Coordinator - Emergency Response

Job Description

Title: Coordinator - Emergency Response

Company Name: CBM

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in social science, international development, disaster management or any other relevant discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Job Location: At Cox Bazar, Bangladesh (with need based visits to Dhaka)
∎ Contract Duration: Up to April 2020 (with possibility of extension)
∎ Type: Full time, responsible to lead the emergency response team at Cox Bazar
∎ Contract Start: As soon as possible
∎ Reporting to: Humanitarian & DRR Manager

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Objectives of the position:
∎ The Coordinator - Emergency Response will coordinate the CBM's Rohingya refugee response through and with its partner organization Center for Disability in Development.
∎ To support partner organization in implementing, monitoring and evaluating a coherent, inclusive and quality humanitarian response to Rohingya response in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
∎ To ensure quality production of weekly, monthly, mid-term and final project completion reports and timely submission to donors.
∎ To prepare itinerary, accompany different visitors/ donors and ensure successful visits.
∎ To liaise with different Sectors, Working Groups, Task Forces to ensure effective and meaningful coordination and collaboration.
∎ To work with the line manager, Emergency Response Unit and implementing partner (CDD) on new proposal development.
∎ Main Tasks:
∎ Projects are delivered with maximum efficiency and professionalism to bring a positive change to the lives of people with disabilities through technical guidance and support to the partner:
∎ Ensure the Core Humanitarian Standards and Humanitarian Inclusion Standards are implemented within the project(s) and are being followed up by the partner.
∎ Capture organizational learning from experience through monitoring and evaluation to continue improving the program quality.
∎ Provide leadership, guide and management support the program manager and project managers/ team leaders to ensure that projects are implementing in line with project proposal, log-frame and agreed action plan in line with budget and time.
∎ Support CDD in improving the MEAL framework including clear learning opportunities, knowledge products to be captured during the course of project implementation.
∎ Support CDD's Program Manager in putting beneficiary feedback/ accountability mechanism in place, jointly monitor the system in order to allow voices of beneficiaries being taken into account.
∎ Do regular field visit to ensure projects activities are delivered as per agreed action plan and within the budget.
∎ Ensuring high quality reports with agreed timeline and format:
∎ Ensure timely production of quality financial and narrative reports for donors and Situation Reports for Senior Management on project outcomes and overall Rohingya operation as agreed with the different stakeholders.
∎ Responsible for management of assigned donor contracts within the portfolio, including ensuring quality and timely reporting to donors and other liaison as needed.
∎ Ensuring that the project delivers high quality reports with agreed time line and format to demonstrate the project result.
∎ Monitoring of budget utilization:
∎ Ensure regular monthly monitoring of project budget utilization. Where variances between plans and actual expenditures arise, ensure justifications are provided and future planning is adjusted where required.
∎ Ensuring effective and efficient utilization of resource and project specific materials.
∎ Review and monitoring of the budget implementation to ensure value for money in collaboration with partner organization
∎ Natural disaster preparedness:
∎ Ensuring that project activities are designed, developed and implemented in line with ISCG cyclone/monsoon preparedness, response and Inclusive DRR plan.
∎ Support line manager to liaise between Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and implementing partner(s) for ensuring smooth problem solving and decision making.
∎ In consultation with line manager and CDD Cox's Bazar and Kutupalong based colleague develop contingency plan for upcoming cyclone/monsoon season, so that in case of emergency CBM/CDD would able to respond quickly, timely and effectively.
∎ Identify appropriate measures for staff and people with disabilities (living in CBM/CDD working camps and host community) to prepare for and respond to cyclone/monsoon season.
∎ Develop, strengthen and maintain strong external representation within Cox's Bazar:
∎ Participate in relevant Sector (Health, Protection, and Child Protection), Working Groups, Task Forces (Age & Disability Task Force) coordination meetings and building highly collaborative working relationships with mentioned fora in order to explore opportunities for CBM/CDD to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in humanitarian actions.
∎ Maintain stakeholder relationships with humanitarian community in Cox's Bazar (GoB, UN, INGOs, NGOs, donors, consortia).
∎ Coordinate CBM Bangladesh representation in external fora in line with CBM core values.
∎ Represent CBM during different visits from donor delegates and other stakeholders.
∎ Represent CBM in different fora at Cox's Bazar level

Additional Requirements:
∎ Proven experience in program implementation and management in development and humanitarian setting (minimum five years).
∎ Excellent interpersonal communication and coordination skills. Fluent in spoken and written English and ability to prepare quality reports and presentations for a range of key audience
∎ Knowledge on disability inclusion, working with people with disabilities will be an asset
∎ Good knowledge on computer (MS Word, MS Excel MS PowerPoint)
∎ Ability to communicate independently with donors, visitors, advisors.

Application Deadline: June 10, 2019

Company Information:
∎ CBM

Category: NGO/Development