Program Officer

Under the leadership of the regional office in Dakar and closely linked to interventions in the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), DRC began its operations in Cameroon in 2018 by responding to the humanitarian needs of CAR refugees and vulnerable Cameroonians in the region. ‘Adamaoua. Currently, DRC operates a main office in Meiganga and two secondary offices in Djohong (Adamaoua region) and Garoua-Boulai (Eastern region). In early 2019, DRC also initiated operations in the South West region to provide assistance meeting people’s basic needs for food, shelter and protection in rural and hard-to-reach areas. In 2023, DRC is initiating an intervention in the Logone-et-Chari department, in the Far North, with the priority of seeking solutions to the root causes of intercommunity conflicts through programming on peacebuilding and resilience. DRC works with different local partners in Cameroon and is gradually increasing its financial support to Cameroonian civil society organizations.

Purpose

The ECREC Program Officer will be responsible for providing program assistants with technical support and monitoring throughout the implementation of the program, closely supporting the base PM to ensure high-quality planning, implementation and monitoring. quality of program activities.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities

• A/Collaboration
• Provide technical support to assistants implementing ECREC (Agricultural Recovery and Socio-Economic Recovery) activities, including identification of capacity gaps and capacity building opportunities)
• Report challenges or problems encountered in the field to the PM or MEAL, if applicable.
• Support the PM to provide technical support during the implementation of ECREC activities.

Program & Operations

• Support the PM in the planning and effective implementation of ECREC activities, including the submission of weekly, monthly schedules and ToRs.
• Ensure effective management of the development and submission of travel schedules to the PM on a weekly basis.
• Support PMs in preparing weekly, monthly reports and submit it to PM every week/month.
• Contribute with the supervision of the PM to the development of the monthly sitrep in connection with the MEAL TL
• Provide leadership and increased supervision of the activities under his responsibility: works of community interest (TICOM), professional training, AGR, WITH, agricultural production (non-restrictive list)
• Ensure the quality of achievements and their compliance with contractual requirements and action plan / internal terms of reference
• Ensure reinforced monitoring of monetary transfers made to beneficiaries where applicable (TICOM, AGR) according to the defined payment mechanism (financial institution, mobile money) and ensure the traceability of payments
• Ensure reinforced monitoring of purchases linked to the activities under his responsibility, provide technical support to the logistics team in defining needs and validating goods and services provided by suppliers
• Ensure receipt of goods/services intended for beneficiaries by them,
• Contribute to the provision and control of verification sources with the PM and the MEAL TL,
• Monitor weekly activities carried out, including quantitative data on training/distributions and lessons learned,
• Contribute to the drafting of internal and external reports as needed,
• Contribute with the Protection Officer Program to the implementation of the integrated protection-ECREC approach in communities.
• Strengthen the capacities of coaches and supervise their monitoring activities of beneficiaries.
• Contribute to strengthening links and coordination between the protection teams and ECREC in the operational aspects of the project.

Coordination and representation

• Maintain perfect collaboration with technical services, notably MINADER, IRAD, MINEPIA, etc.
• Ensure ongoing collaboration between DRC departments to support effective program implementation
• Promote the integration and acceptance of DRC teams in communities
• Ensure effective collaboration with DRC implementing partners (including international and local partners of the DUE consortium)
• Ensure that communities are informed and made aware of DRC’s programs and mandate.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of humanitarian experience, with experience in the field of humanitarian intervention within an international NGO, a United Nations agency or a ministry in the DRC intervention sectors.
• At least 3 years of practical experience in ECREC programming (agricultural recovery, socio-economic recovery and other relevant themes)
• Proven skills in agriculture
• Leadership and self-starter skills.
• Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
• Excellent command of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience / knowledge of the field (Mbéré and Lom and Djerem)
• Excellent writing skills.
• Education : Bac + 3 diploma in agronomy, rural economics, community development or in another relevant field.

LANGUAGES :

• Mastery of written and spoken French. Fluency in English is an asset.)
• Knowledge of the local language (Fufuldé, Gbaya, Sango, etc.)

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