Camp Management Assistant

Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

DRC has been operating in the Middle East (ME) region for over a decade, running a combination of emergency, livelihood, protection and advocacy programmes through Country Offices (COs) in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey with a Regional Office (RO) in Amman.

DRC Yemen’s response

DRC has been active in Yemen since 2008. Throughout its eight field offices and a workforce of  around 270 staff, DRC Yemen upholds its main programmatic objectives to provide immediate and life sustaining assistance, to strengthen the protective environment, and to reduce displacement related risks and vulnerabilities by promoting self-reliance at household and community level. Sectors of implementation cover Protection, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Economic Recovery, Humanitarian Disarmament, and WASI (Wash, Shelter and Infrastructure).

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About the Job:

The overall purpose of the role:

Broad responsibilities of the CCCM Shelter Assistant include ensuring the quality of shelter planning, implementation and follow up of all technical aspects of the sector activities being implemented by DRC. Specifically, the main activities often include provision of emergency shelter and emergency cash grants; rehabilitation of housing; provision of physical infrastructure; training of community-based infrastructure management groups; and facilitation of community development initiatives for disaster risk reduction.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Shelter programming

• Ensure efficient and effective program implementation
• Monitor and supervise construction companies contracted by DRC for execution of projects
• Carry out technical quality control of constructed facilities
• Ensure gender equity and social inclusion in all aspects of DRC interventions
• Support the process of capturing, documenting and disseminating project experiences, achievements, and good practice as lesson learnt, case studies, and progress reports
• Support governorate & district level stakeholders in planning, orientation, training, and other activities
• Supervise technical aspects of daily workers and incentive labor
• Promote and share ideas for technical improvement in shelter programming
• Actively participate in, and provide inputs on, site planning and infrastructure arrangements
• Train IDPs and host communities on how to use emergency shelter kits and repair emergency shelters

Site management and coordination

• Work closely together with community based site management committees at sites
• Support site planning in order to ensure that IDP site residents are able to live in dignified conditions
• Monitor sites to identify needs, gaps in service provision, and duplication of efforts at IDP sites
• Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on sector relevant issues
• Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings
• Ensure integration with other DRC sectors
• Support other teams in conducting multi-sectorial assessments of IDP needs.

Information management

• Establish, maintain, and actively utilize networks of key shelter informants at IDP sites
• Support with the timely registration of IDPs, including identification of shelter related needs
• Support maintaining a comprehensive database of service and needs related information for each site
• Analyze site related and contextual information to support DRC MEAL project evaluations
• Provide, document, and track timely referrals and shelter service requests to key partners

Capacity building              

• Plan and organize capacity building trainings related to site Management for CCCM implementing partner community members, local authorities and partners where relevant;  
• Train site committees in basic infrastructure skills, as well as in site facilities monitoring and use of DRC monitoring tools 
• Train CCCM Implementing partner’s staff in technical assessment best practices and use of field monitoring tools 
• Actively participate in development and implementation of protection and gender mainstreaming 

Other responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from at different operational areas
• Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner
• Support the CCCM team in conducting shelter related capacity building
• Train site committees in site monitoring, especially with shelter related issues
• Actively participate in development and implementation of protection and gender mainstreaming
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Camp Management Team Leader to advance DRC's work

 

About you

To be successful in this role you must have:

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum three years of experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation of field level humanitarian assistance to IDPs
• Proven skills in building relationships with stakeholders at the community, local, and national levels
• Basic conceptual understanding of gender, protection, and human rights
• Good representation, negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Strong team spirit and ability to work comfortably in multi-cultural contexts
• Good skills with basic software, such as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Basic skills with engineering software, such as AutoCAD and SketchUp, are preferable 
• Ability to spend extended periods of time in field conditions
• Ability to come up with innovative solutions to unexpected and challenging problems

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five 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.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required qualifications:

Education:

Essential Qualification :

• University degree in any relevant field.

Languages:

• Arabic: Fluency in spoken and written Arabic is essential.
• English:  Working proficiency is preferable.

Key stakeholders:

• CCCM Staff members
• I/NGOs and government services

 

We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a contract until July 31, 2027, renewable depending on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work as soon as possible and be willing and able to work in Hodeida.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment. This position will be placed at Band (I Non-Manager) and will be reporting to the Protection Team Leader.

 

Application process

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button.
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

 

Applications close on 25 November 2026. The written test /interviews are expected to take place a maximum of two weeks after the closing date.  

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please check Need Support? or contact HR.

 

Need further information?

For more details on this position, please contact [email protected].

Please note that applications sent directly to [[email protected]] will not be considered.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.ngo

 

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