MAIN OBJECTIVE OF POSITION
Provide support to the mission by assisting the ESS FieldCo in the coordination tasks and management of the specific Antenna, ensuring a smooth relation with local and national authorities and relevant actors, contributing to the early medico-humanitarian alerts detection and verification, as well as to the context analysis and follow-up, and providing advice and input in the day to day coordination in order to facilitate the implementation of the mission and the projects.Eventually giving support to the coordination of interventions in the assigned area.
ACTIVITIES:
General
External Relations and Meetings
· Establishes and actively fosters a network of counterparts relevant to our operations e.g. NGOs, UN bodies, Health Officials, Security Officials, and all other relevant governmental offices.
· At the request of ESS FieldCo, represents MSF in routine or ad-hoc meetings (NGO, official bodies, administration etc).
· Proactively ensures MSF is up to date with all relevant health and humanitarian information so to best react to emergencies.
· Pushes and follows project documentation and permission securing e.g. MoUs, access permissions and other procedures in a proactive and creative manner.
· Facilitates the FieldCo and CMT members in maintaining optimal relations with government & non-government organizations.
Emergencies and assessments
Context overview and analysis
· Assist the FieldCo in context analysis. Actively gathers information concerning humanitarian community, security, socio-political and economic context; analyses, interprets and disseminates relevant context information.
· Update general information on the context for MSF internal documents, and advise on cultural appropriateness of organizational activities and individual behaviors.
· Ensures information gathering, analysis and interpretation on the National and Regional legislation and regulations on humanitarian issues and activities of INGOs to improve operational co-ordination.
Procedural Tasks and reporting
· Participates actively in the organization and redaction of the following procedures in order to ensure they are finalized timely and in line with the requirements of the concerned GoE bodies:
Project proposals, Project Agreements, Quarterly and annual reporting, Annual evaluation process, MOUs etc.
· Report weekly on his/her activities to the FieldCo.
Advocacy
· Consults and acts as sparring partner with the FieldCo and other CMT members on the relevant aspects of advocacy approach to the region.
· Helps to develop the Advocacy plan for the projects and the SRS.
Administrative
· Assists in translations, formulations of letters, interpretation as per FieldCo request.
· Sets up accurate filing systems and ensures that they are being maintained.
· Keeps up to date documents on contacts and context – contact list, who is who, context analysis.
Field Support
Requirements | |
Education | University Level Studies |
Experience | · Minimum 2 years of experience in humanitarian aid, preferably MSF · Essential, good understanding of the functioning of the different Government bodies in Country and in the Somali region. |
Languages | English and local language essential |
Knowledge | Essential Computer Literacy (word, excel, power point) |
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