Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs working in 40 countries worldwide, is currently looking for a highly qualified Information Management and Database Officer for Chernihiv Office.
DRC has been operating in Ukraine for more than 10 years with emergency and durable solution interventions for assisting IDPs, returnees, Host communities, and conflict-affected populations. With the outbreak of the conflict in February 2022, DRC has shifted its programming to emergency response to meet the urgent needs of conflict-affected population in the country. Current DRC programming is focusing on protection activities such as protection monitoring, information dissemination, Individual protection assistance, and legal aid. DRC is also planning to add to the ongoing emergency protection response activities such as GBV prevention and response, Psychosocial support (PSS), and community-based protection.
In addition to protection programming, DRC is currently implementing Multipurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), NFI and Food distributions, Shelter & WASH interventions, and Economic Recovery, Humanitarian Demining and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education. The organization counts with 6 offices in the country.
Overall purpose of the role:
To guarantee safety, preservation of working capacity and health of employees of the Organization during tasks and duties performance.
Main responsibilities:
- Controls adherence by the departments of the Organization norms of the current legislation, rules, standards, provisions, instructions on labour protection, industrial sanitation, fire protection and environmental protection.
- Develops instructions on labour protection, training programs for workers, organizes training of the employees of the Organization about the rules of safe working methods, industrial sanitation, fire protection and environmental protection.
- Conducts instruction (training) on labour protection of employees of the Organization, organizes testing of their knowledge.
- Carries out constant control over observance by workers of requirements concerning labour protection.
- Participates in the investigation of cases of occupational injuries, occupational or non-occupational diseases, studies their causes, analyses the effectiveness of implemented measures to prevent them.
- Organizes and monitors the timely passage of periodic medical examinations of employees of all categories subject to medical examination (engaged in heavy work and work with harmful and dangerous working conditions or those where there is a need for professional selection).
- Prepares drafts of orders, instructions and directives on labour protection.
- Provides methodological assistance to officials and specialists in the development of measures and regulations in line with labour protection norms of the Organization.
- Checks the state of safety, occupational health, industrial sanitation in the organization.
- Develops a plan of comprehensive measures to achieve the established standards of safety, occupational health, industrial sanitation
- Controls the organization of storage, publication, washing, dry cleaning, drying, dedusting, degreasing and repair of special clothing, special footwear and other personal protective equipment, the condition of safety devices and protective devices. Prepares reports on labour protection according to the established forms and in the corresponding terms.
- Participates in the consideration of the issue of compensation by the employer for the damage caused to employees by injury, occupational disease or other damage to health related to the performance of their duties
Required experience and competencies:
- University degree: University degree in “Civil security “.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience as Safety Engineer.
- Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English basic or intermediate level.
- Computer literacy: Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
- Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
- Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
- Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
We offer:
Contract length: 3 months renewable depending on performance and funding.
Designation of Duty Stations: Kyiv
Start date: January.
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national staff.
Application process:
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: November 15, 2022