Job Description
About DRC
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 1956, that works in more than 35 countries around the world. DRC is one of the largest protection actors in Kenya, actively coordinating and advocating for improving the protective environment for refugees and host communities. DRC implements Protection monitoring, Child Protection and GBV prevention and response programmes in its areas of operation to address protection issues faced by displaced and non-displaced at-risk groups and individuals. The programme also aims to identify and build synergies with DRC´s Economic Recovery sector to facilitate durable solutions and Humanitarian Disarmament & Peace Building activities to enhance to respond to the needs of communities affected by acute crisis as well as those in protracted displacement situations.
Overall purpose of the role:
Under the supervision of Head of Programs, the Inclusive Market Systems Coordinator will provide targeted and high-quality strategic guidance, capacity strengthening and technical leadership to DRC Kenya’s Market Systems and Economic Recovery portfolio, with the aim of promoting and reinforcing DRC Kenya and its local partners’ leadership and expertise in building self-reliance and resilience for conflict-, climate- and displacement-affected populations in Kenya and the wider region..
Duties & Responsibilities:
Technical Design and Strategy
• Provide technical advice and quality assurance to the DRC Kenya team on application of Market Systems Approaches methodology and principles across the programme lifecycle including proposal design, sector selection, market systems analysis, intervention design and planning (sequencing, layering, integrating), partner identification and engagement strategy, facilitation, MEAL using theories of change and results chains, and adaptive management techniques.
• Lead the country team and DRC Kenya’s local partners in the planning and design of participatory Market Systems Approaches (including in support to basic needs, in close collaboration with the Emergency Coordinator) to deliver high-quality, needs-based, contextually-appropriate Economic Recovery programming on behalf of IDPS or refugees and their host communities.
• Collaborate closely with other technical leads within DRC Kenya as well as counterparts across the EAGL region (notably Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding, Protection, Climate Change / Environment, etc.) to explore options and maximise opportunities for integrated programming.
• Contribute to the further strategic and programmatic development of DRC’s Economic Recovery portfolio in DRC Kenya, and across DRC’s Response Framework (Responding to Emergency; Solutions to Displacement; Addressing Root Causes) to facilitate nexus programming through local actors and systems. This includes further defining DRC Kenya’s strategic niche in building the self-reliance of conflict- and displacement-affected populations in ASAL counties and urban areas through advanced and integrated livelihoods and financial inclusion interventions.
Capacity Strengthening of DRC staff and local partners
• Identify technical and/or programmatic gaps and provide training, mentoring and capacity building as required, and specifically for DRC Kenya partners on the front line of programme delivery.
• Build capacity of partners and relevant DRC staff (including Operations staff) on their role in facilitating the application of MSA in programming to design advanced and modern marked-based program models for livelihoods, financial inclusion and food security interventions. This will include providing support / capacity building on:
o appropriate proposal design,
o sector selection and participatory market systems analysis (appropriately selected for Response Framework e.g. EMMA for emergency response vs in-depth market systems analysis for durable solutions vs PCMA for crisis preparedness and resilience building / informing EPRPs)
o modality due diligence and selection, intervention co-design and planning (sequencing, layering, integrating)
o local actor identification and engagement strategy,
o partnership and facilitation tactics
o MEAL using theories of change and results chains, and
o adaptive management techniques
• Work collaboratively with Global Technical Support, HoP and HoSS to identify organisational readiness priorities to facilitate uptake of MSA
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Design and monitor economic recovery and livelihoods interventions for DRC Kenya, particularly including indicators for MSD and ways of measuring and tracking system level changes that are relevant for DRC’s target communities.
• Technical monitoring of DRC and partner project implementation and hands on guidance about how to adapt their programming to the changing context and emerging risks and opportunities.
• Ensure learning is captured and disseminated effectively across DRC and partner teams, both successes and failures and feedback from beneficiaries and other key stakeholders
• Quality assurance & compliance: follow up and report on the implementation of project level M&E commitments as well as compliance with DRC’s minimum standards for Economic Recovery programming.
Partnership development and oversight
• ToR development, selection and line management of technical consultancies and service providers for delivery of livelihoods and financial access project components for DRC Kenya, in compliance with DRC Kenya and donor regulations.
• Exploration and development of new partnerships with local NGOs, private sector service providers and research organizations that can add value to DRC’s portfolio of existing and planned programmes in the inclusive markets sector.
• Advise on opportunities and risks with respect to achieving programme outcomes through local actors engagement strategies e.g. direct delivery vs. partnership vs. facilitation
Other
• Risk management: support organisational risk management related to MSA and for core Economic Recovery activities.
• Any other duties as agreed with Head of Programmes
Technical Competence in at least three of the following domains (not all):
• System vulnerability analysis or PCMA and system resilience (particularly being able to respond to displacement needs or mitigate risk of displacement due to climatic events and/or conflict)
• Use of CVA in emergency response and preparedness (as crisis modifier)
• People-centred or human-centred design to systems
• Self-reliance programming for the forcibly displaced
• Financial inclusion: expansion of access to savings, loans and insurance beyond VSLAs to include banks, insurance companies and other FSPs who can spread and deepen financial inclusion beyond the scope of donor funded interventions.
• Agro-pastoral livelihoods: improvement and diversification of agro-pastoral livelihoods in the context of adaptation to climate change and the need to build long term resilience.
• Livestock value chain development: support to pastoralists to improve long term productivity and income from livestock through adaptation and switching to alternative livestock value chains.
• Business development and SME start up / expansion: growth of grassroot businesses through access to financial services and linkages to private sector companies and investors.
• Youth and women’s economic empowerment: supporting youth and women to acquire new skills and opportunities to generate independent income, particularly in displacement contexts and with an urban focus.
Experience and Knowledge
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in the humanitarian sector related with an NGO/United Nations or civil society organization.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Experience in using research methodologies and data collection tools.
• Excellent drafting skills in English and experience in report writing different audiences.
• Experience in developing advocacy plans and conducting advocacy activities with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience in the production of technical material (training material, tools, reports, documents, etc.).
• Good networking skills.
• Knowledge of humanitarian standards, human rights, humanitarian law and refugee law.
• Ability to work under pressure, identify priorities and meet deadlines.
• Calm and diplomatic character.
• Willingness and ability to learn and grow professionally
Education
• Bachelors in Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies or other relevant field
Language:
• English (fluent)
• Swahili or Somali (desirable)
Key stakeholders:
• DRC Kenya team – notably Head of Programmes, Programme Development And Quality Manager, M&E Coordinator plus relevant Area Managers
• Regional Office – particularly Emergency, Economic Recovery and Resilience Coordinators
• Global Economic Recovery Team, PIBE team
About you:
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five 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.
Conditions
Contract: One-year contract with possibility of extension, subject to funding and performance. Salary and other conditions are offered in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment.
Availability: August 2023
Duty station: Nairobi, with frequent travel to field offices within Kenya.