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Data: 03/04/2015
La ONG umanitaria Intersos sta selezionando una nuova figura per la sua operatività in Afghanistan. Partenze imminenti. Candidature da inviare entro il 9 aprile 2015.
Head of Mission (HoM) Afghanistan
Location: Kabul
Reporting to: Regional Director
Starting date: May 2015
Duration of contract: 1 year
Dependents: No
General context of the mission
INTERSOS has been present in Afghanistan since October 200, with its main office in Kabul and sub-offices in Jalalabad, Maimana, Kandahar and Lashkar Gah.
Since then INTERSOS has been working on various aspects of the Afghan emergency, focusing on repatriation and returns, protection, water and sanitation, reconstruction, humanitarian demining, mine-risk education, and institutional building. Considering the lessons learned while working with IDPs, INTERSOS has reduced its presence in camps of Southern Afghanistan and refugee camps in Pakistan – handing-over management responsibilities at the appropriate time to governmental counterparts – while concentrating its presence in Faryab and Herat Provinces.
Currently, INTERSOS is present with three offices in Herat, Kabul and Maimana (Faryab province).
Sectors of intervention in the last years were emergency relief, shelters and NFIs, WASH, DRR, Protection (in particular Child Protection).
Priorities for INTERSOS in Afghanistan for 2015 are delivering assistance to the local population (including IDPs) affected by the conflict and natural disasters, continuing to support a sustainable reintegration of returning IDPs and refugees and exploring intervention in areas with increasing humanitarian needs.
Tasks and responsibilities
The general purpose of the post is to represent INTERSOS in the country and act in accordance with specific directions from and supervision of the Regional Director in Rome.
The HoM manages and coordinates the operations and human resources in the country and is responsible to:
• Establish and maintain relations with local institutions, donors, NGOs, international agencies and other stakeholders;
• Define country priorities based on context and needs analyses. Monitor donor intervention strategies and priorities in the country and evaluate, promote and elaborate new projects;
• Establish, guarantee and monitor government recognition procedures for the organization and the host country formalities;
• Plan mission activities and check their implementation;
• Check monthly mission expenditures and guarantee accordance with the financial planning;
• Ensure the respect of INTERSOS procedures for the procurement of goods, works and services (e.g.: forwarding all tender notices and results to the head quarter for publication on the organization’s website);
• Supervise, monitor and evaluate projects’ implementation also by periodic visits to areas of operation;
• Define the mission economic and financial planning, guaranteeing self-sufficiency and consistency of expenses;
• Assume responsibility for funds management of the mission (including bank accounts);
• Approve projects’ reports and intermediate and final financial reports and assume responsibility for the presentation to donors;
• Write monthly reports on country operations for the Regional Director;
Apply all procedures defined by INTERSOS and donors.
Required profile/experience
• At least 5 years of experience as HoM or other coordination and management position in humanitarian/development contexts;
• Experience in the implementation of activities funded by Institutional donors. Proven ability in proposals writing and opening of new projects;
• Good organizational skills and ability of planning, analysis and synthesis;
• Experience in people management and leadership skills;
• Fluent English (written and spoken);
• Familiar with Microsoft Office tools;
• Capacity to work in volatile security environment and to adapt to basic living conditions.
Qualified applicants are requested to submit their curriculum vitae, motivation letter and 2 references to: [email protected], specifying in the subject ‘HoM Afghanistan’.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.
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