CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Médicos del Mundo
Country: Sierra Leone
Closing date: 15 Apr 2015

MISSION

Development of the projects currently implemented in Sierra Leone, ensuring appropriateness of actions in respect of Médicos del Mundo (MdM) policies and of the identifications already made.

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF INTERVENTION

The successful candidate will be based in Freetown, travelling frequently to the Koinadugu and Moyamba District and to any other places in Sierra Leone.

ORGANIZATION CHART

The successful candidate will be part of the Humanitarian Action - Ebola Unit and will refer to the Unit Coordination and the Technical Team. In the field, he/she leads the MdM actions in Sierra Leone in collaboration with project Health Coordinators and the rest of the team.

FUNCTIONS

Institutional Representation, Communication and Positioning:

• To represent the organization before Organizations (WHO, UNICEF, OCHA, ICRC) and International Financing Entities (DFID, ECHO, OCHA), Public Institutions (Ministries of Health – MoH/District Health Management Team – DHMT/ District Medical Officer – DMO), NGDO, MdM International Network (DRI-MdM) and other agents, ensuring that our actions are consistent with the policies, mission, ethical principles and values of MdM.
• To negotiate collaboration arrangements and agreements between the local authorities and MdM and with other agencies and/or partner actors.
• To participate in the Country Health Coordination meetings (specific Health cluster) and in the meetings of the Consortia where MdM is an active member (Ebola Response Consortium – ERC/IRC) and which MdM can potentially join.
• To take on the office of spokesperson in the country, for external communication and agreeing the contents and the position with headquarters.

Definition and Planning of MdM activity in the country:

• To implement the MDM lines of intervention in the emergency response to Ebola, adapting it to the context variability and to the organization’s capacity.
• To identify the operational problems and risks, adapting the structure and making it flexible according to specific needs.
• To guarantee appropriateness, implementation and management (planning of activities, follow-up of indicators, evaluation of action) of MdM projects in the area of action.
• To coordinate preparation and delivery of monitoring and final reports required by the financing entities, as well as MdM SITREP internal reports.

Emergency, human resources and safety management:

• To ensure that MdM internal regulations are complied with and developed.
• To manage, oversee and direct the field teams.
• As the person with maximum responsibility for the safety of the Mission, to ensure that internal safety regulations are complied with, emphasizing particularly the extraordinary measures implemented due to the emergency context.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Academic: University degree or diploma. A Master in International Cooperation and/or Humanitarian Aid is desirable.

Supplementary: Project Cycle Management (Logical Framework Approach; Management by Results Approach), project accounts and justification management.

REQUIREMENTS

Languages: Very high level of spoken and written English

Office pack user level.

Knowledge of Public Health, Gender, Human Rights and Political Incidence.

EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate must have at least 5 years’ field experience in emergency situations. At least 3 years’ experience in positions with similar responsibility and working on planning, design, management and monitoring of programmes from a NGDO in fragile scenarios, of complex emergencies. Experience in project planning, implementation and evaluation is desirable. Team coordination experience.

COMPETENCE PROFILE

• High organizational capacity and for adaptation to emergency situations.
• Proven capacity for team leadership and management.
• Team work and networking capacity.
• Thoroughness and self-sufficiency at work.
• Strict compliance with the safety protocols established for the country and MdM mission
• Identification with the lines of work, values and mission of Médicos del Mundo.

AVAILABILITY

To join immediately.

How to apply:

http://trabaja.medicosdelmundo.org/empleos/oferta/163654/sierra-leone-country-coordinator.html