Junior specialist of the housing restoration project in Danish Refugee Council / Danska Rada u spravah bizhenciv v Ukrayini

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and supports long-term solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. 

style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400">Coordinate with community representatives to identify needs for the restoration of damaged housing and collect data on other needs. Organize focus groups in communities at locations agreed with community representatives to meet with beneficiaries to assess needs and register beneficiaries in KOBO. Plan field trips to objects, form lists of addresses, draw up routes.

Your main duties in the position will be:

• Cook letters of inquiry/answers (or any correspondence) to authorities, self-government bodies, other NGOs.
• Coordinate with community representatives to identify needs for the restoration of damaged housing and collect data for other needs. Organize focus groups in communities at locations agreed with community representatives for meetings with beneficiaries to assess needs and register beneficiaries.
• Communicate with beneficiaries - make preliminary arrangements for any meetings with them for evaluation, performance of work and signing of any documents provided for by the program.
• Provide beneficiaries with all necessary information regarding the activities of the DRB, conduct explanatory work regarding the procedure and composition works, receive feedback and convey information about the state of affairs to the specialist of the housing restoration project and the head of the department, respond to complaints and feedback through the feedback mechanism.
• Prepare and conclude contracts with beneficiaries.
• Visit households with the specialist of the housing restoration project for the final verification of the completed works and scope. Participate in the preparation of Acts of completed works and their signing with the beneficiaries. Monitor the performance of work, collect feedback from the beneficiaries.
• Work with documents in the office (assign unique numbers to contracts, transliterate contracts, scan, form a package of documents, sort copies, add to the archive and upload to SharePoint, sort electronic versions in the cloud).
• Finish and archive documents upon completion of programs for sending to the main office office.
• Conduct post-monitoring of the beneficiary's satisfaction with the results of the assistance provided via telephone.
• Perform any other duties,learned by the Head of the Housing Rehabilitation Project Group and related to the achievement of the project goals - in coordination with the Housing Rehabilitation Project Manager, Administrative and Program Manager.

About you:

To be successful at for this position, we expect you to have at least 2 years of experience working in humanitarian organizations will be an advantage; in social sphere, construction sphere. In addition, we also expect the following from you:

Required

• Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience, preferably with experience in international humanitarian response non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, relevant ministries or local authorities. 
• Knowledge of languages: Ukrainian is a must.
• Experience in performing administrative and support tasks.
• PC skills: Confident use of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400">
• Higher education in construction, architecture or other related fields would be an advantage.
• English language skills would be an advantage.
• Professional experience as an engineer/architect on construction projects and/or experience in administrative and other support tasks preferred.
• Skills in GIS and AutoCAD software would be an advantage. 

bold !important">Strive for excellence: Focus on achieving results while ensuring process efficiency.

Collaboration: Engaging relevant parties and encouraging them to provide feedback.

Initiative: Personal control of the situation and taking the initiative, with a simultaneous desire for innovation.

Communication: Ability to listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Integrity: Adhering to and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRB's values ​​and Code of Conduct, including protection from sexual exploitation, violence and harassment.  

We offer: 

Contract:3-month trial period, after which the contract may be extended depending on funding and quality of work.

Job level: I

Place of work:Slovyansk

Start date: as soon as possible

Wages and conditions in accordance with the Terms of Employment of national staff of the Danish Refugee Council in Ukraine.

Application process:

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated resume (no more than four pages in English).

Applications sent by email will not be considered. 

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Application deadline:November 25, 2025

Please note that the selection of candidates will be carried out on a rolling basis. DRB reserves the right to select a candidate before the vacancy closing date once a suitable candidate has been identified.

If you have any questions or problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/about-us/job-and-career/support-for-job-seekers.

Данська Рада у справах біженців є роботодавцем з рівними можливостями. Ми прагнемо створити інклюзивне та позитивне робоче середовище, засноване на взаємній повазі всіх співробітників. Всі претенденти на працевлаштування розглядаються без урахування раси, віку, здібностей, етнічної приналежності, національності, релігії, гендерної ідентичності, сексуальної орієнтації, сімейного стану або будь-якого іншого фактора. У ДРБ ми відзначаємо різноманітність та цінуємо наших співробітників за те, якими особистостями вони є, та їх унікальні навички, досвід та перспективність. Запрошуємо всіх зацікавлених кандидатів подати заявку!