Camp Coordination and Camp Management Team Leader

Overall purpose of the role:

• Supervise CCCM team members on CFM, Community Participation, and CwC Teams
• Deliver technical support and guidance to CCCM team
• Ensure the quality of the planning, implementation and follow up of all technical aspects of the sector activities being implemented by DRC
• Develop and maintain good relations with the persons of concern, relevant stakeholders and other humanitarian actors, to support adequate implementation and coordination of DRC’s sector activities.

Responsibilities:

Sector responsibilities

• Jointly with the CFM, CwC, and Community Participation Officers and under leadership of the Camp Management Manager, the Team Leader will help plan weekly/ monthly activities for each team.
• Hold weekly meetings with both the Community Services Officer & the DRC CCCM field-based Assistant to review the progress of activity, and brief on future activities.
• The CCCM Team leader will support in establishing and maintaining relationships with community representatives, government counterparts, and other humanitarian agencies.
• The CCCM Team Leader will work closely with the Community Services Team & DRC protection team to identify, monitor, report and follow up on referral cases
• The CCCM Team leader will support other DRC departments in issues regarding negotiation with camp level stakeholders, Camp Focal Points and community liaison where necessary.
• He/she will liaise with Admin, Finance, and Logistics staff for organizing and planning of assistance delivery.
• He/she Will ensure that activities conducted by CCCM Team follow DRC standards and guidelines.
• In coordination with the Camp Management Manager, develop training for capacity building of CwC, CFM, and Community Participation teams.
• With the Camp Management Manager, develop contextually relevant and culturally sensitive Information and written translation to be accessed by camp populations.
• In collaboration with others CCCM team leaders, anticipate in planning of NFI distribution work plan and support the distribution in accordance with the distribution SOP.
• Support to the CCCM team, cover the gaps when other CCCM TL/PM are out of offices.

Management

• Lead and manage the CwC, Community Participation, and CFM teams (including people planning, performance, well-being and development)
• Ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the sector/Support activities.
• Ensure daily monitoring of programme areas.

Programming & Operations

• Ensure efficient and effective program implementation while following the budget and work plan
• Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/reports and proposals and budgets for donors
• Lead the team in carrying out monitoring and evaluation exercises
• Develop close routes of communication with camp populations, inclusive of Women, Youth, elderly, people with disabilities etc.
• Maintaining close relationships with key leadership structures to ensure adequate understanding of community dynamics.
• Lead trainings of staff members both Sittwe-based and field-based in addition to spearheading CCCM trainings for camp level stakeholder and its members and service providers

Coordination and representation

• Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts including CCCM/Shelter/NFI cluster on sector relevant issues
• Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings
• Ensure integration with other DRC sectors
• Plan all field level monthly CCCM meetings, review meeting minute formats, and raise any urgent issues to the relevant Officers or the Camp Management Manager
• The Coordination of all humanitarian actors present in the target camps, at camp level with participation from beneficiaries and through individual meetings/communication as well as during cluster meetings.
• Identification of beneficiary needs through participating in FGDs & assessments with Community Based Groups

Reporting

• Organise the CCCM team to produce regular reports on camp activities
• To assist Camp Management Manager with the creation of donor reports including monthly, quarterly, interim and end of project reports
• Monitor program budget lines assisting team members in utilizing appropriate budget lines for procurement requests and cash advances.
• Regular progress reporting to Camp Management Manager

Logistics/Finance

• Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
• Initiate procurement plan and timely share with the respective colleagues and ensure their execution
• Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner

As a Team Leader the post-holder is responsible for the following:

• Accountable for people management of employees, usually working in the same area of work
• Accountable for ensuring that agreed work plans and tasks set by the next-level up Manager are implemented on time.
• Initiating the hiring and firing of employees and conducting performance appraisals are permitted at this level, but are closely overseen by the next-level.

Experience and technical competencies:

• University degree in political science, international development, economics or another relevant field
• Minimum 3 years of management experience at a mid to senior level, preferably with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee protection working for an international NGO, UN agency, relevant ministry, or local authority. And minimum 3 years of practical experience in sector area working for an INGO.
• Proven management skills and a competence in people management
• Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Field experience working in camp-like setting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as cultural sensitivity.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships with communities.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Other local language us considered as an asset.

Source: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=171515