The Danish
Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and development services in the
Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC has been active in Kenya since 2005.
DRC has
operational offices in Nairobi, Mombasa, Dadaab and Kakuma implementing
programs directly and in partnership with local NGOs.
The DRC Kenya
program is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions;
1. Village Savings and Loans Officer (VSL) - Kakuma
Key
Responsibilities:
The Village
Savings and Loans Officer will be based in DRC’s Kakuma office with regular
visits to all field/site locations and adjacent subcounties.
As part of
the implementation of VSL activities, the incumbent will lead all aspects of
project implementation, including quality programming, capacity-building,
M&E, documentation, Savings Groups global benchmarking, in compliance with
both DRC’s and donor’s policies and procedures.
The officer
will monitor groups’ self management maturity and transition as guided by the
group objectives and targets.
Work closely
with the Village Agents (VAs) to ensure that financial linkage and education,
entrepreneurship and small business management capacity development is
implemented within the Sub-Counties.
Skills & Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in
Business Administration, Commerce, micro finance or in the Social
Sciences.
- Minimum of 4 years in
development work with at least 2-3 years demonstrable capacity in Savings
Groups approaches.
- The candidate must
possess a good understanding of general or global livelihoods and how
VS&L contributes towards self-reliance through improving livelihoods.
2. Project Assistant - Psychosocial Support - Kakuma
Key
Responsibilities:
Under the
supervision of the Project Officer, the Project Assistant is responsible for
providing counseling for adolescents and youth (both individual and group) by
using youth friendly intervention approaches to help them process their
emotional conflict.
The Project
Assistant will provide ongoing psychoeducation, sensitization and training to
families, stakeholders and the community within the refugee camp.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in
Counseling Psychology,
- Must have a strong
psychological counseling & social work background.
- Must be proactive and
able to work independently with minimal guidance.
- At least a minimum of
2-3 years of work experience.
- Working/implementing
projects in hardship operations in a humanitarian context is a plus.
Applications
Interested
candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to
submit their applications which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly
stating their motivation and qualifications and CV.
Applications
should include contact details of three professional referees.
One referee
must be the applicant’s most recent manager.
We only accept applications through our online system at www.drc.dk under Vacancies - “VSL Officer / Project Assistant-Psychosocial Support” in English no later than noon, Friday 25th September, 2015.
Only
applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required
qualifications will be considered.
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk