Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate to protect, advocate and promote durable solutions for displacement affected populations.

DRC has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, currently DRC employs over 600 staff in Ukraine and will continue significant scale-up in 2024 to implement emergency response in the Protection, Livelihoods, Shelter/NFIs and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (humanitarian mine action) sectors, using direct interventions, support to duty bearers and civil society organizations (CSOs), and partnerships with CSOs. DRC will continue and adapt its durable solutions portfolio to the evolving context.

Overall purpose of the role:

Safety Officer position will be based in Mykolaiv. Safety Officer will provide technical support to the safety team, field office and program teams on all DRC safety policies, procedure and planning standards, will support emergency response teams in responding to emerging humanitarian crises, support teams in field trips in high-risk area.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support of all DRC safety equipment/communication equipment.
• Responsible for providing accurate, timely, and proactive advice on context updates, contextual analysis of the region, implement humanitarian access strategies in the area South.
• Provide technical support to the safety team in the office, ability to maintain and support all normal working process and safety documentaion for DRC South Area Office.
• Be flexible to travel at short notice to difficult and risky areas/proven ability to work effectively with minimal supervision,
• Responsible for providing accurate, timely, and proactive advice on context updates and access in the area South.
• Close coordination with Fleet officer, program staff and drivers to ensure proper and timely field trips for teams. Pre-departure briefings for staff. Develop and implement humanitarian access strategies in South Area, develop ongoing relations with appropriate local authorities and other partner INGOs/ local NGOs.
• Provide technical support to the safety team, ability to maintain and support all normal working process for DRC South Area Office.
• Maintain and comply with all DRC safety standards. Be able to take lead and follow up on actions to be taken to ensure compliance with DRC safety and security standards.

DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process;
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback;
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation;
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly;
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

• High education
• Master degree in relevant subject preferred but not required

Required experience and competencies:

• Minimum 2 years of experience as safety/security staff for NGO in a high-risk/conflict zone
• Proven experience in context/security analysis and advising humanitarian personnel
• Proven experience in incident/crisis management
• Proven ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Excellent relationship-building, interpersonal skills and ability to represent DRC
• Fluency in English

We offer:

Contract length: 3 month renewable after satisfactory probation period.
Level: H non-manager
Designation of Duty Station: Mykolaiv – Full time based
Start date: As soon as possible.

Application process:
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages in English).

Applications are open until 25th January 2024

Applications sent by email will not be considered.

We reserve the right to conduct further interviews before the deadline for submission of applications.