Colombia

• Formación preferiblemente en Acción humanitaria o derecho, políticas, relaciones internacionales, administración de negocios, o similar.
• Altos conocimientos de gestión de riesgos y seguridad en ayuda humanitaria, cooperación al desarrollo.
• Mínimo de 2 años experiencia en gestión de proyectos de seguridad, apoyo a terreno, análisis de información y conocimiento de herramientas y procedimientos de Seguridad.
• Idiomas: Español e inglés
• Disponibilidad para viajar, en cortos períodos
• Valorable experiencia previa en temas relacionados con la promoción de la igualdad de género o compromiso personal con la igualdad de género
• Experiencia demostrable en análisis para asesorar contexto y situación de riesgos y seguridad.
• Experiencia en representación y negociación interna y externa.
• Experiencia en diseño y mantenimiento de herramientas y procedimientos.

SE OFRECE

• Contrato de trabajo                                                                                                     
• Duración: marzo 2021
• Base: Bogotá
• Salario Bruto anual estimado entre 35.304,0 € 41.904,0 € en función de experiencia, incluye plus contexto y perdiem y gastos de vida pagados en moneda local
• Vivienda respaldada por la organización.
• Costos de transporte a la misión.
• Descansos de una semana con costos de transporte al área de referencia y un adicional de 215 € por semana.
• 25 días hábiles de vacaciones por año.
• Repatriación, accidentes y viajes y seguro de vida.
• Complemento por hijo (menores de 18 años): de 100 € a 225 € mensuales (según estándares  de Acción contra el Hambre - España).

 

 

AREA/DEPARTAMENTO

El Departamento de Operaciones es responsable de coordinar, apoyar y guiar a la organización para optimizar los recursos y garantizar el máximo impacto de nuestras intervenciones y estrategias de misión, de acuerdo con nuestro mandato. El Departamento se asegura de que responde a las necesidades de “stakeholders” a tiempo y con alta calidad y además se enfoca y fortalece las alianzas para complementar las capacidades para ampliar nuestros programas; En consecuencia, el departamento de Operaciones integra los riesgos del sector en un enfoque integral de gestión de riesgos al tiempo que garantiza un crecimiento sostenible de la organización.

OBJETIVO GENERAL DEL PUESTO

El principal objetivo del Gestor de riesgos es liderar el proceso transversal de gestión de riesgos del proyecto macro-grant y con enfoque en la mejora de la seguridad operacional del proyecto. Además, teniendo como eje transversal la importancia de fomentar una cultura de riesgos y seguridad en todo el equipo del proyecto. 

PRINCIPALES ACTIVIDADES DEL PUESTO

• Asegurar que la gestión de riesgos del proyecto se adecúa a los estándares, principios y procedimientos de la organización. Establecer y mantener un marco de referencia para mejorar el nivel de riesgos asociado con proyecto de macro-grant.
• Identificación y mapeo de riesgos contextual u operacional; institucional y programática para proyecto de macro-grant; tabulación y cruce de datos; detección de probabilidades e inconsistencias en incidentes actual contra riesgos definidos en tabla de análisis de riesgos; desarrollar e implementar planes de respuesta de los riesgos para mitigar y reducir los impactos de los riesgos.
• Persona focal a cargo de nuestro sistema de “Feedback” (quejas) y sistema de informes de gestión de riesgos e incidentes; Apoyar en el análisis de incidentes de seguridad, fraude, acoso sexual, etc. y seguimiento del plan de acción en coordinación a nivel de Misión y Sede y con la orientación necesaria para superar obstáculos y problemas en la gestión diaria de los incidentes.
• Garantizar un análisis constante y adecuado de la seguridad y los incidentes contextuales en el entorno operacional del marco-grant para mejorar nuestra estrategia de acceso y aceptación; Además sugerir cambios y recomendaciones y adoptar y revisar los planes de seguridad y los procedimientos de seguridad para la validación formal.
• Apoyar a los equipos en terreno para acceder a materiales y herramientas de gestión de riesgos, gestión de “feedbacks” (quejas), seguridad, acceso, aceptación y otras herramientas internas y apoyar el desarrollo de capacidades de nuestros empleados mediante visitas y facilitar o realización de talleres de seguridad y capacitación.
• Liderar la relación y los intercambios con departamento internos y los actores externos relevantes en gestión de riesgos y seguridad del proyecto de macro-grant y crear una red de contactos y coordinar acciones e información con otros actores expertos en gestión de riesgos.

 

Training

• Professional university studies in areas of economic and/or administrative sciences.
• Postgraduate study in international relations, international cooperation and development, political science preferred.

Specific technical knowledge

• Knowledge of the variables to consider in the development of CASH, livelihoods and/or entrepreneurship.
• Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Ability to analyse data, evaluate options, and to think, plan and execute intended actions in a timely manner.
• Experience and capacity to work with different population groups and key actors at the territorial level;
• Development of community relations and actions.
• Knowledge of community work methodologies and tools.
• Desirable specialization in community development issues/interventions in social needs/humanitarian aid/affinities.
• Desirable knowledge and experience in incorporating cross-cutting approaches (Action Without Harm, Peacebuilding, gender, ethnicity, etc.).
• knowledge of large donors; USAID, OFDA, FFP, BPRM.

Previous experience

• 6 years of community and institutional work projects related to CASH, entrepreneurship, employability and/or strengthening of livelihoods.
• 4 years in project management in the private, public or international cooperation, involving the strengthening of communities and inter-institutional coordination.
• Desirable experience in the development of partnerships between public, private and community actors.

Knowledge of the humanitarian sector

• Understanding of the rights-based approach particularly in relation to conflict dynamics and peacebuilding.
• Previous experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality is valuable.

Knowledge of Action Against Hunger

• Knowledge of the organization and its lines of action preferred.

Languages

• Fluent oral and written English and Spanish skills required.

Office and specific systems

• Mastery of Windows, essential advanced management of Excel and accounting systems.

Mobility

• Availability for geographic mobility (travel to work areas).

Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action Against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

The Cash for Urban Assistance Consortium (CUA) is a strong partnership between three international organisations, Action Against Hunger as the leading party of this project, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC), that unite their experience to deliver effective cash assistance to support high vulnerable people in Colombia, including Venezuelan migrants, Colombians returning from Venezuela and host community members in Colombian territory.

The CUA Consortium requires strong leadership and in order to operate effectively and deliver cash assistance in response to the impact of the Venezuela situation.

The purpose of Cash Technical Coordinator the role is to provide technical support during the development of the activities within the Consortium Programme, including day to day oversight that technical quality is being ensured within every sector. Under the strategic direction of the Consortium Project Director this position will provide ongoing support and capacity development to technical staff members. The Cash Technical Coordinator will oversee the programme planning, procurement, reporting and the oversight of programme implementation. S/he will ensure that standards and procedures are adhered to and followed by partners, and cross-checking all documentation ensuring compliance with donor and Consortium requirements.

POSITON SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND TASKS

Objective 1: Assures the quality in the implementation of those actions under its responsibility.

• To oversee the implementation of project activities, ensuring that activities are delivered on time, on budget and in compliance with donor regulations.
• Prepares monthly report of activities + review of planning and follow-up of activities.
• Liaise with partners to ensure that operating procedures and financial monitoring systems for cash transfers are complied with.
• Develops and monitors the achievement of results and objectives (baseline using indicators established in the planning matrix)
• Plans, coordinates, monitors and provides technical assistance for the implementation of activities
• It participates in the elaboration of documents that are necessary in the framework of the implementation.
• Ensuring that the action is implemented in a timely and coordinated manner.
• Support design and organization required for assessments, baselines and evaluations, including roll-out of market and vendor assessments.
• Work with partners to in the implementation of programme design.
• Undertake regular review of partner progress against the budget and workplan and supporting partners to alter activities/strategies in light of context changes or operational challenges.
• Ensure that the payment system to vendors is clear, in place, and done in a timely manner, including checking the required documents are complete for timely payment processing.
• Verify partners expenditure reports and provide support to partners as and when required.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure effective support to the Partners.
• Support the development of staff and partner staff skills to implement appropriate responses.
• Work with MEAL Manager to ensure appropriate, timely and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting.
• Provide support to cash transfer and distribution monitoring.
• Support technical and M&E staff in effective and technically appropriate project planning, strategy development and implementation against agreed work plans, ensuring projects represent effective strategies and innovative approaches based on evidence.
• Provide intense, on-going support, supervision and technical guidance.
• Conduct regular technical support, M&E and quality control visits to project sites to improve performance and quality of project implementation.
• Ensure robust monitoring and evaluation of programmes, working with the M&E Officers in place.
• Ensure technical compliance and adherence to quality assurance standards and policies/guidelines.
• Conducting regular field visits to support the implementation of project sand ensure that the monitoring and evaluation systems are operational.
• Support design and organization required for assessments, baselines and evaluations, including roll-out of market and vendor assessments.
• Providing technical support to all Members.
• To ensure the programme is implemented in ways responsive to communities, partners and children in line with the Consortium principles, values and strategic plan and compliant with procedures.
• Monitor programme spend, assisting with the monthly budget forecasts.

Objective 2: Human Resources Management under their charge.

• Prepares, revises and adapts job descriptions of team members.
• Plans and leads, in coordination with the CD and the HR Department the processes of recruitment of staff.
• Prepares and inducts new staff.
• Responsible for the periodic evaluation of staff performance.
• Organizes, motivate, and follows up on priorities of staff.
• Coordinates, reviews and comments on reports from staff.

Objective 3: Logistic, administrative, financial, accounting and treasury management under its responsibility.

• Coordinates and validates budget planning.
• Supervises the preparation of expenditure forecasts.
• Monitors and validates expenditure and budget execution. Work closely with the Cash Consortium Finance Coordinator to ensure timely financial reporting on behalf of the Consortium.
• Follows and validates the purchase processes that are carried out.
• Supervises treasury management (bank accounts and cash) of the project according to the accounting criteria of the donor, AHH and Colombian legislation.
• It monitors and validates accounting information.
• Monitoring the evolution of the context, the impact on implementation and activity progress – including progress on expenditure rate.
• Coordinates, monitors and supervises logistical management of the project.
• Ensures and complies with AHH's logistical rules and procedures.

Objective 4: External relations.

• Develops and maintains relationships with key stakeholders (authorities, local and international organisations).
• Participate in meetings and forums in external representation of the consortium with different stakeholders.
• Coordinates, supervises and maintains relationships with counterparties or subcontractors.
• Identifies and implements partner capacity studies.
• Gather implementation experience and experience on the most appropriate methodologies for the transfer of cash support to beneficiaries, working with beneficiaries, vendors, the Programme team and the Working Group and the Cash Collaborative Delivery (CCD) Group.
• Participation on humanitarian coordination structures and ensure that consortium is well represented (Cash Working Group, Group Inter-Agencies OIM/ACNUR (GIFMM), Colombian authorities and others as requested).

Objective 5: Security management.

As head of security for Action Against Hunger at the project where it works by delegation from the CD, lead the management of security at the activities to facilitate access to populations and intervention areas in the safest possible way for the organization's teams.

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission, ensure compliance with the plan by the team and perform the security management tasks that may be assigned in their protocols.
• Ensures compliance by all staff and others under the responsibility of Action Against Hunger with the organization's security policies, applying the disciplinary measures of the internal regulations in the event of non-compliance.
• Informs the Logistics Coordination and CD of the security situation and incidents and prepares incident or security situation notes.
• Permanently monitors and analyses the security situation.

Objective 6: Others.

• Ensuring that each partner puts in place its own beneficiary feedback mechanism for all sectors, locations, partners, and activities and commits with Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) requirements and implementation plan.
• Monitoring the evolution of the context, the impact on implementation and activity progress – including progress on expenditure rate.

REMUNERATIVE PACKAGE

• Formal working contract
• Competitive salary according to standard list of Action Against Hunger - Spain
• Action Against Hunger - Spain remuneration system allows a salary progression based on the annual development appraisal.
• Position's context and responsibilities complement (according the grading scale set by Action Against Hunger -Spain)
• House and maintenance cover by the organization - guest house
• Perdiem and living cost payed in local currency - according to the destination.
• Travel costs to and from the mission.
• 25 working days of holidays per year.
• Break: additional rest period, including travel cost to a reference area and economic help.
• Health, repatriation, travel and life insurance covered by the organization.
• Extra per month and per child (Under 18 years old): of 100€

CONDITIONS

 We will only consider the candidacies received by our online service. Please click in the following link to accede to the service:

 https://employ.acf-e.org/

 Note. Given the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close before the deadline. For more information about this position, visit our Website www.accioncontraelhambre.org in case of not find it published here means that the selection process has been closed.

Required profile and experience

Education

• Advanced university degree. A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Professional Experience

• At least 5 years of professional work experience as Head of Mission/Emergency Coordinator or other management/ coordination positions in humanitarian contexts.
• Knowledge of the regional coordination mechanism.
• Proven experience in the management of EU, UN, USAID and ECHO funds.
• Proven experience in the management of staff teams.
• Remote control experience is an asset
• Risk management knowledge is an asset
• previous working experience and knowledge of the country and region is an asset

Professional Requirements

• Knowledge of the regional coordination mechanism.
• Proven experience in the management of EU, UN, USAID and ECHO funds.
• Remote control experience is an asset
• Risk management knowledge is an asset
• Ability to set high standards for quality of work
• Ability to analyze the regional dimension of the Syria situation
• Ability to analyze and integrate information from a wide range of sources
• Ability to define country and program strategies
• Ability to administer funds, logistics and human resources
• Mastery of IT tools (MS Office package, internet, email, etc.)

Languages

• Fluency in Spanish is compulsory
• English is an asset; Italian is a plus

Personal Requirements

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with staff, beneficiaries and other stakeholders
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to adapt to stressful environment and basic living conditions
• Ability to take initiative and work autonomously
• Ability to achieve results effectively, considering the need for speed, scale and quality
• Ability to ensure quick quality delivery in stressful environment (stress-resilient)
• Ability to integrate and work well within multi-ethnic and multicultural teams
• Knowledge of Venezuela context especially of the bordering areas with Colombia (Tachira and Apure state)

 

HOW TO APPLY:

For further information and to apply, follow the link below:

https://intersos.knack.com/imp#intersosorg-vacancies/vacancy-details/5d4155b6921e25001029e529/

In case you encounter difficulties applying through INTERSOS platform, you can also apply by sending your CV and motivation letter (both in PDF version) via email to recruitment@intersos.org, with subject line: “SR-55-1133 - Emergency Coordinator - Colombia”.

Please also mention the name, position and contact details of at least two references, including the line manager during your last job. Family members are to be excluded.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.

Terms of reference

Job Title: Emergency Coordinator

Code: SR-55-1133

Duty station: Bogotà, with frequent travels to field locations Cucuta, Arauca) and Venezuela

Starting date: 01/09/2019

Contract duration: 6 months

Reporting to: Head of Emergency Unit

Supervision of: 3 national staff

Dependents: //

 

 

General context of the project

The political and socio-economic crisis in Venezuela continued to deteriorate throughout 2018, leading to further collapse of services, deterioration of health facilities, food security, and nutrition among the population, and one of the biggest mass displacements in South America’s history. Food availability is hampered by import restrictions, and price increases reduce access to food, medicine and other basic goods.

Since 2015, the crisis has prompted over 2.7 million people to leave Venezuela, out of which only about 1.4 million have regular status in the countries they fled to. The number of Venezuelans abroad went from 700,000 to over 1,600,000 between 2015 and 2017, and some 1.1 million more fled between 2017 and the beginning of 2019. There is no indication that the influx of Venezuelans will slow down in the near future. By the end of 2019 the number of Venezuelans leaving the country is expected to rise to 5.3 million, including 2.2 million in Colombia alone. As the crisis in Venezuela keeps deteriorating, host countries are increasingly struggling to respond to the influx of Venezuelans. The rising number of people entering neighbouring countries is putting a strain on basic services and impacting host communities. The provision of public goods (such as health care, electricity, water, transportation, and security) in neighbouring countries hosting Venezuelan refugees is likely to further deteriorate. Venezuelan refugees are also at risk of facing growing xenophobia from host communities, as well as exploitation, trafficking, and SGBV.

INTERSOS will start its operations in the country with an ECHO-funded project in partnership with CISP with a focus on protection and health activities in Colombia and Venezuela with the aim of expanding its operation in the course of 2019.

 

General purpose of the position

The general purpose of the post is to represent INTERSOS in Colombia and Venezuela, ensuring the setup of the mission and the development and planning of INTERSOS program for Venezuela crisis in strict coordination with E-Unit team in HQ.

 

Main responsibilities and tasks

• Establish and maintain collaborative relations with Local Authorities and Institutions, Donors, International Agencies, NGOs, partners and other stakeholders;
• Follow up, guarantee and monitor government recognition procedures for the organization in compliance with the host country formalities;
• Define, in coordination with the E-Unit team, country priorities based on context and needs analyses; monitor donor intervention strategies in the country; design, promote and elaborate new interventions;
• Define strategic priorities for the development and set up of the mission structure;
• Promote and seek networks and partnerships with another NGO working in the Venezuela crisis
• Continuously assess, analyse and evaluate new areas of intervention in Colombia, especially in the bordering regions with Venezuela and Ecuador and inside Venezuela territory;
• Organise preliminary field mission to start collecting data in order to design new project proposal to be discussed and submitted to donors;
• Support the definition of the mission financial plan, ensuring self-sufficiency and consistency of expenses, and assume responsibility for the mission funds management, including bank accounts;
• Recruit, Coordinate, guide and supervise the mission national core staff, and evaluate their performance;
• Proactively participate in relevant coordination and strategic meeting at Bogotà, Caracas and field level.

Minimum requirements:
• Titulación Universitaria con estudios relacionados al puesto: internacional relaciones, derechos humanos, social ciencias, ciencias políticas, etc.
• Excelente dominio de inglés y castellano (bilingüe).
• Al manos dos años de trabajo trainee experiencia of política incidencia en el campo de DDHH, cooperación al desarrollo, humanitaría accedion u otras áreas relacionadas, preferentemente in North America.
• Conocimiento of the red organismos institucionales and sociedad civil trabajando in the district of DDHH in North America.
• Amplio conocimiento of the situation of DDHH and DIH in Colombia.
• Adhesión to the principios of PBI of the noviolencia, no-partyism, horizontalidad there is the acceleration bajo the no-injunction.
Experiencia recomendable:
• Al menos dos años en el campo de DDHH en América Latina, preferably in Colombia, with no gubernational or basic organization.
• Valuable experience previa in PBI-Colombia, in all PBI, or in other international organization of acompañamiento.
• Conocimiento of basic organizaciones that trabajan temas of derechos humanos in Latinoamérica.
• Conocimiento of herramientas of seguridad y protección in acompañamiento internacional.
• Trabajo in redes y coaliciones of NGOs.
Habilidades y Aptitudes:
• Capacidad de análisis de coyuntura in Norteamérica y Colombia.
• Capacidad of formular e implementar estrategias of incidencia.
• Capacidad de priorizar, manejar múltiples responsibilities, cumplir con fechas límites de manera autónoma y in coordination with a team of trabajo.
• Alta capacidad de comunicación escrita y verbal, tanto en inglés como en español.
• Capacities of translating from Spanish to Spanish.
• Manejo de programas informáticos básicos (by Office, etc.).
• Capacidad of trabajar colectivamente in a equipo formado por personas of distintos países y culturas.
• Flexibilidad in the horario, incluyendo trabajo of end of semana u horas adicionales in puntuales momentos, además of capacidad para trabajar bajo condiciones de estrés.
• Habilidad of trabajar in consenso y in a horizontal organization.

Peace Brigades International (PBI) , Proyecto Colombia is a non-governmental international organization that has equipos of observers and international acompañantes in lands of conflict in the territorial territory. Nuestro objetivo es protect the espacio de actuación de las organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos y rural comunidades in Colombia.

PBI Colombia (COP) publishes the convocatoria para el / ENCARGADO / A OF INCIDENCIA POLÍTICA PARA NORTEAMÉRICA . Esta persona estará encargada de diseñar e implementar a strategy of incidencia y visibilización de la situación de las personas y organizaciones acompañadas por PBI Colombia. The nueva persona estará basada in the citadel of Bogotá, with vario viajes previstos al año a EEUU y Canadá.
In addition to the formulation of solicitud, it includes a description of the activities to be realized, a description of the candidato / ay las condiciones de la actividad. Antes of mandar the solicitud, por favor asegúrese of haberlas leído con detenimiento. Visit nuestra página web www.pbi-colombia.org to contact the organización y su trabajo de voluntariado in Colombia.

PBI Colombia valora la diversidad y tiene un fuerte compromiso con la igualdad de oportunidades. Solicitudes son bienvenidas de todas las personas cualificadas. Todo/as los/as aspirantes serán tratados en igualdad de condiciones sin discriminación de género, origen étnico, orientación sexual o discapacidad física. Dado el alto número de solicitudes que recibimos, solamente podremos contactar a las personas seleccionadas para entrevista.

• Fecha tope para recibir solicitudes: 17 de junio de 2018
• Fechas para prueba técnica : el 21 de junio
• Feschas para entrevistas: entre el 27 y 28 de junio de 2018
• Fecha de incorporación: idealmente, 11 de julio de 2018

Por favor, enviar su formulario de solicitud cumplimentado junto con su hoja de vida (máxima de 3 páginas) hasta la fecha tope indicada, al correo electrónico: comunicaciones@pbicolombia.net con el asunto:
“CONVOCATORIA REP NORTEAMÉRICA: (nombre y apellidos)”.