Представництво Датської Ради у справах біженців в Україні шукає Livelihoods Assistant до своєї команди в м.Северодонецьк. 

About the job

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Ukraine DRC operates since 2007. From 2015 on, DRC successfully implements livelihoods programmes aimed to provide IDPs and conflict-affected population with income-earning opportunities thus strengthening their resilience.

As the Livelihoods Assistant you will be responsible for supporting implementation of the micro-business grants and vocational education training (VET) components of the project in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, under the supervision of Livelihoods Officer. The Assistant will prepare legal contracts, ensure the correctness of data input, maintain filing system and general document management on Livelihoods Programme, communicate with programme beneficiaries. You should at the same time promote DRC’s values through various entry points in the project and preserve staff moral and enthusiasm for the project work.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Prepare Grant Agreements between DRC and Livelihoods Programme Beneficiaries;
• Organize process of signing of the Grant Agreements, to ensure they are properly signed and stamped;
• Prepare payment documents under the signed Grant Agreements for the following procedure by DRC AFO;
• Follow-up and monitoring of the target use of the funds disbursed under the signed Grant Agreements;
• Organization of the Grant Agreements’ and supporting documents’ storage and filing system;
• Communicate with programme beneficiaries on the supporting documentation related issues;
• Back-up and support other Livelihoods Assistants;
• Maintain good working relations within DRC and other organizations in the area of responsibility;
• Understand, and ensure the observance of the DRC Code of Conduct;
• Perform other tasks as requested by DRC management.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to be reliable, rigorous and well organized, committed to professional development, able and willing to learn and extend scope of work and to organize prioritization and planning, possess excellent inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills. All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Required

• Computing skills (word processing, spreadsheet programs, etc.), proficiency in using various kinds of office equipment;
• Good knowledge of document management standards and regulations;
• Attention to details, orderliness;
• Intermediate level of English language (both speaking and writing);
• Good inter-personal and communication skills;
• Reliable, rigorous and well organized;
• Commitment to professional development;
• Ability and willingness to learn and extend scope of work;
• Ability to organize prioritization and planning;
• Capacity to manage stress and flexibility for long working hours;
• Ability to take initiatives and work without constant supervision;
• Motivated and dedicated to his/her job.

Desirable

• University degree in Law, Economics, Business Management or other related fields;
• Previous experience in finance sector, working with contracts, agreements, etc.

We offer

Contract length: 4 months with possibility of extension

Level: D (National scale)

Start date: 01 December 2018

The application is open for Ukraine citizens only. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies.

Application process

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

ATTENTION: Though external and internal candidates are equally encouraged to apply for this position, in case of equal level of qualifications and interview performance the preference will be given to an internal candidate. Closing date for applications: 23 November 2018. Due to the urgent nature of this recruitment, DRC reserves the right to interview candidates on rolling basis, so the candidate might be selected before the closing date.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport.