Migration and Protection Manager

The Danish Red Cross (DRC) Country Office in Ethiopia is looking for a new colleague with flair for project management, partnerships and fundraising. The Migration and Protection Manager position contributes to the development and monitoring of the DRC supported project portfolio in Ethiopia, which is implemented in close collaboration with the Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ERCS).

As Migration and Protection Manager for DRC in Ethiopia you will be involved in the management of longer-term development projects on Migration/IDPs/Social Cohesion/Livelihood/PSS as well as humanitarian response operations. You will, on a daily basis, be involved in the dialogue with our partners regarding project management, fundraising and humanitarian needs. Migration and displacement-related challenges dominate the portfolio and the collaboration with ERCS and include support for the reintegration of returnees/IDPs and host communities, as well as support for internally displaced. In cooperation with ERCS there are response-oriented operations which include distribution of relief items and mainstreaming of psychosocial first aid and also longer-term projects with an emphasis on livelihood support, social cohesion as well as basic psychosocial support (PSS). DRC also supports response operations for forced returnees from the Gulf countries. The challenges facing returnees, internally displaced and persons in transit are many, and DRC is continuing to explore ways to expand the portfolio and be able to reach more vulnerable people.

DRC has a Country Office based in ERCS’ HQ in Addis Ababa. The office is currently comprised of a Country Manager, a Migration and Protection Manager, a Disaster Management Delegate, a PSS Delegate and a Country Finance Officer. DRC has a close partnership with ERCS management the CO team works closely with ERCS project staff as well as with the other Red Cross Movement Partners, such as other national societies, ICRC and IFRC.

Ethiopia is a country of origin and return migration, the country hosts many migrants in transit and has a very high number of internally displaced people. The humanitarian needs are enormous, the socio-political landscape is complex and ethnically motivated conflicts are on the rise. The challenges are many and one is not left idle. As the Migration and Protection Manager in Ethiopia, you will have the opportunity to make a difference and influence the programming and the collaboration with ERCS. We want to develop further a migration-related portfolio encompassing both developmental projects and humanitarian response operations so we reach more people, are relevant, and have results that can be used to fundraise and grow. We also want to strengthen our partner so that ERCS can be better positioned and hence benefit from the localisation agenda.

Your tasks

• Support and provide project management guidance for ERCS project staff at HQ and field
• Provide technical support and capacity building for the ERCS project team related to challenges and problems for migrants and migration-related vulnerabilities.
• Work closely with the DRC Country Manager and ERCS counterparts to ensure that all programmes are following and compliant with DRC and back-donor standards and guidelines.
• Contribute to ensuring the coherence, consistency, compatibility and possibility of mutual interaction/support between project activities with different technical components within migration programming and document learning to share with the DRC Regional Migration Advisor/Migration Matrix.
• Contribute to capacity building and strengthening ERCS migration and social cohesion programming activities at field level.
• Coordinate and liaise with relevant stakeholders both in/outside the Red Cross Movement,
• Responsible for organising and documenting monitoring visits, including documenting learnings at field level and all quarterly and annual narrative reporting of the relevant projects in the portfolio.
• Budget preparations and follow-up on financial statements as per project management SOPs
• Manage own delegate budget and monitoring of expenditure levels.
• Contribute to stakeholder mappings, networking and identifying new funding opportunities
• Contribute to assessments and proposal writing based on programme needs and ideas.

Your profile

We are looking for a person who has:

• A higher-level relevant educational background.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in the development and humanitarian sector.
• Proven experience in working with international humanitarian work in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, preferably with migrants and migration and displacement-related programming.
• Proven experience with project management, including proposal writing and reporting
• Strong programme management skills including financial monitoring.
• Proven experience and skills in training, mentoring and building skills of staff and volunteers.
• Proven experience with working with migration-related vulnerabilities at the community level and with migrants overall.
• Strong experience with a variety of back donor requirements and implementation of EU-funded programmes specifically.
• Experience in partnership and stakeholder engagement and management
• Experience with project development and monitoring within the RC movement is preferable.
• Ability to work and navigate in a culturally and politically sensitive environment.
• Excellent English speaking and writing skills.

Employment conditions

The position is a one-year employment with the possibility of extension and a 3-month probationary period. This position is not entitled to family duty station benefits.

The contract will be administered in accordance with the Danish Red Cross Terms and Conditions for Delegates. Attractive salary package, depending on qualifications and experience.

You will refer to the Ethiopia Country Manager and be a central member of the Country Office team. You must expect much travel and meeting activity and occasional work during the evenings or weekends.

How to apply

For any specific questions regarding the position, please write to Ethiopia Country Manager, Rikke Holm: rihol@rodekors.dk

See the job description and Terms & Conditions.

Your application and CV should be uploaded at DRC web page Red Cross - Migration and Protection Manager - Ethiopia (easycruit.com). Applications made by email will not be accepted. The deadline for applications is 10 March 2024, 12 pm. Interviews will take place online as soon as possible after this date. The desired start of the position is 10 May 2024.