Field Coordinator

PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is a French humanitarian organization which provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. For over 38 years the association has focused on meeting three vital needs – water, food and shelter. Currently present in Iraq since 2017, SI carries out emergency / post-emergency programs in Wash sector in Nineveh region.

Goal/purpose:

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 He Country Director’s direct contact and representative.

List of 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
• 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

Required Criteria:

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in humanitarian sector.
  Proven ability to work as team leader and coordinate work between various departments and teams.
• Strong organizational and managerial skills.
• Strong understanding of the context in Ninewa governorate.
• Experience with coordination mechanism and representation of the organization towards other stakeholders.
• Arabic langueage skills, written and spoken. Good English skills, written and spoken
• Analytical skills and report writing skills
• Commitment to and understanding of the organization’s aims, values and principles.
• Demonstrated commitment to humanitarian principles;