Shelter and Settlement Coordinator

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate to protect, advocate and promote durable solutions for displacement affected populations.

DRC has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, currently DRC employs over 800 staff in Ukraine and implements emergency response in the Protection, Livelihoods, Shelter/NFIs and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (humanitarian mine action) sectors, using direct interventions, support to duty bearers and civil society organizations (CSOs), and partnerships with CSOs. DRC will continue and adapt its durable solutions portfolio to the evolving context.

DRC is currently looking for a Shelter and Settlement Coordinator to join our team in Kyiv, with regular travel to the Area Offices (Kharkiv, Dnipro, Mykolaiv and Sumy).

About the job

DRC Ukraine’s Shelter, WASH and Infrastructure (SWI) response aims to support displacement-affected and conflict-affected populations to access safe, adequate and dignified living conditions, while strengthening the continuity and resilience of the systems and services that sustain them.

As the Shelter and Settlements Technical Coordinator (S&S TC), you will play a critical role in determining the strategic direction of DRC’s shelter programming and ensuring high quality implementation of shelter programme. You will provide overall technical leadership to all aspects of DRC’s shelter programming, including guaranteeing technical support and oversight to DRC’s shelter teams and activities, and producing technical documents and providing trainings when necessary. You will ensure a high-quality shelter response through the development of SOPs, guidelines, and tools, and will support programme teams with capacity building and trainings in cooperation with sector managers. You will support the development of high-quality proposals and concept notes in coordination with the Grants Management teams, Deputy Head of Programme (DHoP), Head of Programme (HoP) and other technical coordinators.

You will be responsible for the technical supervision of the Infrastructure and WASH Specialist, who reports managerially to the Head of Programme (HoP).

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Programme Strategy and Development

• Support the strategic development of DRC’s Shelter, WASH and Infrastructure (SWI) programming, ensuring activities are evidence-based and aligned with organisational priorities and humanitarian needs.
• Contribute to high-quality proposals, reports, and needs assessments to inform programme design and growth.

Programme Quality and Technical Support

• Provide technical guidance to programme teams to ensure high-quality shelter programming and adherence to sector standards.
• Develop and improve technical tools, support problem-solving during implementation, and build staff capacity through regular field engagement.
• Promote integrated programming across shelter, protection, economic recovery, and other relevant sectors.

External Representation and Coordination

• Represent DRC in relevant coordination forums and technical working groups.
• Support donor engagement, advocacy initiatives, and resource mobilisation efforts.

Partnerships

• Strengthen and expand shelter partnerships in line with localisation objectives.
• Provide technical oversight and support to partners delivering shelter activities.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 5 years working experience in similar job across diverse, complex crisis contexts. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Degree in civil engineering or equivalent, or 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience of tendering and managing contracted work
• Management experience in a construction context
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving
• Innovative, flexible and high adaptability skills in hardship location
• Excellent analytical skills, commitment to gender equality/equity
• Demonstrated skills in application of humanitarian tools and standard in past works
• Representation skills and excellent communication and reporting writing skills
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential
• Willing to travel regularly to rural/remote project sites
• Ability to work well in unstable security environments, and under significant administrative and programming pressures.

Desirable

• Fluency in Ukrainian (written and spoken)
• Experience with another large international organisation

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ 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 uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

• Contract length: 12 months with the possibility of extension depending on performance and availability of funding after successful completion of a 3-month probationary period
• Band: F – non-managerial
• Designation of Duty Station: Kyiv, non-family duty station
• Start date: September 2026

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for employees on national and international contracts; please refer to our website for more details.

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: August 10th, 2026

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, interviews might be conducted on a rolling basis. DRC reserves the right to select candidate before the vacancy close date once a suitable candidate has been identified.