Technical Advisor, Great Lakes Goma, DR Congo

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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking for a French/English speaking Technical Advisor with a solid background in research, policy analysis, advocacy and civil society development, to provide technical support to the Great Lakes Programme’s civil society partners. The position is based in Goma, DRCongo.

Background

DRC’s Great Lakes Programme currently covers five countries of the Great Lakes region: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Uganda. Based on an approach combining qualitative research, evidence-based advocacy, bottom-up policy development and civil society capacity-building, the programme seeks to prevent local conflict resulting from and contributing to displacement through participatory processes defined and implemented by local actors at the local level. It also aims to develop or improve national and regional policies on displacement by making them more relevant to locally-identified needs. Finally, it seeks to reinforce and consolidate the capacities of civil society actors in reaching meaningful and sustainable policy change. The work of partner CSOs in the second phase of the programme (2013-2016) is organised around three broad themes of Security, Governance and Justice, examining community perceptions of security, issues of return and reintegration, land management, post-conflict justice and recovery, trauma and identity. In this programme, DRC provides strategic and methodological support to partner CSOs in carrying out professional and participatory analyses into specific displacement dynamics, and translating these into effective advocacy strategies targeting multiple stakeholders from the local to the regional level. It also provides technical and financial support to activities of dialogue, negotiation, protection monitoring, legal aid and capacity-building.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of a Programme Manager, the Great Lakes Technical Advisor contributes to the strategic development and implementation of DRC’s Great Lakes Civil Society Project, by:

• Providing technical and methodological support to the partners in their research projects:
  • Definition of research objectives and research questions with the partners
  • On-the-ground accompaniment and training of research teams
  • Report write-up
  • Production of alternative research media

• Managing the partners’ individual reinforcement plans:
  • Regular meetings with the partners to discuss their objectives, methodology and capacity-building needs
  • Monitoring progress against indicators
  • Organisation of capacity-building workshops
  • Contracting of consultants for the delivery of technical support

The Technical Advisor plays a key role in monitoring and documenting the content, effects and impact of capacity-building activities provided by the DRC team to its partners.

• Providing technical support to the partners in the elaboration of their advocacy strategies (in collaboration with the Programme Manager and Programme Officer) in line with their programmatic objectives and institutional mandate:
  • Identification of advocacy targets and influencing opportunities
  • Production of advocacy material
  • Follow-up of advocacy objectives and progress reached
  • Documentation/capitalisation of experiences

• Acting as safety focal point:
  • Monitor the evolving situation in the areas of operation
  • Conduct regular Security Risk Assessments (SRAs) as per DRC/DDG policy
  • Prepare and submit security reports and trend analyses as required

Reporting Arrangements

The technical Advisor will report to the Programme Manager, Great Lakes

Conditions Availability:    August, 2014.

Duty station:   Goma, DR congo. This posting is a non-family posting.

Contract:         1 year renewable contract.

Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates (available at www.drc.dk under Vacancies). This position is graded as A13

Qualifications

• Research (Masters or PhD level) degree in International Law, International Politics, Conflict Studies, Forced Migration, Social Anthropology or related field;
• At least 5 years’ professional experience with an international NGO working on conflict and displacement, preferably from a civil society/capacity-building perspective;
• Proven track record working in Africa on research, policy development and advocacy;
• Practical experience in accompanying local CSOs in research and policy formulation;
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and spoken) in English and French;
• Experience in at least one country of the Great Lakes region;
• Willingness to travel regularly to countries within the region.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.dk

Application process

Interested? Qualified candidates are invited to access the full job description and the requirements for this position under vacancies at www.drc.dk.  Please submit applications online using this link by 3 November, 2014

If you are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk