Overview
The Economic Recovery Specialist has technical area focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the area. The role contributes to the development of area strategies, including participating in developing high quality project proposals and reports, ensuring the quality of programming, building technical capacity, and maintaining external coordination and representation.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing specialized knowledge and operational know-how in DRC Economic Recovery programming, including Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), cash and voucher activities (CVA), business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, vocational training and other activities.
- Providing technical support and capacity building to program team and local partners.
- Ensure compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines.
- Represent DRC in relevant humanitarian coordination fora.
- Represent the programme to partners and authorities.
- Provide vision, leadership and direction to DRC Economic Recovery team.
- Management of DRC Economic Recovery portfolio in the area.
- Contribute to project proposal, concept notes, and lead on technical, strategical and financial aspects of EcRec components.
- Oversee programme quality of current and proposed projects.
- Ensure partner budget follow-up and management.
- Ensure compliance of current & proposed projects within the scope of DRC programme department.
- Accountable for programme progress against targets and quality, performance of local partners.
- Develop clear communication between project staff, support service staff, other humanitarian partners and authorities.
- Ensure that integrated programming is promoted and implemented.
- Ensure an integrated and area-based approach to the humanitarian response.
- Work closely with CO partnership team to identify potential national partners.
- Ensure accurate and timely internal and donor reporting.
- Develop program monitoring tools.
- Conduct quality control and site monitoring.
- Ensure Program monitoring as per expected outputs and outcomes.
- Continuously update project documentation and files.
- Develop and undertake needs assessments to inform program design and strategic direction.
- Conduct frequent rapid needs assessment of the situation in the event of an emergency.
- Represent DRC to relevant national authorities.
- Represent the Economic Recovery program with other humanitarian actors and relevant humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
- Share relevant project information with stakeholders.
- Participate in relevant coordination meetings.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years' experience in a project/ program management role (experience in emergency and/or Livelihood programming is a must)
- At least 3 years of experience with people management
- Skills and experience in project/program planning, delivery, monitoring, reporting, review and evaluation
- Experience in working in complex emergencies or challenging security settings and within security management frameworks.
Qualifications
Degree or Diploma or a closely related Degree
