Economic Recovery Officer at Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Tanzania

Economic Recovery Officer – Engineer
Economic Recovery Officer – Engineer at Danish Refugee Council (DRC) May 2024
Department Tanzania
Workplace Kibondo ( Tanzania)
Contract Type Expatriate or national contract
Founded in 1956, The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian,
non-governmental, non-profit organization providing direct assistance to
conflict-affected populations – refugees, internally displaced people
(IDPs) and host communities – in more than 40 countries around the
world. DRC has been implementing emergency response projects in Tanzania
since the onset of the Burundi refugee crisis in 2015 in three refugee
camps in the Kigoma Region at the border with Burundi. DRC’s integrated
projects for refugees, asylum seekers and host communities comprise
sectors such as Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Protection
(CBP, PSN, GBV, CP and Legal), Shelter and infrastructure, and Economic
Recovery.

Overall purpose of the role:
The Economic
Recovery Officer – Engineer under the management and supervision of the
Economic Recovery Team Leader and in close collaboration with WFP,
UNHCR, Local Government Authorities, and other partners will be
responsible for ensuring the smooth design and implementation of
activities on asset creation and/or land restoration for increased
community resilience towards climate change, food security, shocks and
stresses, land degradation, livelihoods, among others. The project
approach will involve assessments, designing and implementation of
various assets that will involve earthworks and stonework’s and
industrial materials for ‘asset creation’ with community members in
targeted locations in Kigoma region. The Engineer is therefore expected
to be flexible to work in different locations throughout the programme.

Tasks and responsibilities of the position

• Ensure targets are met under DRC’s agreement with donors, to be accountable to the stated goals of the programme.
• Identification,
  assessment, design and implementation of livelihoods and environment
  programmes with specific focus on conservation and management of water
  harvesting and storage structures, soil erosion control through
  resilient farming practices and restoration of degraded areas including
  gully treatment through gabions and checkdams.
• Provide inputs to develop, coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and report on DRC´s economic recovery programme.
• Oversee proper documentation of activities implemented and actors/beneficiaries involved.
• Undertake
  regular field/onsite visits to ensure technical support to on asset
  creation and proper monitoring of the activities implementation in the
  area of operation.
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports as directed by respective Team Leaders and Manager.
• Foster
  and ensure Economic Recovery Assistants-Livelihoods/Environment/Food
  security maintain productive, supportive and respectful relations with
  Incentive Workers and/or Village Agents employed in the programme.
• Provide
  support, daily management, direction and on-job coaching to Economic
  Recovery- Livelihoods/Environment/Food security Assistants and Incentive
  Workers and/or Village Agents to ensure timely implementation of
  project activities.
• Work with established community-based
  structures and be solution-oriented in terms of challenges arising from
  individual activities and the programme as a whole.
• Support
  efforts from different actors to ensure that natural resources and
  shared environment are better conserved and protected.
• Contribute
  to developing new sustainable Livelihoods/Food security/Environment
  initiatives or proposals and fundraising relating to refugees host
  communities, emergency, protracted displacement and longer-term
  response.
• Ensure lessons learned are documented, shared and reflected in program planning and decision making.
• Ensure continuous capacity building among beneficiaries and staff involved under supervision.
• Ensure
  implementation of Livelihoods/Food Security/Environment activities are
  compliant with the National policies, guidelines and strategies, Core
  Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and the DRC Code of Conduct (CoC).
• Work
  with respective Team leader(s) and MEAL team to ensure the M&E plan
  is being implemented, data is being collected from the field and
  regular reports are produced.
• Provide inputs for narrative reports according to donors’ requirements.
• Support budget monitoring and expenses control including compliance with minimum DRC and donor requirements.
• Liaising
  with institutions, village agents, voluntary/community groups, and
  other local organizations/groups to promote various Livelihoods/Food
  security/Environment in the host communities and refugee camps.
• Ensuring all engagement messaging/data is consistent among all stakeholders during project implementation.
• Ensuring
  that best practices on environmental/food security/livelihood
  approaches are identified, surveyed, valued, and proposed for
  intervention in the refugees as well as in the host community.
• Document best practices and success stories for sharing with relevant parties involved in the project.
• Participate in different training, workshops, talks, and conferences for project activities/plans.
• Foster
  and maintain excellent working relationships with key humanitarian and
  development actors – local and international, including government
  authorities and non-state actors, and private sectors through regular
  attendance at technical meetings and bilateral meetings.
• Liaise
  closely with other DRC sectors such as; Protection, Camp Coordination
  and Camp Management, to ensure productive coordination and smooth
  implementation of the programme activities.
• Work in the
  multi-functional team approach in close collaboration with Programme and
  other technical experts, to ensure that economic
  recovery-Livelihoods/Food security and Environment interventions are
  approached from a cross-sectoral and integrated programming perspective.
• Perform other related duties as required.

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Requirements

• University
  Degree/Advanced diploma/Post graduate studies in Irrigation and Water
  Resource Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and other related fields.
• At
  least 2 years relevant work experience in engineering assessments,
  design and implementation of activities in creation of assets on climate
  resilience such as; establishment of dams for livestock and irrigation
  through rain water harvesting techniques, application of methods for
  increased agriculture productivity through climate resilient farming
  practices, such as terracing, excavation of trenches and ridges,
  irrigation canals and related farming practices, landscape restoration
  through gully treatment, soil erosion control, irrigation, and
  integrated watershed management and similar areas.
• Good
  understanding on the impact of climate change on food security and
  livelihoods, farming sytems, land degradation and natural resources.
• Understanding
  of different environmental challenges, trends, on-going global/national
  efforts for environment and natural resources conservation.
• Previous experience in food security, nutrition and gender-sensitive interventions an added advantage.
• Previous
  experience in community empowerment through working with beneficiaries
  with different socio-economic status including the vulnerable
  individuals/households within rural communities.
• Previous
  experience in using Geographic Information System (GIS) software, QGIS,
  Auto/Arch Computer Aided Design for land restoration or for creation of
  similar assets a plus.
• High level of computer literacy in using softwares Microsoft office, internet and e-mails.
• Previous experience working with host community members, refugees or IDPs in similar projects.
• Previous
  working experience with International organizations in the development
  and humanitarian settings in implementing similar projects and
  programmes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Swahili.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity, innovation and flexibility.
• Comfortable
  in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure
  well ability to engage with community members, and maintain
  confidentiality and respect.

Languages: Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English and Swahili

Key stakeholders: (internal and external)

• DRC staff, refugees and donors
• Local Government (refugee camp) and host Community representatives.
• Community groups.
• Other NGOs and relief actors.
• MoHA, police, immigration

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.