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Emergency Response Project Coordinator
Organization Danish Refugee CouncilLocation CameroonType FULL TIMEPosted 21 May 2026Deadline 4 Jun 2026
Program/Project Management
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**Introduction**
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 fulfilment 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. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty thirty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.
Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.
**1. Background**
DRC's HQ Hub for West Africa & Americas is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers twelve countries outside Senegal.
The Cameroon country office opened in 2018 and currently comprises a coordination office in the capital Yaoundé, a base in Bamenda covering the Northwest region, a base in Garoua Boulaï covering the Adamaoua and East regions, and a base in Mokolo for the Far North. DRC’s interventions in these areas include providing assistance to vulnerable populations, especially IDPs and refugees to enable them to meet their basic needs and protection, providing durable solutions to the ultrapoor while rendering them resilient to shocks via resilience and peacebuilding activities. Due to the lack of emergency response services to the newly displaced in the NWSW regions, the DRC has stepped in with emergency protection and multipurpose cash in the NW region in collaboration with two national organizations as partners.
**2. Overall purpose of the role**:
Under the direct supervision of the Access, Safety & Base Manager, the Emergency Response Project Coordinator is responsible for the quality implementation of the "Localised RRM" project in the NW region of Cameroon, as well as for the overall monitoring and capacity strengthening of the two (2) National NGO partners of the project; He/she is also responsible for any contractual, control and accountability aspects related to the implementation of the project and monitoring of the partnerships.
**3. Responsibilities:**
The Emergency Response Project Coordinator is responsible for :
**Overall objectives**
**PROGRAMMATIC MANAGEMENT**:
- **Planning:** Prepares and monitors the timely implementation of activities. Organizes the project kick-off, follow-up meetings with the partners and the closing meeting of the project.
- **Beneficiary Engagement and Accountability**: Supports the Base Manager to ensure that accountability, feedback and reporting mechanisms are put in place and that beneficiaries are engaged with all aspects of the project.
- **Internal coordination:** Ensures good coordination and communication within the NW office and the Country Office of DRC Cameroon.
- **External coordination:** Ensures good coordination and communication with other I/NGOs operating in the context of the NW region, local authorities, International Organizations , national and regional clusters and other sectoral meetings/forums with emphasis on the effective collaboration and coordination of RRM activities.
- **Representation:** Represents DRC in external meetings in the NW region with local authorities, other I/NGOs and International Organizations. Ensures good relations with the implementing partners, and with any local, civil, traditional or community authorities for the successful implementation of the project;
- **Information management and documentation tracking**: She/he is accountable for the proper collection, management and archiving of all related project documentation for the purpose of internal and external audits
- **Technical oversight and quality assurance:** Together with partner teams and DRC technical departments develops and roll out tools for quality implementation of the activities, ensuring that activities, processes and methodologies are clearly understood and implemented by the various project stakeholders;
**PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT:**
- Coordinates the assessment of partners' capacities, ensures the development of training plans, organizes capacity building and training with support from technical staff of the NW Office (Protection Specialist, MEAL/IM Specialist, Access Manager) and of the Country Office (Protection and Economic Recovery Coordinators, Partnership Management Specialist) while actively involving partners for better ownership of the capacity strengthening.
- She/he is accountable for the involvement and commitment of l
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