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Title: Livelihood Officer
Based in Dadaab Refugee Camp
The Danish Refugee Council is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa region since 1997. The DRC Kenya Program is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions: Livelihood Officer
The focus of the role is to support the development and implementation of livelihoods programming that is efficient, and accountable.
Key roles include supporting the implementation relevant livelihoods and financial activities including group savings and loan activities and training beneficiaries in the local communities living around Dadaab Refugee camps and promote collaboration and synergy between the DRC host community project and other similar projects/groups in the Dadaab refugee camps
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship or Community Development with a minimum 2-years’ experience setting up and implementing livelihoods or income generating projects preferably with an NGO in a refugee/IDP setting.
Possess capacity building skills with a keen understanding of business and development issues including group’s savings and loan approaches; hands-on community mobilization skills with experience in working in harsh climatic conditions and ability to communicate in the Somali language will be an added advantage.
Please note that the above positions are on a 1-year contract with possibility of extension. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly stating their motivation, qualifications and a CV.
Applications should include salary expectations and contact details of three professional referees. One referee must be the applicant’s most recent manager.
Applications should be sent to: drcjobs@drckenya.org and have the subject heading and location of the position that is being applied for. Deadline for receiving applications is 6th December, 2013
