[Hiring] Roving Emergency Advisor – Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding @flygtning

Role Description

Are you an experienced Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) practitioner looking for a challenging new role? Are you looking to work with and for affected people in ensuring their rights are respected and protected in crisis situations? Then this is the role for you!

The Roving Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (HDP) Advisor will join the EMPACT team to ensure that DRC delivers a rapid and appropriate HMA and conflict sensitive emergency response according to the DRC emergency framework. This response will prevent and reduce exposure to immediate risks, such as explosive ordnance contamination. The response will protect communities and people affected by an immediate shock from further harm and enable them to meet their basic needs and recover from the emergency.

Your main duties and responsibilities will vary with each deployment, but may include:

• Leading on assessing the relevance and feasibility of establishing a specific DRC HMA emergency response, and considering possible integration with other sectors.
• Leading on the design and implementation of rapid and standard conflict analyses to inform a DRC conflict sensitive response in emergency situations.
• Designing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and adapting DRC HDP emergency response activities, including:
  • Emergency Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE)
  • Conflict, Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP)
  • Explosive Hazard Assessment (EHAs) and marking in accordance with organizational policies
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
• Identifying, referring and supporting EO survivors, indirect victims, and persons with disabilities affected by explosive ordnance and explosive weapons incidents.
• Developing operational strategies, workplans, budgets, and contingency plans to ensure timely and effective emergency response with the highest possible standards of safety and security.
• Supporting with the identification, capacity assessment and strengthening, technical assistance provision and monitoring of local HMA partners and stakeholders to promote a locally led HMA emergency response.
• Liaising pro-actively and building good rapport with local authority officials, community representatives, and any other relevant stakeholders, while supporting their capacity-building through ongoing one-on-one support and coaching.
• Participating in relevant coordination fora and external engagement and advocacy efforts related to the emergency HMA response and contributing to global advocacy efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ previous experience in HMA and full understanding of its technical requirements.
• IMAS EOD 3 qualifications as minimum and previous work experience as an Operations Manager.
• Proven management experience gained in a range of settings including emergency contexts/insecure environments.
• Experience with accreditation to IMAS standard.
• Proven record of training national staff and ability to train and mentor national counterparts.
• Diplomatic, patient and persistent.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, French is desirable.
• Good knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Willingness to embrace and further develop overall objectives such as gender equity, impact monitoring, and cross-sector cooperation.

Requirements

• IMAS EOD 3 qualifications.
• IMAS EOD level 3 + (desirable).

Benefits

• Contract length: 12 months.
• Employment band: F.
• Designation of Duty Station: Roving.
• Start date: Earliest possible.
• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Roving Employees.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter, an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English as well as a degree certificate. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 23rd of July.

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