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• Responsibility for overall support and programmatic planning,
  reporting, and implementation to enable DRC to achieve its objectives.
• Supervising the base and ensure that DRC procedures are streamlined
  in the project implementation.
• Building relationships with key humanitarian partners and donors and
  securing funding to expand DRC’s programmes.

• People management of direct reports (incl. development, performance
  & recruitment).
• Support and mentor staff members by identifying clear deliverables
  and providing training.
• Support and monitor programme staff planning of activities.
• Supervise finance, admin, Human Resources, procurement and logistics
  ensuring that expenditure is compliant with DRC procedures, donors’
  regulation and national legislation.

• Collaborate with OPM, local authorities, funding donor staff at
  field level and other stakeholders in the implementation of ongoing
  activities as well as performing field level advocacy for program quality
  and future development.
• Provide quality oversight on the operations of DRC’s implementation
  partners.
• Represent DRC at Local Authorities and other stakeholder’s
  engagements in the assigned district (s) of operation.
• Coordinate all base location activities to ensure collaboration and
  cooperation between sector staff and that synergy between different
  program sectors is attained.
• Cultivate good relations with key humanitarian actors, including
  UNHCR, INGOs and donors, through regular attendance at technical
  meetings/clusters and bilateral meetings.
• Liaison and close coordination with other UN agencies, NGOs,
  government authorities and non-state actors.
• Ensure that timely and quality project narrative reports are
  provided to the donors on time according to donors’ requirement.

• Develop, initiate and contribute to concept and program proposal
  development.
• Ensure efficient budget management including participation in BFU
  meetings.
• Provide programmatic leadership to the Center Management Team in
  respect to project activities.
• Participate in program operational and long term planning
• Ensure prudent utilization of and accountability for resources
  allocated to the project.

• Ensure project teams for various sectorial activities are recruited,
  trained and are effectively discharging their mandate.
• Collaborate with sector coordinators ensuring well organized donor
  missions to field area.
• Proactively contribute to quality and timely, monthly, quarterly and
  annual reports.
• Ensure DRC reporting and feedback complaint mechanism is in place
  and enable POC to raise concerns on issues arising from DRC interventions.
• Development, coordination, planning, implementation, monitoring and
  reporting.
• Supervision and coordination of programme and support staff
• Monitoring of project(s) expenditures.
• Conduct assessments and fact-finding missions to set up new or
  follow-up projects.
• Assisting in the preparation of project proposals for external
  donors and negotiate/defend them, conceptualizing and developing sectoral
  and local strategies in close co-operation with the Country Director.
• Assisting in developing new programme initiatives and fundraising.
• Ensure that the programmes are implemented in accordance with DRC
  standard regulations and operational procedures.
• Ensure that at all times contact with beneficiaries, target groups
  and representatives of authorities is conducted in a sensitive and
  respectful manner.
• Supervise implementation of the projects via monitoring and
  evaluation.
• Ensure adherence to DRC Security procedures according to the DRC
  Operations Handbook and local security rules.

• Provide direct line management to staff based at the field base
  location.
• Develop staff performance measurement and targets and appraise them
  based on the set targets in consultation with sector coordinators as
  appropriate.
• Conduct regular field visits to operational sites to ensure
  appropriate service provision standards are maintained.
• Uphold DRC’s code of Conduct and principles of accountability.
• Participate in procedures related to recruitment, staff development,
  warning and dismissal as required, with a mind-set of anticipation and
  expectation as opposed to reaction.

• Coordinate logistics and financial support to program implementation
  with the field based Support service staff.
• Ensure transport logistics for supplies and provision to the border
  points is timely and effectively planned and executed.
• Ensure all temporary workers are formally engaged as per DRC policy
  and paid timely for their services.
• In collaboration with the Support services team leader, manage the
  financial budgets, expenditures, procurement and inventories in accordance
  with DRC operations handbook, donor regulations and DRC specific
  guidelines.
• Attend and effectively contribute to and into the budget follow up
  meeting sessions.

• Ensure transparency and accountability tools, processes and
  mechanisms to persons of concern and host community are in place.
• Regularly monitor project activities and provide timely inputs and
  feedback to the Area Manager and head of Programs.
• Ensure relevant baseline survey, mini surveys, needs assessment
  data, End line surveys and quality assurance are conducted in the project
  area.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, biannual, end year reports and activity
  work plans and share with relevant stake holders.

• Coordination: Maintain close and good relations with all relevant
  stakeholders including the other Base Mangers of other NGOs, UN
  organizations, OPM, local authorities, line ministries, donors and other
  DRC partners;
• Transparency: Conduct self and responsibility in a transparent way.
• Reporting: Timely compile required reports for all relevant
  stakeholders as guided by the Base manager and project manager.
• Follow up all DRC / DDG Procedures for Security, Finance, Logistics,
  HR and Administration.
• Uphold DRC’s international code of conduct.

• The ideal candidate for the Danish Refugee Council Base Manager job
  placement should hold a relevant university degree. Substantial work
  experience in the areas of emergency, camp management, development sector,
  especially with displaced/refugees communities can substitute education
  qualification.
• At least five years of management experience in an INGO or
  similar/related position which must include human resource and budget
  management.
• Previous working experience managing field offices.
• Good interpersonal, communication skills with proven experience in
  liaising with local authorities.
• Proven leadership skills and a competence in people management.
• Experience in project management and proven organizational skill.
• Good understanding of donor trends, guidelines and procedures.
• Experience dealing with national partners and local/government
  authorities.
• Professional background in working with internally displaced persons
  and/or refugees.
• Good experience in training and liaising with national NGOs.
• Experience working in multicultural work settings.
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines;
• A team player and the ability to work with limited supervision;
• Flexible, pro-active, and with the ability on follow through on
  tasks;
• (e.g. Political Science, International Development, Management,
  Economics).          
• Excellent Communication skills in English required.
• Fluency in local languages is an advantage.

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