Field Coordinator-Baaj

Position: Field coordinator

Report to: Program officer

Supervise: 4 camps and 1 Mobile Teams, including management of the education staff

Status: Full Time

Duty Station: Baaj

The Field Coordinator is responsible for coordinating, consolidating, and ensuring smooth implementation of the project and operations’ activities and adherence to the logistic, human resource, administration and security procedures.

Responsibilities/duties:

• Oversee the running of the 4 camps and 1 Mobile Teams, including management of the education staff, support staff and coordination with the program staff at the central office level;

• Ensure that INTERSOS procedures and the Donor regulations applicable to the project with regards to program, logistics, security, HR and administration are fulfilled;

• Establish mechanism to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the field activities and ensure coordination and info sharing among the project components and stakeholders;

• Facilitating and supervise implementation of informal activities, catch-up classes, recreational activities, Awareness sessions and trainings.

• Organizing trainings, workshops and awareness raise campaigns on Education in coordination with the Education Manager.

• Developing and supervising need assessment activities related to education in coordination with partners, coordinating team made by PSS worker, case worker and Community mobilizer.

• Assist the Education Manager, in close cooperation with the International Finance Assistant and national Logistics Officer, with the planning, authorization and reporting of the expenses at field level;

• Supervise, gather and deliver the financial requests from the Teams, ensuring transparency of the procedures and cost-effectiveness for the goods and the services received;

• Regularly assess field staff performance, needs and eventual gaps during project implementation and under the supervision of the Education Manager facilitate corrective measures and propose eventual new interventions;

• Supervise data collection, verify source of information and prepare timely and accurate Project Progress Reports as required;

• Represent the organization at general coordination working groups and clusters with donors, humanitarian actors and local authorities, when requested;

• Liaise with local/national authorities and other actors as needed to facilitate achievement of project objectives;

• Liaising with teachers and learners to assess the quality of the education services provided.

• Able to translate documents from to Arabic and/or English and act as translator in meetings and discussions as needed;

• Managing of incentive for staff: transfer, payment … etc.

• Perform any other task not here listed and necessary for the implementation of the project activities or the mission program as requested by the Education Manager or Education Coordinator.

Requirements

Minimum two years professional experience in the education sector in role of coordination;

Proven ability to work as team leader;
Demonstrated commitment to humanitarian principles;
Strong understanding of the situation of protection context in Ninewa governorate.
Strong organizational and managerial skills
Strong Arabic skills, written and spoken. Good English skills, written and spoken
Strong report writing skills
IT knowledge and skills.
Commitment to and understanding of INTERSOS’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches Application Process.