Rapid Response Crisis Coordinator

Position Title: Rapid Response Crisis Coordinator

Duty Station: Dakar, Senegal

Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P4

Type of Appointment: Special short-term graded, 9 months with possibility of extension

Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date: 21 July 2024

Organizational Context and Scope:

IOM, UN Migration Agency in Dakar, Senegal is looking for a Rapid Response Crisis Coordinator who will be responsible and accountable for supporting and providing guidance to Country Offices in establishing or scaling up IOM’s emergency operations in countries affected by crisis.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

1. Deploy in rapid onset and/or major emergencies, in support to Country Offices to start-up or scale-up emergency response operations. This includes enhancing country office capacity to respond, setting up systems and monitoring progress towards enhanced response emergency capacity, in close coordination with the Chief of Mission, the Regional Office, and Headquarters.
2. Under the day-to-day supervision of the relevant Chief of Mission during deployments, manage all operational, financial and administrative aspects of the emergency programs including recruitment of new staff and expansion of the emergency portfolio.
3. In close coordination with Country and Regional offices, assess, strengthen and/or develop the overall direction and strategy of the emergency response in the country of deployment.
4. Ensure a comprehensive emergency response including good and effective coordination of emergency projects activities:

– Lead and coordinate emergency needs and other assessments, in partnership with other agencies, sectors, governments, etc., where applicable;

– Establish or expand emergency response programmes, including, for example, establishing Shelter/NFI pipelines, overseeing distributions, establishing or scaling up Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) or other data operations, establishing or scaling up other sectoral programming;

– Lead and coordinate the development of a common strategic vision for emergency operations;

– Ensure that response efforts are inclusive and coordinated by regularly convening and leading coordination meetings, and participating in all relevant coordination mechanisms;

– Lead inclusive resource mobilization efforts, including liaison with governments, donors, partners; and,

– Liaise with programme managers, sector coordinators, relevant sectors and humanitarian actors to ensure timely, safe and unimpeded access by emergency programmes to populations in need.

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Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Humanitarian Affairs or a related field from an accredited academic institution with seven years of relevant professional experience; or,
• University degree in the above fields with nine years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Experience in emergency settings and complex environments;
• Experience in programme management with strong knowledge of IOM/UN project life cycles;
• Experience in liaising with government authorities, inter-governmental institutions, other national and international institutions and national and international NGOs;
• Experience in Camp Coordination and Camp Management, ES/NFI, Shelter, DTM and socio-economic recovery; and,
• A solid understanding of conflict sensitivity as a core principle and the ability to incorporate it throughout a project cycle, including experience applying conflict analysis tools and adjusting programming according to potential influence on conflict dynamics.

Skills

• Excellent leadership, coordination and communication skills;
• Sound judgment, ability to extract, interpret, analyse and format data and make decision rapidly to resolve operational problems;
• Capacity to work effectively in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments;
• Solid computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office package (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); and,
• Familiarity with IOM/UN administrative and financial management.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.

For this position, fluency in English and French is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of Spanish and/or Arabic is an advantage.

Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.