Field Coordinator at Solidarites International

Job Number: SRH03591
Location: Dikwa, Borno
Contract Type: Short term contract
Desired start date: ASAP
Duration of the mission: 9 months

General Objective

• The Field Coordinator has the role of delegated Country Director in the area of operations
• 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 Country Director’s direct contact and representative.

Main Tasks
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

Security:

• Responsibility for the security of teams and property in his/her assigned zone, under the CD's 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
• 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 SI 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

The Main Challenges:

• Contextual security analysis and security management
• Implementation of programs before end of donor contracts
• Enhanced coordination in clusters
• Cholera emergency response preparedness (necessary and appropriate stakes)
• Management of Logistical aspects over summer (rain season)

Your Profile

• Master's Degree or equivalent in related sectors
• Previous experiences as a Field Coordinator in remote and unsecure areas
• Ability to develop a strong understanding of the context
• Experience in tensed context in terms of security
• Good and proven writing and spoken English are required
• Good knowledge and experience on evaluation and monitoring tools and good analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Organizational and analytical skills
• Anticipation and self-organization capacities
• Great work and stress management capacities
• Patience and diplomacy skills
• Ability to set up and orientate coordination mechanism in an operational way
• Ability to prior tasks and manage a large scope of work

Salary and Conditions

• A salary starting from 2600 Euros gross per month + valorization of your experiences
• A monthly Per Diem of 600 USD
• SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate's country of origin and the place of assignment.

Vacation:

• During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of on 7 working days every three months
• For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7 working days break at 3/6 and 9 month (with 850 USD allocated by Solidarités).
• To these break periods, it is necessary to add the granting of 1 additional rest day per month worked > i.e. 12 days in addition for a 1-year contract.

Social and Medical Cover:

• Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Living Conditions: The living conditions in Dikwa base has improved a lot over the past two years. There are 2 bedrooms with bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen well equipped. The security rules are however restrictive as the context is tense