Project Team Leader – DRC Retour vers les opportunités

• Job title: Team Leader
• Employment category:  G1
• Reporting to: Project Manager
• Technical Line Managers: –
• Unit/department: DRC Tunisia
• Location: Medenine
• Authorization level: N/A

Overall purpose of the role

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by vulnerable people affected by conflict and instability all over the world. DRC is specialized, within its core sectors of intervention, on community safety programming. DRC strives to identify safety and security needs from the perspective of those living in conflict areas and to help them find non-violent solutions. These go beyond traditional mine action activities to include violence reduction, programming that specifically seeks to engage communities in addressing root causes of conflict and local safety and security challenges

DRC has been working in the region in Libya and Tunisia since 2011. In 2014, DRC started a project in border towns in southeast Tunisia to address community security and resilience by establishing local committees for community dialogue and conflict management. DRC is currently implementing a project that reinforces these committees in Tunisia and also extends them into Libyan border towns.

The Field Coordinator, in coordination and cooperation with project staff, and supervised by the Program Manager, is expected to:

1. Provide oversight in coordinating implementation of day-to-day project activities in alignment with program strategy
2. Coordinate operations in southern Tunisia, including administrative, logistical, and security functions
3. Contribute to an active culture of organizational learning
4. Manage and mentor project staff

Responsibilities:

• Programming
  • Support the Project Manager to develop the overall strategic direction of the programming
  • Contribute to regular work plans and schedules with the support of the Program Manager
  • Develop and reinforce relationships with local and regional stakeholders and partners, especially civil and security officials as well as community leaders
  • Facilitate ongoing conflict analysis and security assessments, together with providing feedback to the Project Manager on changes in local conflict dynamics and possible impact on the programming

• Operations
  • Ensure the effective operation of the southern Tunisia offices, including management and supervision of project staff
  • Coordinate and liaise with support staff during planning and implementation of project activities
  • Ensure compliance with correct financial, logistics, and human resources policies and procedures in coordination with the Project Manager and support staff
  • Contribute to the safety of all project staff and act as safety focal point for southern Tunisia
• Learning
  • Ensure that activities are conducted in accordance with the M&E plan, in coordination with the Monitoring and Communications Officer
  • Promote a culture of learning by actively identifying challenges, provide ongoing assistance and guidance for rapid troubleshooting, and support identification of lessons learned
  • Ensure quality reporting and documentation of project activities

• Staff Management
  • Line manage Community Liaison Officers in Ben Guerdane, Dehiba, Zuwara, Nalut and Wazin
  • Support identification of team staffing gaps and contribute to recruitment decisions
  • Identify staff needs and capacity building opportunities and provide ongoing mentorship
  • Ensure timely performance management measures including appraisals and remedial actions, in coordination with the Program Manager