The Danish Refugee Council has been providing
relief and development services in the Horn of Africa region since 1997.
The DRC Kenya Program seeks to fill the following position to be based in Dadaab Refugee Camp.
Liaison & Safety Officer (LSO)
Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the DRC Risk Management System (RMS) in order to support the safe and efficient delivery of program activities within the Kenya Program.
Key responsibilities include:
The DRC Kenya Program seeks to fill the following position to be based in Dadaab Refugee Camp.
Liaison & Safety Officer (LSO)
Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the DRC Risk Management System (RMS) in order to support the safe and efficient delivery of program activities within the Kenya Program.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conduct
regular risk assessments for each programme area
- Ensure
that the Kenya Programme is compliant with the DRC Global Minimum
Operating Safety Standards (MOSS)
- Assist
in the development of context-specific contingency plans
- Develop
a network of contacts with other NGOs, UNDSS, Government agencies, etc
- Act
as primary focal point for engagements and negotiations related to access,
safety and other issues with refugees, host communities, government authorities,
etc
- Act
as the country level coordinator for the Incident Management Team
Requirements:
- At
least 3 years’ working experience in an NGO and/or other international
agency in a managerial/supervisory capacity.
- Candidates
without relevant humanitarian experience will not be considered.
- NGO
safety management experience is preferred but not required.
- Emergency
First Aid qualification (within
the last year), and experience in negotiating access for humanitarian
agencies.
- Computer
literate and fluent in written and spoken English and Kiswahili (Somali
speakers will be preferred)
Kindly indicate the position applied for as the subject heading. Deadline for receiving applications is Monday, 17th October, 2011.
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