implementation, and support priority policy and practice shifts

• Support regions in addressing policy & practice shifts needed to enable program impact and scale

• In close collaboration and partnership with the DRD, regional Awards Management and Advocacy focal points, ensure effective networking and representation in relation to Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion through mobilizing input from global practice leads.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Dual reporting line to Deputy Director, ERD TU and DRD, Central Africa

• Direct Reports:

o 1 Cash & Markets Technical Advisor

o 2 Livelihoods Technical Advisors

Key Internal Relationships:

• ERD Deputy Director

• Global Practice Leads for Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion

• ERD Regional Leads and Regional Focal Points across 5 other regions

• Regional Measurement Advisor

• Regional Leadership Team, Country Directors, DDPs, CRRD colleagues across multiple roles

• Regional Advocacy and Comms leads

• Regional Safety & Security lead

• Central Africa Awards Management Unit team

• CRRD Senior Management Team and Leadership Group; Regional Leadership Teams

• Global HQ and AMU focal points

Key External Relationships:

• Regional Cash, Food Security, and Economic Inclusion coordination clusters, INGOs, donors and policy makers, counterparts in relevant UN agencies.

Desired Experience and Skills

• Highly seasoned professional with at least 8+ years of progressive technical and management experience leading and managing technical teams

• Established technical expertise in at least one of the ERD Global Practice Areas relevant to Central Africa. Professional and/or lived experience in Central Africa context and sound understanding of the region is a huge advantage.

• Excellent management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management

• Strong track record of leading multi-location technical programs

• Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice

• Experience managing multiple projects with multi-disciplinary collaborators

• Demonstrated ability to influence across a wide range of diverse stakeholders internally and externally

• Strong track record of identifying and converting business development opportunities (when leading and managing the leader)

• Knowledge and understanding of the respective regional context

• Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; outstanding business acumen, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills required

• Superb inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments

• Fluency in English and French is required. Additional regionally spoken language is a huge advantage.

• Ability to travel regionally and globally up to 35% of the time, occasionally on short notice

Education: Masters’ degree in economics, business management, international development, agriculture or any other relevant fields or an equivalent professional experience of background is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Position Title : Regional Economic Recovery Coordinator (Latin America & North Africa)

Technical supervisor : Global EcRec Lead

Line Manager : Regional Head of Programme

Duty Station : Bogota with travels to other DRC offices of the region

Aera of operation : Region of West-North Africa & Latin America

Employment period : 12 months (potentially renewable)

Typeof contract : Expatriate or National

Salary & Benefits : Non Management F, Accompanied position, small family package

Introduction

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 fulfilment 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. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.

Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

1. Background

DRC has been operating in West Africa since 1998 and in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2011. The DRC West-North Africa & Latin America (WANALA) Regional Office is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers several countries. Led by the Regional Executive Director, the DRC WANALAC oversees, supports, and provides strategic directions for DRC’s Country Offices within the above-mentioned regions. From 2024, it includes Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Venezuela.

The Regional Program Team has a range of technical capacities, including 2 Economic Recovery regional coordinators, one who covers West Africa and one who covers Latin America and North African countries. The position advertised is for the ECREC coordinator covering Latin America and North Africa.

2. Purpose

The Economic Recovery sector aims to empower conflict- and displacement-affected individuals to achieve self-reliance and resilience, particularly in both urban and rural contexts. Our focus is on addressing immediate unmet needs through direct assistance and supporting communities in recovering or developing sustainable means of income generation. We employ a holistic, integrated, and contextually adapted approach that emphasizes the importance of food security, sustainable livelihoods, and financial inclusion. The Regional Economic Recovery (ECREC) Coordinator is crucial in designing and implementing DRC’s policies and programs, providing strategic direction, technical support, operational guidance, and capacity building aligned with the global DRC strategy.

The ECREC Coordinator is responsible for defining the regional sectoral strategy, contributing to the development of country and multi-country strategies, and translating these into actionable plans with a particular focus on food security, financial inclusion, and decent livelihoods. This role will also emphasize transformative agricultural processes to enhance crop and livestock productivity using sustainable methods, supporting the development of agricultural value chains with a regenerative and climate-sensitive approach.

3. Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Regional Head of Programme, the Regional EcRec Coordinator will undertake the following activities:

Country and Multi-Country Specific Support

• Strategic Support:
  • Assist DRC country operations in developing and implementing strategies related to economic recovery, market-based programming, and agricultural transformation, particularly in rural and peri-urban settings.
  • Developing decent livelihoods concepts, methodologies, and impactful modes of support – across DRC’s core activity categories – ranging from emergency and longer-term food security promotion to wage employment and business support (through skills development, access to inputs, market linkages, etc.); and financial inclusion; etc.
  • Analysing recent trends in economic recovery policy and evidence: e.g. on green and/or graduation approach; social protection, building self-reliance; private sector partnerships; and other areas of innovation
  • Provide technical and operational guidance on rural, peri-urban economy and root causes of migration and displacement analysis, and in integrated programming that promotes sustainable agricultural, livestock practices and resilient livelihoods in rural and peri-urban context. Identify and promote an EcRec response to causes of migration and displacement (including natural resources management, value chain, climate change, contributing to conflict management and resolution)
• Proposal Design:
  • Support the design of innovative project proposals that align with global, regional, and country-level strategies focused on improving farming models and enhancing value chains in rural and peri-urban areas, economic recovery programming in hard-to-reach areas, green approached and use of digital tools for socioeconomic integration among other innovative approaches
• Coordination:
  • Maintain external relations with stakeholders, ensuring DRC’s active participation in relevant sub-sectors of economic recovery networks and coordination bodies (Clusters, EcRec Communities of Practice, IPC, working groups)
• Technical Support:
  • Provide technical guidance, advice, and support to DRC country and multi-country operations on economic recovery (decent livelihoods, food security and financial inclusion support), graduation, social protection and market-based programming, including cash and voucher assistance programming.
  • Provide expert guidance on rural economy analysis, and identification and support of economic opportunities, including Market system development (MSD) and promotion of environmental friendly and sustainable farming systems.
  • Support field missions and remote guidance to ensure quality needs assessments and the design of effective interventions tailored to local contexts.
  • Act as reference/focal point answering specific technical questions, providing troubleshooting, and addressing country-specific challenges
  • Develop or review methodology, guidance, and tools essential to ensuring predictable, accountable, and high-quality programming
  • Ensure programme strategy and design is in line with context and needs, and integrated with other DRC sectors/areas of intervention to the extent possible
• Capacity Building :
  • Develop and deliver tailored training materials and workshops on different technical areas depending on need (e.g. CVA, decent livelihoods, transformative agriculture and economic recovery strategies), fostering local capacities in DRC and partners.
  • Support the recruitment and training of technical staff focusing on agricultural innovation and sustainable practices.
• Quality Assurance:
  • Conduct field visits to assess program quality and impacts related to agricultural and livestock initiatives, providing actionable feedback for continuous improvement.
• Learning:
  • Facilitate collaborative learning processes to document and disseminate best practices in transformative agriculture and economic recovery programming.

Regional Support

• Capacity Assessment:
  • Evaluate DRC’s capacities economic recovery sub-sectors and identify technical gaps in rural context programming in particular
• Strategy Development:
  • Advise on enhancing the integration of agricultural recovery programming with other DRC core sectors, focusing on achieving regenerative outcomes as part of the broader DRC WANALA strategy.
  • Advise on all the economic recovery sub sectors and innovative approaches, and in integration with protection sector

4. Required Qualifications

Mandatory:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in international humanitarian or development organizations, with significant experience in agriculture-focused economic recovery programming in rural settings affected by conflict or displacement.
• Knowledge:
  • Familiarity with agricultural value chains and market systems approaches, including demonstrated ability to implement market-based programming that supports smallholder farmers.
  • Strong, practical and up-to-date knowledge of livelihoods concepts, methodologies, and impactful modes of support – across DRC’s core activity categories – ranging from emergency and longer-term food security promotion to wage employment and business support (through skills development, access to inputs, market linkages, etc.); and financial inclusion; etc.
  • Understanding of the Market System Approach (MSA), including proven ability to support development of market-based programming.
  • Experience with cash and voucher assistance: concepts; terminology; assessment and design methodology; and (digital) operations/implementation
• Skills:
  • Proven expertise in designing and implementing cash and voucher assistance
  • Experience in capacity building through impactful training and workshops tailored to local needs.
  • Ability to develop resource mobilization strategies, prioritizing sustainability and climate-resilient practices.
  • Strong representation and networking capabilities to foster partnerships in rural economic recovery.

Desirable:

• Strong understanding of transformative agricultural practices that enhance crop and livestock productivity sustainably
• Previous experience in Latin America and/or North Africa with a focus on rural agricultural contexts.
• Experience in NGOs committed to human rights and the protection of displaced populations with a special emphasis on environmental sustainability.

5. Required Skills & Qualities

• Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish
• Core Competencies of DRC:
  • Striving for excellence
  • Collaboration
  • Taking the lead
  • Communication
  • Demonstrating Integrity
• Knowledge of Arabic or French is an advantage
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Proactivity, with a sound commitment to teamwork and with a spirit of genuine collaboration
• Excellent communication skills, as well as patience and politeness, are required
• Multi-tasking and Organizational skills are necessary
• Adaptable and Flexible
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Exemplary sense of ethics in the workplace
• Team-oriented & good sense of humor

6. General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request

Position Title : Regional Protection Coordinator for Latin America and North Africa (maternity cover) Technical Supervisor : Operations Director Latin America

Line Manager : Regional Head of Programme

Duty Station : Bogota, Colombia

Aera of Operation : Regional Office WANALA

Employment Period : 4 months (potentially renewable)

Type of contract : Expatriate or National

Salary & Benefits : Band Non Management F, Accompanied position, small family package

Introduction

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. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.

Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

1. Background

DRC has been operating in West Africa since 1998 and in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2011. The DRC West-North Africa & Latin America (WANALA) Regional Office is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers several countries. Led by the Regional Executive Director, the DRC WANALA oversees, supports, and provides strategic directions for DRC’s Country Offices within the abovementioned regions. The region covers legal entities in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Venezuela. The Regional Program Team has a range of technical capacities.

2. Purpose

This position is for a 4-month Maternity Cover (from mid-January to mid-May 2024) for the Regional Protection Coordinator (RPC) for Latin America and North Africa. Under the direct supervision of the WANALA Regional head of programmes, the Regional Protection Coordinator (RPC) for Latin America and North Africa is responsible for supporting DRC’s Country Offices in quality protection programming at country level and at regional level (Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Multi Country operations in Latin America and North Africa – ALT). This includes providing support, advice, and quality checks on protection aspects of country and regional strategies as well as on programming initiatives and concrete projects, and to support DRC’s Protection Cluster Co-leads (Venezuela, Colombia) in the coordination and quality of the Protection analysis and response. The LANA RPC will also contribute to raising DRC’s profile and involvement when it comes to relevant policy and advocacy initiatives.

3. Duties and Responsibilities

Main responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and support to country programmes to ensure the highest level of quality in protection analyses, strategies and responses, in adherence with global standards and principles, and ensuring the harmonization of protection approaches across the different countries in the region;
• Lead the development of the LA Regional Protection strategy and support country offices/ Legal entities to elaborate quality strategic protectiondocuments , guidelines, advocacy papers, SOPs, capacity-building tools;
• Provide inputs and guidance for integrating programs, in particular in coordination with the other regional technical leads, and for mainstreaming protection in proposals and interventions and provide technical expertise and support on protection proposals;
• Formalize and develop programme related operational tools (SOP) and training modules.
• Lead the development and deployment of the LA Protection Strategy and other key documents for the sector

Programme Management

• Ensure that Protection programmes in CO respect the sector’s standard objectives and indicators
• Conduct regular field visits to identify and address programme quality concerns and gain a solid first-hand understanding of protection risks and trends at the level of the different countries.
• Follow up on relevance, outcomes and impact of DRC protection related activities to provide lessons learnt and to identify best practices.
• Support the regional protection monitoring project (PROLAC) through technical support and representation.

Program development and strategy

• Reinforce viable and relevant Protection Information Management system(s) for gathering, processing, analyzing and sharing protection-relevant data, if necessary also involving research-related components;
• Oversee knowledge sharing across teams and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to improve programs.
• Support protection analysis at the regional and country level
• Contribute to the elaboration of regional strategic documents, and revise the CO strategies and protection strategies

Accountability and reporting

• Ensure quality and compliance for projects, proposals and reports.
• Ensure that quality assurance systems are applied in NALA region, with particular reference to upholding Core Humanitarian Standards and Age Gender and diversity throughout the protection programme

Coordination:

• Ensure the coordination with relevant protection actors in LA in the areas of intervention.
• Representation of DRC and active participation in protection sectors/working groups in LA.
• Contribute to DRC advocacy and policy influencing in the region, externally as well as internally, and representing the organization in relevant fora;

4. Required Qualifications

Required experience and competencies

• Minimum 5 years of practical experience in at least three of the components of DRC’s protection sector;
• Experience working in a regional or global office;
• Strong understanding of protection principles and likely protection concerns for the context as well as conflict sensitivity;
• Technical skills in protection monitoring and analysis
• Fluency in English and Spanish;
• Experience with capacity building of CSO, and in the facilitation of training events and workshops; experience working with national partners, local/government authorities, and INGO;
• Experience in community-based protection activities and protection analysis;
• Documented skills in project planning and design, drafting, calculation and technical writing;
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Experience in Project Cycle Management.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a conflict or forced displacement context.

5. Required Skills & Qualities

• Core Competencies of DRC:
  • Striving for excellence
  • Collaboration
  • Taking the lead
  • Communication
  • Demonstrating Integrity
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Proactivity, with a sound commitment to teamwork and with a spirit of genuine collaboration
• Excellent communication skills, as well as patience and politeness, are required
• Multi-tasking and Organizational skills are necessary
• Adaptable and Flexible
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Exemplary sense of ethics in the workplace
• Team-oriented & good sense of humor

6. General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request

Position Title : Regional Fianance Specialist

Technical Supervisor : Regional Finance Manager

Line Manager : Regional Finance Manager

Duty Station: WANALA RO – Daker, Sénégal

Aera of Operation : WANALA Countries – 50% Field travels

Employment Period : 12 months

Type of contract : National / Expatriate

Salary Band : Non Management G unaccompanied

Introduction

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. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.

Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

1. Background

DRC has been operating in West Africa since 1998 and in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2011. The DRC West-North Africa & Latin America (WANALA) Regional Office is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers several countries. Led by the Regional Executive Director, the DRC WANALA oversees, supports, and provides strategic directions for DRC’s Country Offices within the abovementioned regions. The region covers legal entities in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Venezuela. The Regional Program Team has a range of technical capacities.

2. Purpose

Under the supervision of the Regional Finance Manager, the Regional Finance Specialist is expected to be an experienced, highly qualified, and enthusiastic professional to provide professional guidance and direct support to DRC operations within the WANALA Region in terms of accounting, finance monitoring & reporting. Plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and uninterrupted financial operations of an organization’s offices across a designated region. This role is designed to be highly mobile and adaptable, providing critical gap-filling support in times of staffing shortages, transitions, and high operational demands. The regional finance specialist is also central to inducting new finance staff and strengthening the financial capacity of local teams to ensure long-term effectiveness in financial management. This position also requires a full professional proficiency in French and English languages is based in Dakar (Senegal) but will have to travel extensively through the WANALA Region, potentially in all the countries mentioned above.

3. Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Financial & Accounting Management

• Ensure fills in for finance staff vacancies, ensuring continuity in financial management and operations in different offices across the region.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with internal and external financial regulations, and adherence to budgetary controls in each assigned location.
• During times of operational emergencies or heightened activity (e.g., disaster response, major project launches), the specialist is dispatched to support urgent financial needs, stabilizing processes and ensuring that all financial activities meet the necessary standards.
• When deployed to a specific location, assumes responsibility for overseeing the office’s financial management. This includes monitoring the budget, reviewing expenditures, ensuring proper documentation for donor reporting, and addressing any financial discrepancies that arise.
• During deployments, the specialist reviews existing financial processes in the offices they are assigned to and identifies areas for improvement. By suggesting more efficient procedures or introducing best practices from other locations, the specialist enhances operational efficiency and reduces the risk of financial errors.
• When deployed or assigned to a specific location, lead-up to internal or external audits, by providing critical support & reviewing financial records, ensuring that all documentation is in order, and assisting local teams with any questions or concerns to helps reduce the risk of audit findings that could negatively impact the organization’s standing with donors or regulatory bodies.
• When assigned to a specific location, ensure maintenance of the Country Master Budget and highlight any gaps or financial risk to the line management.
• Contribute to the development and elaboration of new learning materials for the Finance staff members in the WANALA region (in good cooperation with the Line manager).
• Contribute to check that the financial procedures on DRC Dynamics are well-respected in each Country covered by the WANALA RO and to provide regularly reliable data about the use of DRC Dynamics in all WANALA Region.

Capacity Development

• Provide induction training and onboarding support for new finance managers at the country level within the WANALA region. This includes familiarizing them with the organization’s financial systems, policies, and procedures, as well as introducing them to the specific requirements of donor-funded projects and local regulatory compliance.
• Instrumental in identifying gaps in the knowledge and skills of local finance teams and designing targeted training programs to address these areas. This can include training in advanced financial management techniques, compliance with donor guidelines, or the use of Dynamics.
• Ensure that capacity-building sessions are conducted as needed during field deployments, aimed at empowering country teams to independently and efficiently manage their daily tasks and responsibilities
• To advise on and promote understanding and application of DRC policies, procedures, and principles.
• The position requires 50% of field travel for gap filling, capacity building and roll outs of new financial processes and systems.

Technical Line Management Responsibilities

• Make sure that financial management does not suffer during staffing shortages, new team transitions, or periods of increased activity through a flexible deployment for rapid response to gaps in financial management, preventing disruptions that could negatively impact project delivery or compliance with donor requirements.
• Frequently deployment to offices across the region to cover gaps in finance staffing, such as when there are vacancies, absences due to leave, or emergencies by ensuring that financial management remains consistent and that key functions continue without disruption.
• On request, perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisor(s) to allow the organization to function optimally.

4. Required Qualifications

• Post graduate University degree in Economics, Finance/Accounting or Business Administration.
• Minimum 3 years of international practical experience in financial management
• At least 1 year of field experience working with INGOs in WANALA contexts
• Minimum 1 year in a similar role.
• Proven experience in managing large budgets.
• Competence in providing technical guidance and training.
• Ability to prepare basic training modules on Microsoft Dynamics, accounting, and finance management.
• Excellent Computer Skills (MS Office, Internet) and advanced proficiency in Excel are required.
• Proficiency (written and spoken) in the English language.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills with a well-developed ability to motivate and persuade at high levels.
• Proven significant financial management experience.
• Previous experience with DRC is an advantage;
• Previous experience working in an ERP system is an asset.
• Good knowledge and experience in working with the following donors: USAID, ECHO, GFFO, SDC, UNHCR, UNICEF, FCDO
• Experience in supporting voucher or cash transfer programs would be appreciated.
• Fluency in Spanish and/or Arabic is an asset.

5. Required Skills & Qualities

• Core Competencies of DRC:
  • Striving for excellence
  • Collaboration
  • Taking the lead
  • Communication
  • Demonstrating Integrity
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Proactivity, with a sound commitment to teamwork and with a spirit of genuine collaboration
• Excellent communication skills, as well as patience and politeness, are required
• Multi-tasking and Organizational skills are necessary
• Adaptable and Flexible
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Exemplary sense of ethics in the workplace
• Team-oriented & good sense of humor

6. General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request

Contexte sécuritaire :

La région de l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun est limitrophe de six régions du Tchad et de deux Etats du Nigéria. Ainsi, elle est constituée de six départements (Diamaré, Logone-et-Chari, Mayo-Danay, Mayo-Kani, Mayo-Sava, et Mayo-Tsanaga) et compte quarante et sept (47) arrondissements. Dès lors, la problématique de l’insécurité dans la région de l’extrême-nord est un enjeu majeur qui nécessite une attention particulière. Cette région du Cameroun est confrontée à plusieurs défis sécuritaires qui ont un impact significatif sur la population et le développement économique. En effet, la région de l’Extrême-Nord fait face à une situation sécuritaire très préoccupante depuis plusieurs années. Avec la présence de groupes armés non étatiques tels que BOKO-HAMAN, JAS, IISWAP, les conflits intercommunautaires, le grand banditisme. Ces groupes (GANE) commettent des attaques violentes contre les civils, les forces de sécurité et les infrastructures. Ces attaques ont entraîné un déplacement massif de populations, créant une crise humanitaire et des tensions sociales

La situation sécuritaires’est dégradée à l’EN en 2014 avec l’avènement des groupes armés terroristes (ISWAP, BH et JAS) dans la zone et depuis 2017 au NO avec la déclaration d’indépendance prononcée par les leaders Ambazoniens. Dans ces régions, l’année 2024 a été marquée par les affrontements entre les groupes armés et les forces de sécurité, les attaques des groupes armés contre les intérêts des populations (pillages de commerces, vols de batailles, rackets) et des enlèvements avec des demandes de rançons, y compris le personnel d’ONG. A l’EN, le risque d’inondation reste élevé en -2025. Selon INFORM Sahel, les régions du Littoral, du Nord et de l’EN restent physiquement très exposées aux inondations.

L’insécurité continue à affecter négativement les populations civiles dans les départements du Mayo Tsanaga, Mayo Sava et Logone et Chari. En août 2024, 139 incidents sécuritaires ont été enregistrés avec un bilan de 11 personnes tuées, 02 enlevées et 15 blessées. Les activités des GANE ont entraîné le déplacement de 244 ménages (1 324 personnes) dans les départements du Mayo Tsanaga (Mokolo et Koza).

Au NO, le contexte reste particulièrement volatile avec des politiques de ville morte et fermeture d’axes routiers régulièrement imposés par les séparatistes. En 2022, 1774 incidents ont été enregistrés dans le NOSO dont 1 032 sont l’œuvre des groupes séparatistes et 53 qui ont ciblé les ONG. Ces incidents ont entraîné la mort de 973 personnes et 671 enlèvements (INSO CHDC). En 2023, ce sont 4646 incidents sécuritaires qui ont été notifiés par INSO contre 2857 en 2022. Au cours de ces incidents, 1797 personnes ont été tuées et 56 incidents étaient liés aux ONG. En 2024 un nombre important d’incidents sont aussi enregistrés avec des locks down fréquents qui impactent les activités au niveau de des régions NOSO

Contexte humanitaire :

Environ 3,4 millions de personnes vivant au Cameroun ont besoin d’aide humanitaire et de protection en raison des effets du conflit et de la violence, des chocs climatiques et des épidémies. La nature prolongée du conflit du bassin du lac Tchad, la crise du Nord-Ouest et du Sud-Ouest et l’impact de la crise des réfugiés en République centrafricaine (RCA) compromettent le bien-être et les conditions de vie des populations touchées. On compte près d’un million de personnes déplacées à l’intérieur du pays (PDI). Le pays accueille également près d’un demi-million de réfugiés et de demandeurs d’asile. Les besoins humanitaires sont aggravés par des faiblesses structurelles du développement et des vulnérabilités chroniques. Les déplacements nouveaux ou multiples et l’insuffisance de l’aide humanitaire contribuent à l’érosion considérable de la résilience déjà limitée de la population touchée et à la persistance des besoins humanitaires. Les besoins de protection sont généralisés : les femmes et les filles sont très exposées aux violences basées sur le genre (VBG) et les hommes et les garçons sont les plus exposés aux arrestations et détentions arbitraires, aux décès et aux blessures. Plus de 2,5 millions de personnes sont confrontées à une insécurité alimentaire aiguë.

Le groupe de population « Autres personnes », qui sont des personnes qui ne sont pas directement affectées par une crise humanitaire mais qui sont vulnérables en raison de facteurs structurels, n’est plus pris en compte dans l’analyse intersectorielle de l’Aperçu des besoins humanitaires (HNO) pour 2024, conformément aux orientations mondiales. En attendant, la portée géographique de l’HNO reste la même qu’en 2023 : l’analyse intersectorielle des besoins couvre les cinq régions touchées par les crises du bassin du lac Tchad et du Nord-Ouest et du Sud-Ouest, à savoir l’Extrême-Nord, le Nord-Ouest, le Sud-Ouest, le Littoral et l’Ouest. L’analyse a été réalisée au niveau divisionnaire (Admin 2). L’analyse multisectorielle des réfugiés couvre les régions de l’Est, de l’Adamaoua, du Nord, de l’Extrême-Nord et les centres urbains des régions du Littoral et du Centre.

L’EN est la région où le taux de prévalence de la MAS est le plus élevé du pays. Selon le dernier rapport SMART SENS de décembre 2022, dans la région EN, le taux de malnutrition aiguë globale (MAG) des enfants de moins de 5 ans est de 8% (5,9 – 10,8) dans la population hôte et de 10,1% (7,5 – 13,4) chez les personnes déplacées, dépassant le seuil d’intervention de 10% défini par l’OMS. Le taux de malnutrition aiguë sévère (MAS) dans la région EN est de 1,7 (1,1 – 2,6). En outre, les populations déplacées à l’intérieur du pays dans l’EN et le Nord ont des taux élevés de malnutrition aiguë sévère, atteignant respectivement 2,9% et 2,6%, dépassant le seuil d’urgence de 2% défini par l’OMS.

Les équipes ont noté des perturbations dans certains départements dues aux chocs climatiques (poches de sécheresse d’une sévérité moyenne dans la zone du Serbowel dans le Logone et Chari et le Mayo Sava, inondations, attaques des cultures par des chenilles, destruction des champs par les pachydermes). La persistance de l’insécurité dans les régions du Nord-Ouest et Sud-Ouest et de l’Extrême-Nord impacte la sécurité alimentaire et l’insécurité alimentaire impacte la situation nutritionnelle, particulièrement dans l’Extrême Nord.

Selon la dernière enquête SMART 2022, la prévalence de la malnutrition est de : MAG 3,9% et MAS 1,7% pour Mokolo. Pour l’Extrême Nord, hors site, MAG 8.3% et MAS 2.0% avec des chiffres un peu plus élevés dans le camp des déplacés de Minawao (à Mokolo) MAG 4,3% et MAS 1.6%. Les prévalences sont très faibles dans les NOSO.

EN : 979000 personnes ciblées par le HRP 2024 et 450000 PDI & 121742 Refugiés

NOSO : 991000 personnes ciblées par le HRP 2024 dont 583000 PDI

Sur le plan sanitaire, les DS ciblés à l’EN et au NO sont situés dans des zones à fort potentiel épidémique avec la récurrence des épidémies de choléra, de rougeole et de paludisme. Une épidémie de choléra a été déclarée en octobre 2022 dans l’EN. Dans le Logone et Chari, cette épidémie a touché les DS de Fotokol, Mada et Makary. Ces DS connaissent aussi des périodes de pic palustre chaque année entre juillet et décembre.

Les DS de Makary et de Fotokol ne disposent aujourd’hui que de 2 médecins et de 3 infirmiers, soit un ratio de 1 médecin pour 103 133 habitants et de 1 infirmier pour 68 755 habitants, alors que les seuils OMS sont de 1/10000 pour les médecins et de 1/5000 pour les infirmiers. Dans celui de Mada, le DS emploie 3 médecins et 3 infirmiers (soit 1/56079 hbts), reflétant ici aussi la fragilité du dispositif médical déployé dans cette zone. Dans les districts de Batibo, Bali et Santa dans le NO, le ratio est de 1 médecin pour 30 000 hbts et 1 infirmier/sage-femmes pour 3000 hbts.

Quelques indicateurs santé : Indice de fécondité : 4,58 enfants / femme, Taux de natalité : 35/1000, Taux de mortalité : 9,4 /1000, Taux de mortalité infanto juvénile : 49,8/1000, Mortalité Maternelle : 669/100000 habitants, Palu : 85,5/1000 habitants avec Décès Paludisme : 6,2 pour 100000 habitants

La situation sécuritaire dans les districts sanitaires ciblés est très instable ce qui entraîne inévitablement des cas de VBG sur les jeunes filles et les femmes telles que des viols, des abus et exploitations sexuelles, des mariages forcés. L’éloignement des structures sanitaires, l’état de dégradation des routes et les prix élevés des transports pour se rendre aux structures de santé constituent un frein à l’accès aux soins de santé. En outre, les soins de santé étant payants dans ces régions, l’accès aux soins reste un véritable défi pour ces populations dont les activités de subsistance (les champs, commerces) sont paralysées à cause des affrontements.

SITUATION DES INONDATIONS EN EXTRÊME NORD : 365 060 personnes (67 323 ménages) touchées dont 124 120 enfants < 5 ans ; 30 décès, 82 509 hectares de terres agricoles ont été détruits. 15 DS /19 atteints et 65 Centre de santé, 5 278 têtes de bétail perdues >>>> Risque d’épidémie de choléra ++++

Projets mis en œuvre :

En 2024 : ALIMA met en œuvre 6 projets médicaux dans les secteurs de la santé, la nutrition et la vaccination principalement

• 4 projets médico nutritionnels dans l’Extrême Nord (Mokolo-Makary), le Sud-Ouest (Dschang) et le Nord-Ouest (Bamenda)
• 1 projet chirurgical dans l’Extrême Nord (Maroua)
• 1 projet de vaccination dans l’EN et SW

Zones d’intervention :

• Extrême Nord (Makary, Mokolo et Maroua) : 4 DS dont 19 AS
• Nord-Ouest (Bamenda): 3 DS dont 11 AS
• Sud-Ouest (Fontem et Wabane), Ouest (Dschang) : 3 DS dont 9 AS

Partenariat:

ALIMA est présent depuis fin 2015 au Cameroun et travaille en partenariat avec l’ONG Nationale DEMTOU depuis 2019, le consortium ALIMA-DEMTOU opère activement au Cameroun, fournissant un soutien technique et matériel aux districts sanitaires pour répondre aux urgences sanitaires, nutritionnelles et épidémiologiques.

ALIMA mène des projets en consortium avec d’autres ONG locales dans différentes zones : AVLF à Maroua, TOKEM à Dschang , APAM et la Fondation Kangourou sur le Projet Mokolo

Moyens de la mission :

• Le montant global sous la responsabilité du CDM au Cameroun : 6608 K € avec les bailleurs comme : AFD ; BHA ; ECHO ; CDCS ; IFRP
• Les effectifs expat et nationaux de la mission Cameroun : Expats : 16 et Nat : 138 et 778 MOH

Priorité coordination / sujets transversaux année 2024 et perspectives 2025 :

• Améliorer l’approvisionnement en médicaments (plus d’ancrage avec la DPM-L)
• Accompagner les évaluations sur tous nos projets en vue d’un repositionnement stratégique de nos opérations
• Continuer à améliorer la qualité des soins dans les zones anglophones (SO et NO)
• Continuer à suivre les indicateurs et réadapter la mise en œuvre si dépassement des cibles
• Repenser les stratégies pour favoriser le don de sang en Extrême Nord
• Redéfinir la stratégie SSR sur la mission (pour améliorer les indicateurs et continuer à réduire le taux des décès maternels)
• Capitaliser les acquis du projet de chirurgie réparatrice réalisé à Maroua
• Règlement du statut administratif de ALIMA au Cameroun
• Révision du setup RH : Coordination renforcée avec dispositif projet allégé vs projet renforcer avec allégement de la coordination
• Gestion du contentieux RH & nombre croissant CDI du staff—- risque financier à long terme
• Structuration base et bureau coordination
• Suivi financier et pilotage projet renforcé
• Dégradation sécurité dans le Nord-Ouest et Sud-Ouest : adapter l’approche pour faciliter l’accès humanitaire aux communautés (localisation : recours à des partenaires locaux).
• Renforcement du set-up RH (notamment pour les départements médical et RH).
• Développement des activités dans la région du Sud-Ouest et de l’Ouest.

Eléments de profil requis spécifique à la mission :

• Travail dans un contexte humanitaire complexe avec des enjeux opérationnels
• Expérience chef de mission d’au moins 2 ans avec les ONG internationales
• Expérience dans la gestion sécuritaire et la négociation humanitaire
• Maîtrise du partenariat avec les ONG locales
• Grande expérience dans la mise en œuvre des projets en consortium avec d’autres ONG internationales
• Maîtrise de l’anglais et du français écrit et parlé obligatoire

CONDITIONS

Durée et type de contrat : 12 mois

Prise de poste : Janvier 2025

Salaire : Selon grille salariale ALIMA + valorisation de l’expérience + Perdiem

ALIMA prend en charge:

• Les frais de déplacements entre le pays d’origine de l’expatrié et le lieu de mission
• Les frais d’hébergement
• La couverture médicale du premier jour de contrat à un mois après la date de départ du pays de mission pour l’employé et ses ayants droits
• L’évacuation pour l’employé et ses ayants droits