Humanitarian Project Coordinator

DanChurchAid- South Asia Regional Office

Humanitarian Project Coordinator, Kathmandu Nepal

DanChurchAid (DCA) is a faith-based, non-missionary organization. We work for the poor, vulnerable and socially excluded communities and believe in life before death. Our everyday work with development and relief aid strives to help the oppressed, neglected and marginalized groups in our focus countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America to strengthen their possibilities of a life in dignity. In Nepal, we are involved in several thematic areas with focus on disaster risk reduction, climate change and humanitarian response, resilient livelihoods and food security, active citizenship and migrants’ rights, among others.

The Humanitarian Project Coordinatorwill be offered a 6months contract that could be renewed based on theorganisational need.

The Humanitarian Project Coordinator will be responsible for:

• Management and guidance to partner organisation/s on humanitarian response project implementation
• Develop good programme/finance/procurement and other contractual monitoring tools and other requirements with support from DCA team members
• Ensuring project compliances including good visibility plans according to guidelines, taking inputs from DCA and all implementing partners
• Developing quality reports on the basis of reports from all implementing partners as per the required guidelines
• Support development of humanitarian response projects in Nepal together with Head of Humanitarian Response (HoHR) and other DCA team members as relevant
• Liaise with appropriate government officials, donor agencies and other INGOs as and when necessary
• Represent DCA in operational level humanitarian coordination forum/meeting and disaster management activities in India

Applicants for the job must have the following qualifications:

• Postgraduate in disaster management or master in development or social work
• Minimum 5 years of experience in development work with minimum five years experience in humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction
• Solid understanding of the disaster contexts, disaster rick reduction and humanitarian response programme in India
• Solid knowledge and experience of development work from Rights Based Approach, gender sensitive perspective and general approach that promotes Peace, Justice and Diversity  and how it build on the humanitarian response work
• Familiar with and abide by humanitarian laws,  international frameworks and other regulatory codes like SPHERE standards, HAP
• Fluency in oral and written skills in English and Nepal
• Strong facilitation skills in building capacity of partner organization and the community members
• Proven analytical abilities, good documentation skills
• Proven leadership quality to facilitate the target groups/ networks in relevant national/regional forums and strong network with state and national government 

The candidate must have personal commitment to social equity and equal rights and opportunities and adhere to the staff policies of DCA on Sexual Harassment and Anti Corruption. DCA Regional Office needs people with excellent interpersonal communication skills and a good sense of humour and team spirit. Willingness and ability to extensive travel and be flexible is essential. 

Candidates should send their applications with CVs to dcasouthasia@dca.dk by 6 May 2015. Please mention the position you are applying for in subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview tentatively around 10 May 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal

DanChurchAid is an independent Danish faith-based organisation working on humanitarian; rights based development; emergency response, information and advocacy in partnership with national faith and rights based organisations. DCA is committed to promoting equal opportunities for women and men from different caste, ethnic and religious backgrounds and encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply for all our positions. For information about DCA visit www.danchurchaid.org

Women, Ethnic and Religious Minorities are strongly encouraged to apply