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Data: 10/06/2015
La ONG umanitaria Intersos sta selezionando una nuova figura per la sua operatività in South Sudan. Partenza imminente. Candidatura da inviare entro il 21 Giugno 2015.
Head of Mission – South Sudan
Terms of reference
Job title: Head of Mission (HoM)
Location: Juba – South Sudan
Reporting to: Regional Director
Starting date: May 2015
Duration of contract: 1 year
Dependents: No
General context of the mission
INTERSOS is present in South Sudan since 2006, starting its operations in the country from Bor, Jonglei State. INTERSOS central office for South Sudan is based in Juba with several field bases in Jonglei State (Bor, Pibor, Lankien, Yuai, Waat and Akobo), in Western Equatoria State (Yambio) since 2009, in Upper Nile State (Malakal) since 2011 and Unity State (Bentiu).
The main areas of intervention are Protection, in particular prevention and response to GBV and child protection in Upper Nile States and Jongley State, where INTERSOS is also GBV sub-cluster Focal Point and leading the GBV response in the State; Education, INTERSOS is one of the main partners of UNICEF in promoting education as a part of emergency response and leading the EiE Cluster in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States, while acting as focal point agency in Jonglei for Education in Emergency interventions.; Shelter/NFIs, these activities involve the assessment and identification of new IDPs, mainly in the most hard-to-reach areas within Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States, emergency kit distribution, kit use monitoring and construction/rehabilitation of emergency shelter; WASH, mainly construction/rehabilitation of water facilities (e.g.: wells, pipe schemes), rehabilitation of latrines and sanitation/hygiene promotion.
The priority for INTERSOS in South Sudan is to be a relevant humanitarian actor with regard to the already massive and possibly increasing emergency and to do so the mission counts on about 20 international and 200 national staff.
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 implementation of activities funded by UN donors or ECHO;
• Experience in people management and leadership skills;
• Ability to take initiative and work autonomously;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Fluent English written and spoken;
• 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 South Sudan’.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.
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