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Senior Project Assistant (Regional Cluster Coordinator)

Date Posted: Nov 30, 2022
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Herat
  • Company:
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    First Shift (Morning)
  • Career Level:
    Experienced Professional
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    8876-225-22
  • Experience:
    4 Year
  • Gender:
    Any
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    Bachelors
  • Apply Before:
    Dec 13, 2022

About CTG

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.

CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.

Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.

Visit www.ctg.org to find out more

Overview of position

Treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is one of the key components of PND activities serviced through BPHS NGOS. It is primarily implemented in the emergency affected provinces where the prevalence of SAM is high. The services will be expanded as part of emergency response once there is emergency induced SAM cases. Therapeutic nutrition supplies (e.g F-75, F-100 and RUTF) are core elements of the services. PND manage the overall supply chain including forecasting, requesting, distributing, and collecting the reports on a quarterly basis.

Purpose of the post:

The main objective of this assignment is to support PND to manage quality IMAM services delivery as inpatient care and outpatient care. Also, to manage the therapeutic supply and minimize the nutrition supply stock outs through improved nutrition supply management system. The technical assistance will also be responsible for emergency related activities in PND including coordinating with Nutrition cluster. 

Job Description

  • Lead the ES/NFI Cluster at sub national level with by local, national, and international organisations and donor agencies.
  • Closely coordinate with shelter cluster counterparts and Co-Chair Coordinator to undertake relevant regional ES/NFI Cluster activities
  • Represent the ES/NFI Cluster at regional Level in engagement with partners and donors
  • Represent the ES/NFI cluster at regional level at meetings with the regional de facto authorities
  • Support ES/NFI Cluster meetings and other Cluster activities at the regional level and arrange, host, and organize ES/NFI cluster meetings
  • Collaborate with OCHA and other Clusters on the design of regional ES/NFI activities and provide support to the assessment of needs and gaps. Ensure, that activities are based on and clearly in accordance with the national strategy and guidelines
  • Provide timely weekly reports to national ES/NFI cluster team, by organizing and sharing regional level data, and developing regional ES/NFI documents Advocate for ES/NFI best practices including identifying and supporting appropriate capacity building needs assessment and capacity building plan for partners are developed with the guidance from the National Cluster Team. ensuring ES/NFI cluster strategy is understood by the members and feedback from partners to contribute to the review and alteration of the strategy if shared with Shelter Cluster Technical Advisor and National ES/NFI cluster team.
  • Convening and ensuring proper and regular functioning of ES/NFI and other necessary TWiGs at Regional level as deemed necessary and appropriate in coordination with the Shelter Cluster Technical Advisor and National ES/NFI cluster team.
  • Coordinate with other clusters or coordination forums such as OCT, HRT, PDMC at regional/provincial level to ensure cross cutting issues (protection: gender mainstreaming, disaster risk reduction, disability inclusion) are integrated into response. Establish contact with Humanitarian Access Working Group (HAWG) in the region and guide partners in extending their programs to remote areas
  • Promote and conduct joint Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) of the distributions conducted by ESNFI cluster partners, provide feedback to regional cluster partners and to the national cluster on good practices, lesson learned and improvements.
  • Ensure a good track of partners that obtained Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), closely work with national cluster, OCHA and AHF focal points in the region for monitoring the progress, evaluating the quality of the delivery and provide feedback on the performance of the partners to the national cluster.
  • Take lead in winterization response by coordinating targets for winterization strategy, flagging needs or gaps, ensuring partners have coordinated response to avoid duplication, adherence of the partners to the cluster winterization strategy.
  • Recommend and refer cluster specific needs to relevant clusters identified through MS-RAF and ensure proper follow up with relevant cluster until recommend needs are addressed.
  • Coordinate the emergency assessments and response activities

Other Functions

  • Perform such other duties as may be assigned
 

Job Requirements

Education

  • Completed advanced university degree in Architecture, Urban Design / Planning, Spatial Planning, Landscape Architecture, Anthropology, or Structural / Civil engineering or other shelter related field.

Experience

  • 4 years of professional experience in the field of cluster coordination, inter-agency approach and humanitarian assistance especially in conflict, post conflict and natural disaster.
  • Experience with Shelter, Settlements, CCCM, or DRR coordination or programming
  • Experience in coordinating response with specialised international agencies (UN Agencies, International Organisations, and International specialized NGOs) and in complex humanitarian operations, including conflict, post-conflict and natural disasters situations.
  • Good knowledge of UN, IOM, International Organisations and NGO mandated to the IDP, returnees, and shock affected populations response and programmes in the area in humanitarian assistance coordination, cluster coordination, inter-agency level coordination.
  • Direct experience in the regions.
  • Experience in the usage of office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and knowledge of spreadsheet and data analysis.

Languages

Fluency in English, Dari and Pashto is required.

Submission Guideline:

Note:

Applications from qualified female candidates are highly encouraged.

Interested applicants are invited to send curriculum vitae through ACBAR website by Close of Business (CoB) 13 December 2022 latest, we do not accept hard copies.

Due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please ensure that the e-mail address that you will indicate in your application is accurate.

Campaigning for a candidate can be grounds for disqualification.

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