Deputy Head of Mission
INTERSOS
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somalia
Description :
Organization: INTERSOS
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 21 Apr 2017
1. Terms of reference
Job title
Deputy Head of Mission for Operation
Duty station
Nairobi with Frequent travel to Somalia
Starting date
1.5.2017
Contract duration
Until 31.12.2017
Reporting to
Head of Mission
Advisory role of
N/A
Dependents
2. Job description
A. General context of the project
General context of the project
The Drought in Somalia has increased the malnutrition rates of rural children, and driven up food prices for urban residents. Overall, prices of coarse grains, in key markets of South and Central Somalia, were up to twice their levels of 12 months earlier. Livestock deaths and fire sales have slashed the asset wealth of pastoralists, and cumulative bad harvests will make recovery all the harder for small-scale farmers.
Al Shabaab area of influence is well known to cover most of the rural areas in South Central Somalia and humanitarian access is therefore reduced significantly with increasing the possibility of famine. In Diinsor for example the access to the villages surrounding the town is estimated to be of a radius of 5 to 10 KM only. In Wajid, Bakool Region, the radius is about 30 KM.
The number of people in need of assistance in Somalia has increased from 5 Million to over 6.2 Million in February 2017. This data includes a drastic increase in the number of people in crisis and emergency from 1.1 Million six months ago to nearly 3 Million projected for February to June 2017. 65% are estimated to be in rural areas, 18% in urban areas and 17% are Internally displaced person (IDP). 3.3 Million people are categorized as Stressed in IPC Phase 2.
Health needs have also increased dramatically across the country. AWD/Cholera cases and deaths continue to rise sharply due to the depletion of water sources as result of the worsening drought. The need for essential life-saving medicines has increased and more affected areas are in need of urgent support with life-saving medicines. Some 9,192 cases and 232 related deaths were recorded in the first two months of 2017, with a high number in hard to reach areas of Bay and Bakool.
Projection estimates 4.5 Million people in need of WASH services by the end of April 2017. Situation of children is especially grave. Some 363.000 Children acutely malnourished. School children are dropping out due to the drought. The education cluster also estimates that if the situation deteriorate to the level of 2011 50,000 school going children will be displaced.
B. General purpose of the position, responsibilities and tasks
General purpose of the position
The Deputy Director for Operations position will lead the Operations Administrative, HR and Logistic units in the areas of strategic programming and planning, ensuring operations quality, promoting strategic growth and strong external and internal representation and advocacy. S/he must be able to motivate and lead a diverse staff as well as effectively manage programs, partnerships and budgets.
Main responsibilities and tasks
· To support the Bases in the optimal implementation of projects.
· To manage the mission logistic, administration and human resources departments, keeping in mind the final objective of improving the operations and projects efficiency.
· To manage the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability of the administrative department
· Support the Grant Writing and Donor Relation process.
· To Support the Security analysis and to support HoM in updating CPPs.
· Serve as Acting Country Director during absences (breaks, leave, training, illness etc.).
To Promote commitment to INTERSOS charter and prevention on power abuses.
· To Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
· Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
3. Position requirements
Education
· Masters in Humanitarian or Development Studies or other related field or substantial Humanitarian and Development experience.
· Knowledge in Logistic, Administration/finance, HR, and PCM
· Team Management.
· Demonstrated staff capacity building and management skills.
·Strong experience in drafting of proposals for humanitarian and development programmes.
Professional experience
· 5 years’ experience in similar positions or head of a large field office or Country Director.
· Working experience in fragile states of at least 3 years.
· Previous experience in Somalia is an asset.
· Previous experience in M&E and related field is an asset.
Professional requirements
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· Knowledge of the cluster system.
· Knowledge of ECHO/UNICEF/CHF/WHO/UNHCR/UNOCHA procedures and familiar with their approach and strategies.
· Project Management skills, including financial planning and documentation.
· Fluency in written and spoken English, good reporting and communication skills are required.
· Good problem solving and social skills and creative, to think of alternative solutions.
· Previous working experience in Somalia will be an asset.
Languages
· Fluency in English is required.
Personal requirements
· Good interpersonal skills to work effective with different stakeholders including different communities in the target areas, humanitarian actors, service providers, local and national authorities.
· Excellent organizational, team building and participatory training skills and experience is required, as well as ability to work as part of a team.
As a general input to this section, not mandatory requirements are followed by the word ‘‘desirable’’ in brackets. All other requirements are considered as mandatory.
KenyanSomali nationals are encouraged to apply.
How to apply :
All CV’S to be Submitted to hr.somalia@intersos.org; hr.manager.somalia@intersos.org.
Deadline is 21/04/2017**