CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: International Rescue Committee
Country: Sierra Leone
Closing date: 20 Dec 2014

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee is a prominent international organization working in relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression.

The International Rescue Committee is in discussions to run a 24 (40)-bed, Ebola Isolation Unit in Bo, Sierra Leone. The Unit will be a high-capacity, isolated unit which will require the oversight of 87 staff including 7 international staff, over a period of 3 months. Given the magnitude of the need, the plan is to set up the Unit immediately. Staff safety is an absolute priority and strict adherence to infection control procedures with be undertaken to protect staff. Given the tedious nature of the work, personal protective equipment which must be worn at all times in the heat and need for strict adherence to infection control protocols, staff will have ample rest time.

SCOPE OF WORK/RESPONSABILITIES

• Under the direct supervision of the Ebola Case Management Coordinator, the Bo's Isolation Unit Field Coordinator will be responsible for:
• Represents IRC locally, communicates in the name of the organisation and positions activities in the humanitarian context of the Project's district.
• Coordinates the Bo's IU in Bo Project: evaluates the needs and the situation, draws up the Project and plans its activities, provides monitoring and follow up.
• Develops witnessing action.
• Manages and guides teams: welcomes and coaches personnel, organises work, manages HR.
• Manages material and financial resources.
• Manages the Project's security.
• This position will enter the wet area of the IU

Staff Supervision & Development

• Sets up a data collection and epidemiological surveillance system (in agreement with the ECM Coordinator) and checks the teams' reactivity in the event of newly identified needs
• Writes up or updates job descriptions for the team. Plans and anticipates personnel replacements for the Project.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Overall responsible for staff work plans, work and vacation schedules, and staff training/development activities
• If/as required, identify staff performance issues and work with Human Resources to document and address these in accordance with the National Staff Employment Policies

Grant Planning & Implementation

• Based on assessments and strategy; draft technical proposals and budgets to enable programs required to meet the immediate needs of the affected community.
• Anticipates plans and manages programmatic and structural transitions.
• Provides direction and monitor staff in their implementation of the workplan and quality of technical activities,

Grant Monitoring & Reporting

• Steers the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes in collaboration with the team, by collecting information and comparing it with the objectives fixed. For this, is familiar with and pays regular visits to the field activities and follows the indicators selected for the Project.
• Development/ maintenance of effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.
• Ensure regular field monitoring and modifications as required.

Coordination & Representation

• Develops and maintains effective coordination and long-term relationships with external stakeholders, representing IRC positions, promoting long-term strategy and resolving problems/conflicts
• Work closely and coordinates with IRC logistics, EH, finance and grant staff to ensure timely and complaint program activities and expenditures; including active participation in grant opening/closing and review meetings

Program Development

• Vouches for the correct use of the resources put at IRC's disposition for carrying out the project. (Assistance reaches the beneficiaries, local purchasing, stock management, use of vehicles, etc.)
• Supervises all the orders (medical and logistical) and the Project's purchases.
• Evaluates the risks and threats linked to the implementation of IRC's activities. For this, maintains an information network which allows him (her) to follow security developments. Provides continuous analysis of the situation in the field whilst encouraging the participation of the national and international team under his (her) management in this task. In particular checks that the team knows the risks it is running.
• Centralises information whilst checking its coherence and makes a summary of it for feeding into the General Coordination's reflections and facilitating their decision making.
• Checks adherence to security rules particular to the Project, and ensures that they are known and strictly applied.
• Oversight of the PPE, drug management and medical supply systems
• Supervising the IU including infection control systems, data, logistical, mental health, waste management and burial systems according to the protocols laid out by WHO and MSF

Other

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs
• Guarantees that IRC's charter, policies and image are respected with regards to national employees, populations, authorities and partners.
• Develops contacts with national partners on a regional level (civil society, civil and military authorities, local NGOs, Ministry of Health representatives, etc.) in order to obtain all the information and agreements necessary for the integration of IRC's programmes in the local context.
• Passes regular information to local partners concerning IRC's project activities and regularly exchanges information with other humanitarian organisations and United Nations agencies present in the field.

Professional Standards

• All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

REQUIREMENTS:

• The ideal candidate will have a capacity to analyze the context and understand medical issues and IRC's intervention strategies; a capacity to lead and motivate teams, organize the roles and delegation of tasks within the Project's team, set up a network and write up minutes; demonstrates management qualities.
• Autonomous; sense of responsibility; dynamic; skilled at representation: a capacity to take the initiative and make decisions; a capacity to listen in a multicultural context; good stress management skills; ease of communication; apt at resolving problems and negotiating
• Degree in management, Health, international relations or related field, advanced degree preferred.
• At least 5 years work within a humanitarian agency, including field management and report writing
• Successful experience in the field of humanitarian aid, with MSF or other organisations
• Experience working in a multi-cultural setting and preferably in Africa
• Excellent understanding of main humanitarian issues in emergency situations and knowledge of emergency standards (Sphere)
• Strong leadership, management, planning, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills;
• Ability to live and work in stressful and insecure environment;
• Excellent initiator, able to manage multiple tasks.
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
• Knowledge and/or experience in conflict management, protection, or other related field;
• Excellent professional approach and strong team building skills.
• Strong coordination and representation skills and well versed in convincing and clarification of views and points.

How to apply:

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