Economic Recovery Officer

Date Posted: Oct 11, 2022

Job Detail

Location:

Kandahar
Company:

Danish Refugee Council
Type:

Contract
Shift:

First Shift (Morning)
Career Level:

Experienced Professional
Positions:

1
Vacancy number:

VA-KDN-284-22
Experience:

3 Year
Gender:

Any
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Oct 24, 2022

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About Danish Refugee Council

Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO - one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In 40 countries 7,500 employees protect, advocate and build sustainable futures for refugees and other displacement affected people and communities. DRC works during displacement at all stages: In the acute crisis, in exile, when settling and integrating in a new place, or upon return. DRC provides protection and life-saving humanitarian assistance. DRC supports displaced persons in becoming self-reliant and included into hosting societies. DRC works with civil society and responsible authorities to promote protection of rights and peaceful coexistence. Our 6,000 volunteers in Denmark make an invaluable difference in integration activities throughout the country.

Job Description

ABOUT THE JOB

The overall purpose of the role: The CFW officer (Civil Engineer) will be based in Kandahar province and will be responsible to ensure the high-quality delivery of specialized project activities related to Community Infrastructure projects. Community infrastructure projects require technical inputs throughout the project life cycle, starting from the implantation of designed projects, project progress estimates and project labor, and Materials management according to project timeline and sites. Community infrastructure projects are implemented based on DRC SOPs on cash for work and community infrastructures and the exact deliverables will be set out in the DRC-donor project document. The objective of the Civil Engineer is to deliver high-quality technical output in line with technical standards and specifications, as outlined by government ministries and in alignment with internal operating procedures to achieve project objectives.

Responsibilities:

Understanding and carrying out all tasks given by the EcRec Engineer.
Collaborating with other engineers and workers to design, develop, test, and improve products and engineering processes.
Performing regular inspections of equipment and scheduling maintenance or repairs.
Inspecting inventory and reporting inconsistencies as well as ordering more materials.
Evaluating all products and processes and ensuring standardization of quality assurance measures.
Calibrating and troubleshooting equipment as required.
Ensuring high-quality and high-impact community infrastructure as part of the wider EcRec program in selected communities
Supervision of community infrastructure projects implementation with support of EcRec operational team
Implementation of an appropriate work plan for the implementation of community infrastructure projects, including division of responsibilities among operational and technical livelihoods team members
Monitoring of the progress of technical activities, including project quality
Responsible for data quality and verification of all technical data and appropriate storage and management of databases.
Ensuring community infrastructure projects are implemented in conformity to government specifications (including appropriate registration, timely reports and sign-off), donor requirements and internal DRC procedures
Recruitment/Selection, training, and management of Cash-for-Work beneficiaries of unskilled and skilled (supervisor/foreman) for community infrastructure projects with the support of EcRec team
Support EcRec operational team with community mobilization and engagement and organization of meetings for needs and problems of the community and solutions identification
Support EcRec operational team with other operational activities, for example, needs assessment in the area of operation and to the planning of new activities
Implement technical drawings and design in site according to the EcRec engineer instruction.
Prepare project progress reports on weekly and monthly basis.
Any other task assigned by line manager.

Job Requirements

ABOUT YOU

Experience and technical competencies:

3 Years’ experience of infrastructure projects, preferably in (I)NGO or UN.
Experience with cash for work and EcRec activities.
Proven experience at implementation irrigation and DRR structure projects
Proven experience in technical assessments, development of technical reports and drawings.
Extensive community experience, in mobilization and engagements
Excellent report-writing skills
Excellent Communication skills
Excellent computer using skills, preferably including MS Project
Excellent Auto Cad using skills.
Designing of disaster risk reductions and irrigation structures, such as culvert, retaining wall, water channel and etc..

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

Application process:

Interested? When applying for this position, all applicants must send a letter of motivation and DRC Job Application form, you can access our job application form from the below link.

DRC Job Application form link: https://www.acbar.org/Document/8060869251.docx

Note: Please attach the completed application form instead of CV along with your letter of motivation to the official DRC Job portal address mentioned in the job vacancy, Only DRC Job application form will be considering, please do not attached your CVs.

https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1036&ProjectId=165966&DepartmentId=19008&MediaId=5

Females are highly encouraged to apply.

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