Field Coordinator
Job Description
Title: Field Coordinator
Company Name: Solidarites International
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Education: Post graduate level in related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Goal/purpose:
∎ The Field Coordinator (FCo) has the role of delegated Country Director (CD) for a region of a country in which Solidarités International intervenes.
∎ He/she proposes a regional strategy according to the geopolitical and humanitarian context, and ensures its implementation once validated.
∎ He/she checks and ensures that projects are carried out in accordance with the Solidarités International charter, respecting all internal and contractual procedures.
∎ He/she mobilizes the material and financial resources necessary for programs to run smoothly, and supervises resource management.
∎ He/she coordinates the teams in place and is responsible for their security in his/her assigned zone.
∎ He/she is the CD direct contact and representative in his/her assigned zone.
∎ The field coordinator may combine the responsibilities of this position with those of administrator, logistics officer or logistician-administrator, or even program manager.
∎ In the case of concurrent holding of posts, refer to the profile for the corresponding post.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Coordination and strategic orientation:
∎ Within his/her intervention zone, monitors and analyses the humanitarian, political, cultural, social and economic context
∎ Within his/her intervention zone, proposes and develops an operational strategy in line with the association's policies and the population's needs
∎ Within his/her intervention zone, proposes new operational directions according to how the context develops
∎ Relevance and operational quality / operation monitoring:
∎ Ensures the coordination, development, monitoring and evaluation of the programs implemented within his/her intervention zone
∎ Ensures that the programs in his/her intervention are relevant and consistent
∎ Ensures that the programs in his/her intervention zone are implemented in accordance with the annual operational strategy, Solidarités International's technical requirements and financial donor' criteria
∎ Resource management:
∎ Proposes the human, financial and logistical scale for his/her intervention zone and its organisation
∎ Ensures that financial resources and other means necessary for accomplishing projects in his/her intervention zone are mobilized
∎ Ensures that logistics resources and other means necessary for accomplishing projects in his/her intervention zone are mobilized
∎ Guarantees the appropriate use of resources in his/her intervention zone
∎ Human resource management:
∎ Builds and maintains a team dynamic which enables the objectives of Solidarités International to be carried out in his/her intervention zone
∎ Promotes the ethics and values of Solidarités International
∎ Monitors the implementation of Solidarités International's human resources policy and procedures (recruitment, EAP, etc.)
∎ Monitors the personal and professional stability of Solidarités International employees and ensure that an adequate living and working environment is maintained
∎ Manages associates placed under his/her direct supervision
∎ Security:
∎ Responsible for the security of teams and property in his/her assigned zone, under the CD supervision
∎ Monitors and analyses the security situation and ensures it is understood by the teams
∎ Ensures that all new arrivals in his/her intervention zone are given a geopolitical and security briefing
∎ Under the supervision of the CD, ensure that all documents and procedures relating to security are updated regularly
∎ Ensures that all security rules and procedures are respected in his/her intervention zone
∎ Ensures that a permanent security monitoring system is set up
∎ Ensures the immediate management of any security incidents occurring in his/her intervention zone and immediately notify the CD
∎ Financial backer relations / search for funding:
∎ Monitors and analyses financial donor strategies in his/her intervention zone
∎ Participates, at the request of the CD, in the search for funding and ensures the financial stability of the organisation and the programs implemented in his/her intervention zone
∎ Strengthens relations between Solidarités International and donor representatives in his/her intervention zone
∎ Internal and external communication:
∎ Ensures that documents produced in his/her intervention zone meet deadlines and quality standards
∎ Ensures that all internal reporting respects the standard formats and procedures
∎ Organises regular coordination meetings
∎ Ensures that key operational information circulates properly, in his/her intervention zone and between the bases and the country coordination
∎ Representation:
∎ Be the official representative of Solidarités International in his/her intervention zone for aid workers, administrative, political and local authorities, civil society and the media
∎ Be an active participant in humanitarian forums and relevant coordination meetings
Additional Requirements:
∎ Substantial experience in a similar or senior management position in an overseas INGO environment, ideally in both emergency and longer-term contexts and with significant HR volume to manage (national staff and expats)
∎ Experience of strategic planning
∎ Proven experience in managing teams notably in complex ethnic and/or religious contexts or sensitive environments
∎ Proven experience in conflict/post-conflict contexts and insecure environments
∎ Experience of managing security
∎ Experience of budget management and donor compliance
∎ Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues and partners from different functions and cultures, experience of external representation responsibilities (coordination and negotiation skills)
∎ Technical skills and knowledge:
∎ Strong knowledge in team management,
∎ Capacity to deal with many different issues, to self- update and learn very quickly from a highly and constantly evolving environment
∎ An ability to analyze information quickly and accurately
∎ Ability to manage and prioritize a high workload and multiple tasks with tight deadlines
∎ Good representational skills, Ability to liaise, INGOs, other agencies, authorities and donors.
∎ A good understanding of security management
∎ A good understanding of humanitarian issues including IDPs, camp management protection, advocacy
∎ Ability to write/edit quality reports in English
∎ Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office
∎ Transferable skills:
∎ Diplomacy and strong communication skills (experience in Asia is an asset);
∎ Ability to take initiatives, decisions and work in autonomy is essential;
∎ Good problem solving skills in day to day and crisis situations;
∎ As line manager, the candidate must display diplomatic and smooth leadership skills;
∎ An understanding of and commitment to SI's mission and values
Salary:
∎ Monthly Basic Salary BDT 107,050 with Other allowances and benefits as per ISR of Solidarités International.Possible starting date 01st September 2020.
Application Deadline: 24 Aug 2020
Company Information:
∎ 12 Aug 2020
∎ Solidarites International
∎ Address : House # 15/A, Rd # front 8, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka – 1213, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.solidarites.org
∎ Business : SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is an international humanitarian organization based in Paris, France, which provides aid and assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. For the past 35 years, the organization`s vocation has been to meet the three vital needs - drinking, eating and sheltering - of vulnerable populations around the world. Our programs mainly focus on emergency relief actions related to water and sanitation but also related to food security as well as shelter and infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Category: NGO/Development
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