Responsibilities
Objective 1: (Coordination)
•Depending on the context and mission needs, the Field Coordinator contributes to development and implement the district programs portfolio in collaboration with the respective program managers and technical coordinator(s).
•The Field Coordinator provides general support, guidance, and serves as focal point during program planning, grant writing, and reporting.
Objective 2: (Management)
•The Field Coordinator oversees regular running of a base, including management of all or part of support staff, program support activities, administration, and security of the base as well as coordination with program staff on the base level.
•The Field Coordinator ensures that Action Against Hunger procedures and donor regulations applicable to projects implemented in the region with regards to program, logistics, security, HR, and administration are closely followed.
Objective 3: (Representation)
•The Field Coordinator represents the organization at the district level including general meetings with donors, humanitarian actors, local authorities, protocol meetings, security meetings, as well as sector program meetings when requested by the mission coordination.
•The Field Coordinator represents manages the visit of donors representatives / HQ visitors / other stakeholders whenever requested.
Objective 4: (Logistics)
•The Field Coordinator is in charge of overseeing the logistics on the district level ensuring the proper set up/rehabilitation/running of base premises (office/guest house), the functioning of supply chain including procurement planning, purchasing of goods and services, their transport and storage, the organization, planning, and maintenance of the fleet and equipment, and the functioning of the means of communication appropriate for the respective region.
Objective 5: (Administration / Human Resources)
•The Field Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the management of finances and administration on district level.
•The Field Coordinator ensures the proper management of finances on the bases including planning, authorization of expenses, and reporting.
•The Field Coordinator also ensures the management of Human Resources in accordance with the Action Against Hunger guidelines and the legal requirements in the host country.
Objective 6: (Security)
•Field Coordinator is responsible for the district security management and ensures the security of staff, premises, materials, and assets.
•The Field Coordinator monitors the political, economic, and social environment in the area, assesses and analyses the risks, monitors, and reports the security situation and develops security procedures relevant to the context.
Qualifications
•Master’s degree or equivalent in any relevant field.
•Excellent communication and representative skills (written, oral, cross-cultural)
•Substantial knowledge of standard logistics procedures and practices required.
•Ability to multitask and deal with stressful situations.
•Ability to adapt within the working environment.
•Ability to work in a team setting
•Substantial knowledge regarding the program management on field level.
•Good understanding of financial and HR procedures required.
•10 years of previous experience in an NGO preferably in a similar or related role.
•Previous experience in security management.
•English (compulsory working language, fluent spoken, read and written); Arabic (compulsory working language, fluent spoken, read and written).
About us
An international Non-governmental, Neutral and independent Humanitarian Organization, which combat to deliver humanitarian assistance in the crises areas all over the world.
It has been working in Syria since 2009 with the Iraqi refugees and then in 2012 with the Syrian population affected by the current crises in the country.