Field Officer – Ankara

Job Purpose

IFRC’s Field Coordination team is responsible for regional representation and oversight of all field-level activities of the Earthquake Operation and Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme. The IFRC Field Coordinators and Field Officers are based in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Ankara. IFRC is currently seeking a Field Officer to join the Field Coordination team. Under the supervision and guidance of the Regional Coordinator based in Ankara, Gaziantep, or Istanbul, the Field Officer will provide support to response, programme and field-level technical activities within the earthquake response and ESSN programme. S/he will be contributing to field level planning, coordination, capacity support and monitoring, whilst working closely with TRC field teams with the aim of assuring timely implementation of activities to meet operational objectives.

The Field Officer, regardless where s/he is based, should be willing to travel to the earthquake affected areas.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Operations support

• Contribute to planning field activities under the guidance of the Regional Coordinator and in close coordination with the earthquake response team and TRC field teams
• Be able to assess the needs and capacities of TRC and relevant institutions, such as the SASF (Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations), and report needs for mobilizing additional human and logistical resources.
• Arrange field level visits of management; including coordinating with TRC on preparing Joint Monitoring Missions (JMM) and other ad-hoc IFRC leadership missions.

Coordination, cooperation, networking and partnership

• Maintain a good working relationship with TRC field and SASF offices; including making available relevant information for SASFs, PDMM (Provincial Directorate of Migration Management) and Nüfus in a timely and professional manner.
• Participate in regional coordination and support field level coordination for planning, monitoring and oversight activities
• Support relationship development between IFRC, SASFs, and other public authorities and stakeholders through supporting the Regional Coordinators to foster trust and identify capacity support needs.
• Liaise with local public authorities, UN agencies, and international and non-governmental operating agencies.
• Identify sensitive issues relating to protection, outreach, SASF allowance, protection and ensure immediate communication to IFRC management through the appropriate management line.

Programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Produce reports and updates as per the frequency required.
• Provide adequate oversight to assure field level organizational accountability
• Join TRC on field monitoring and provide oversight of field level activities to assure adequate quality of field level activities
• Support TRC and the IFRC’s Monitoring and Evaluation team in data collection and analysis of assessment results.
• Regular feedback to IFRC management to assure leadership is fully informed on any material developments which could affect the response, programme and/or IFRC.

Education

Required:

• Relevant university degree or equivalent qualification

Preferred:

• Basic Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Training Courses or humanitarian response training or equivalent knowledge

Experience

Required:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in relief operations
• Minimum of 3 years work experience with an International Organisation, international non-governmental organization, NGO and/or government development agency
• Field experience in disaster and crisis management operations
• Practical experience in monitoring and assessments (including FGDs and interviews)
• Knowledge and understanding in the use of participatory tools in community planning approaches
• Experience liaising with government actors and general field coordination

Preferred:

• Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• Substantial experience in community led processes
• Good knowledge and relevant work experience in cash transfer programming and/or social safety nets
• Background in report-writing

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required:

• Political and cultural sensitivity
• Effective team and project management skills
• Good mentoring and capacity development skills
• Good stress management skills
• Good analytical skills and solution focused person
• Ability to work well in a multicultural team
• Demonstrated accountability
• Knowledge of the region and Turkiye
• Fluently spoken and written English and Turkish
• Good command of another IFRC official language: Arabic

Competencies, Values and Comments

• Communication
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Judgement and Decision Making
• National Society and Customer Relations
• Creativity and Innovation
• Building Trust
• Functional competencies: Strategic orientation; Building alliances; Empowering others

Please note that the position may be filled before the deadline for submission of the applications.

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted