مطلوب منسق ميداني – طرابلس

SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty countries, SI’s teams – 2000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers – work with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION

General objective:

The Field Coordinator 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.

​​​​​​​The main challenges:

• Increasing needs in a reduced funding environment
• Regular access challenges
• Unpredictable security situation, with possible escalation of the war

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Getting familiarized with the different running projects and processes
• Finalize EU/MADAD construction activities
• Ensure start of the AFD flood mitigation measures
• Ensure good pace of the UNICEF WASH in IS activities
• Launch assessments to have material for new projects

Responsibilities and main activities:

Coordination and strategic orientation

• Within his/her intervention zone, monitor and analyse the humanitarian, political, cultural, social and economic context.
• Within his/her intervention zone, propose and develop an operational strategy in line with the association’s policies and the population’s needs.
• Within his/her intervention zone, propose new operational directions according to how the context develops

Relevance and operational quality / operation monitoring

• Ensure the coordination, development, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes implemented within his/her intervention zone.

• Ensure that the programmes in his/her intervention are relevant and consistent.
• Ensure that the programmes 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

• Propose the human, financial and logistical scale for his/her intervention zone and its organisation
• Ensure that financial resources and other means necessary for accomplishing projects in his/her intervention zone are mobilized.
• Guarantee the appropriate use of resources in his/her intervention zone

Human resource management

• Build and maintain a team dynamic which enables the objectives of Solidarités International to be carried out in his/her intervention zone
• Promote the ethics and values of Solidarités International
• Monitor the implementation of Solidarités International’s human resources policy and procedures (recruitment, EAP, etc.)
• Monitor the personal and professional stability of Solidarités International employees and ensure that an adequate living and working environment is maintained

• Manage associates placed under his/her direct supervision

مطلوب منسق ميداني – طرابلس

Security

• Responsibility for the security of teams and property in his/her assigned zone, under the CD supervision
• Monitor and analyse the security situation and ensure it is understood by teams
• Ensure 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
• Ensure that all security rules and procedures are respected in his/her intervention zone
• Ensure that a permanent security monitoring system is set up
• Ensure the immediate management of any security incidents occurring in his/her intervention zone and immediately notify the CD

Financial backer relations / search for funding

• Monitor and analyse financial donor strategies in his/her intervention zone
• Participate, at the request of the CD, in the search for funding and ensure the financial stability of the organisation and the programmes implemented in his/her intervention zone
• Strengthen relations between Solidarités International and donor representatives in his/her intervention zone

Internal and external communication

• Ensure that documents produced in his/her intervention zone meet deadlines and quality standards
• Ensure that all internal reporting respects the standard formats and procedures
• Organise regular coordination meetings
• Ensure 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

Reporting/Communication

ORG CHART POSITION (reporting and functional relationships)

Line manager: Country Director

Line Report(s):  Admin Manager, Log Manager, WASH Emergency PM, WASH Infra PM, Security & Liaison Manager, MEAL Manager

PROFILE NEEDED

Studies: Advanced university degree (minimum BA) in Management, international development & humanitarian studies.

Experience:

• 5 to 8 years experience in the humanitarian sector
• 3 to 5 years experience in a Managerial position within an NGO
• 1 to 2 years of experience on similar position (Field-Coordinator or Deputy Field-Coordinator)

Qualification/skills:

• Strong leadership skills
• Good Management skills
• Knowledge of the Lebanese context and experience with SI are a strong plus.
• Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks
• Strong mediator and diplomatic skills, patience and clear communication skills
• Ability to coordinate many departments / teams and provide guidance
• Solid access negotiation skills
• Proven strategic vision and capacity to lead strategic exercise
• Demonstrate an understanding of the international humanitarian response and coordination mechanisms, and humanitarian reform
• Team spirit, ability to federate and coordinate team members
• Commitment to the fundamental principles of SI’s charter and ethics.
• Ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training and mentoring
• Knowledge of donors prerequisites
• Knowledge of Program and Support departments

Language:  Excellent writing skills (in Arabic and English), analytical and synthesis skills.

IT:  Good commands of Microsoft office.

مطلوب منسق ميداني – طرابلس

SI WILL OFFER YOU

A salaried post : 3090 USD as basic salary

Vacation : 1.75  paid leave per month

Social and medical cover