The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is
an international non-governmental organization that promotes and supports
durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced
people all over the world.
The DRC Kenya program is seeking
qualified candidates for the following position:
Project Assistant - Psychosocial Support
Kakuma Refugee Camp
The Psychosocial Support Assistant
will provide Support to the Project officer in conducting counselling with
adolescents and youth through both individual and group sessions.
Use adolescent and youth friendly
interventions and/or approaches in sessions to assist them process their
emotional conflicts.
Prepare affected adolescents and
youth for other forms of interventions through the referral pathway and follow
up on the same
Data collection using agreed upon
monitoring and evaluation tools-under the guidance of the Project Officer
Provide direct supervision and day to
day management of refugee incentive workers in the Adolescents and Youth
Protection Project.
Requirements:
- Diploma level education in Counselling
Psychology, Social Work and/or, Community Development, with a minimum of 1
year experience working in communities,
- Experience in designing and facilitating
training session,
- Good communication skills with fluency in
written and spoken English/Kiswahili.
- Positive attitude towards community work with
emphasis on the ability to learn from communities and
- support innovative approaches to problem
solving.
Project Assistant - Adolescents and Youth Protection
Kakuma Refugee Camp
The role of this
position will be to support the Project Officer to conduct trainings for
adolescents and youth as stipulated in the programme documents and work
plans.
Trainings programmes will focus on
Life Skills Development, Resilience, and Child to Child Methodologies among others.
Key roles will be; Mobilization of
community members, adolescents and youth to participate in community
led/centred activities such as Awareness Raising Campaigns.
Data collection using agreed upon
monitoring and evaluation tools will be a key role in addition to monthly and
Periodic Reporting under the guidance of the Project Officer
Requirements
- Diploma level education in Social Work and/or,
Community Development, with a minimum of 1 year experience working in
communities.
- Experience in designing and facilitating
training sessions,
- Good communication skills with fluency in
written and spoken English & Kiswahili.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing
programme priorities and emergency priorities that may arise.
Livelihoods Officer - Kakuma Refugee Camp
Under the
supervision of the Field Coordinator the Livelihood officer will be responsible
for support and development of livelihood programmes for the youth in the camp
and in the refugee hosting community.
The Key role includes designing and
implementing relevant livelihoods and community based financial systems
including Group Savings and Loans.
The incumbent will also be
responsible for identification of youths to benefit from DRC’s Trainings and
Scholarships as outlined in Project documents and also follow up of
beneficiaries in institutions of learning to ensure that the learning needs are
fully met.
He/she will also develop relevant
training manuals and practices for target beneficiaries.
Shall also facilitate trainings
focusing on Group Savings and Loans, Financial Literacy and business Skills
Management.
Carry out participatory needs
assessments and identify appropriate livelihood interventions to increase
incomes for the local community and reduce poverty in the target areas.
Requirements
- Degree in Business Administration, Economics,
Entrepreneurship or Community Development
- Minimum 2 years’ experience setting up and
implementing livelihoods or income generating projects preferably with an
NGO in a refugee/IDP setting ,
- Skills or training in basic book keeping or
administration is desirable.
- Prior experience working with local
governments and stakeholders in implementation of projects,
- a keen understanding of business and
development issues including Groups Savings and Loan
approaches,
- able to adapt to changing program priorities
and emergency priorities that may arise,
- hands-on community mobilization skills,
- experience in working in harsh climatic
conditions and
- ability to communicate effectively will be an
added advantage
Lead Psychosocial Counsellor – Dadaab Refugee Camp
The Lead
Psychosocial Counselor (GBV) will support the successful coordination &
implementation of all psychosocial activities, and will be responsible for the
provision of quality Case Management, Support training of partners, staff and
community workers to respond to cases of GBV and ensure effective referral for
survivors of GBV.
This includes providing ongoing
training and utilizing monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure high quality
services are available and utilized.
The Lead Psychosocial Counselor will
provide technical guidance and leadership required for the successful
implementation of all psychosocial activities and ensure provision of
professional and confidential services to survivors of GBV through a survivor
centered case management approach.
This position reports to the GBV
& CDPI Team Leader.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Counseling and/or
Psychology.
- Master’s degree in the same fields is an added
advantage.
- 3 years hands on experience in counseling
preferably with persons of concern,
- Knowledge in gender issues and human
rights,
- Working experience in refugee situations will
be an added advantage,
- Excellent, Good facilitation/training skills
and project report writing skills,
- Ability to communicate in a highly
professional manner with clients, community members and professional
partners,
- Able to complete required reporting and
documentation by deadlines,
- Motivated, innovative and possesses
outstanding organizational and inter-personal skills and professional
integrity,
- Willing to work in a hardship area.
Submission of Application:
Qualified candidates are invited to
submit their applications.
Each application should include a 1
page cover letter clearly stating their motivation and qualifications and a
CV.
Application should include contact of
three professional referees.
One referee must be the applicant’s
most recent manager.
Applications should be sent to
drcjobs@drckenya.org and have the subject heading of the position that is being
applied for.
Deadline for receiving applications is Friday, 5th September 2014
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.