VACANCY: Humanitarian Coordinator (1 Position Available)
Location: Jakarta, with frequent visit to Central Sulawesi
Contract Duration: One year with possible extension
Contract Type: Fixed-term, Full-time
Contract Start: 13 January 2020
Reporting Line: Country Director, with functional links to Country Programme Manager, Disability Inclusion Advisor and the Global Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Background
CBM is a leading organisation in disability inclusive development, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest communities of the world. CBM engages in inclusive humanitarian response at operational and international advocacy levels. We aim to provide people-centred, timely, appropriate and effective inclusive humanitarian action to some of the poorest and most marginalised men, women and children affected by disasters, in partnership with organisations of persons with disabilities and other national and local organisations, based on the principles stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and in close coordination with the humanitarian sector at global, regional, national and local levels. Supporting local partners and organisations of persons with disabilities to prepare and respond to emergencies is CBM's unique contribution in the field of humanitarian action. CBM's emergency work also includes working with mainstream humanitarian organisations to promote and implement inclusive relief and recovery.
Core Purpose
Under the direction and guidance of the Country Director, and supportive supervision of the Global Emergency Response Unit, the incumbent is responsible for overall coordination of the CBM Country Office (CO) emergency preparedness and response portfolio.
Aligned with CBM's Federation Strategy 2023 and Partnership Principles, the position holder will ensure a holistic and consistent approach to crisis response by taking a proactive role in the delivery of CBM's Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Action Initiative Strategy at the country level by engaging and leading in all phases of humanitarian crisis linking preparedness, response, recovery and development.
Responsibilities
Emergency Preparedness
- Leads the country situation analysis, including overview of the humanitarian architecture, disaster scenarios/context analysis and stakeholder mapping, and proactively engages in Country Strategic planning process and mid-term reviews.
- Ensures that adequate emergency preparedness measures are taken through the development, updating and implementation of the Country Humanitarian Preparedness Plan.
- Identifies implementing partners for inclusive humanitarian assistance delivery nationwide and ensures that the CO has pre-positioned partners in high-risk geographic areas with a clearly defined humanitarian package.
- Carries out mapping of different organizations, networks, and alliances that CBM wants to look at influencing and providing technical assistance on disability inclusion (I/NGOs, the UN, donor agencies and the government).
- Identifies like-minded organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities and experts from disability movement, for collaboration for joint influencing and providing technical assistance to mainstream humanitarian actors on disability-inclusive humanitarian action.
- As part of the preparedness work defines the where (within the country), when (L1, 2, 3 crisis), how, with whom and niche area/value addition for inclusive humanitarian response.
- Supports readiness of partners to respond based on the sectors they work in, and in line in the niche areas of CBM operation (Inclusive Health & Rehab; Inclusive Cash & Voucher Assistance; disability inclusion technical advisory to the sector; Inclusive WASH, Education, Food Security & Livelihoods, and Emergency Shelter depending on context and partners' expertise), common agreed approaches, programme standards, tools and processes.
- Provides direction and guidance to the CO in the implementation of emergency preparedness measures, including refining systems, processes and procedures for a timely and effective emergency response.
Capacity Development and Knowledge Management
- Identifies the capacity development needs of the country office team and partners in disability-inclusive humanitarian action and facilitates the required training and capacity building to address the identified gaps.
- Conducts partner assessments and establishes a monitoring mechanism to measure the impact of the CO and partner capacity building initiatives.
- Inducts partners on relevant humanitarian standards and tools (e.g. Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS), Humanitarian Inclusion Standards for Older People and People with Disabilities (HIS), IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, etc.) through regular trainings and refresher exercises.
- Contributes towards collective learning within CBM through structured documentation of approaches, good practices and lessons learned on disability inclusion in humanitarian action within country, and dissemination of these learnings as part of the humanitarian community of practice.
Coordination on Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Assistance
- Participates in relevant humanitarian coordination fora (e.g. Protection, Health, Early Recovery Cluster, Cash Working Group, etc. meetings) to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian assistance.
- Builds functional relationships, establishes and strengthens networks and alliances towards inclusive humanitarian practice in collaboration with the disability movement and likeminded organisations.
Emergency Programme Oversight
- In the event of an emergency, takes immediate action for collecting reliable information to verify the nature and extend of the emergency from local partners, government and other humanitarian actors.
- Provides input and contributes toward determining priorities and an appropriate intervention by CBM and its partners and provides a swift recommendation on the intended response.
- Supports the development of humanitarian funding proposals and related documents as per need and in alignment with CBM's Global Programme Quality Framework.
- Leads the development and effective set-up of inclusive emergency response and recovery programme strategies and subsequent projects.
- Develops partnerships and provides overall oversight, monitoring and quality assurance of the programme implementation, including timely disbursement of programme funds and maintaining up-to-date records of the same.
- Ensures robust humanitarian Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) frameworks are built in every crisis.
- Represents CBM in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings, and ensures persons with disabilities are adequately consulted, informed and involved in humanitarian response by establishing and strengthening networks and alliances around disability inclusion in the crisis affected areas in collaboration with local partners and the disability movement.
- Provides strategic oversight and capacity building support to the project/partner staff under his or her supervision.
- Ensures timely and quality programmatic reporting on CBM's humanitarian interventions in the country.
- Identifies and addresses proactively potential challenges and/or risks by working closely with the partners and all relevant stakeholders.
Performance Criteria
During times when there is no active emergency response, it is anticipated that the incumbent will prioritize emergency preparedness and capacity development of the CBM country office team and partners, allocating at least 70% of his or her time to deliver effectively on the results in line with the responsibilities as outlined above. The remaining 30% can be allocated to coordination and technical advisory.
In the event of an emergency, the incumbent may be dedicated up to 100% to support the crisis and could be deployed in the field for an extended period.
Individual Key Performance Objectives (KPOs) will be defined and performance measured in line with the aforementioned requirements.
Pre-requisites
Education, Knowledge and Professional Experience
Essential Requirements
- University degree in humanitarian/development studies, social sciences, disaster risk management or related field.
- Minimum of ten (10) years of proven professional experience in emergency preparedness, response and humanitarian programme management and oversight including in complex humanitarian settings (conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/internal displacement contexts, etc).
- At least five (5) years of experience in partnership management, capacity building and delivering humanitarian assistance through national partners.
- Proven experience of working with variety of stakeholders including UN, INGOs, government and donor agencies, and inter-agency humanitarian coordination.
- Excellent project proposal development skills for institutional donors.
- Experience in strategic planning and management of large and complex humanitarian programmes and budgets.
- Demonstrated experience in strategic oversight, coaching and capacity building of program staff, and managing diverse teams.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of practical application of the Sphere standards and their foundational documents (the Humanitarian Charter, the Protection Principles, and the Core Humanitarian Standard).
- Knowledge of the local humanitarian context and related emerging trends, including policy developments and national, regional and global levels.
Desirable
- Understanding of disability inclusion and related legal frameworks and standards, especially with regards to disability inclusive humanitarian action.
- Experience in mainstreaming gender, age and disability in humanitarian programme cycle.
- Technical expertise and experience in Health, Cash and Voucher Assistance, Protection and Humanitarian advocacy.
- Experience in disaster risk management.
- Familiarity and practical experience with humanitarian MEAL frameworks.
Language Proficiency
Competencies
Core Values
- Commitment
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Integrity
Core Competencies
- Communication
- Drive for Result
- Working with People
Functional Competencies
- Analysing
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Formulating Strategies and Concepts
- Leading and Supervising
- Persuading and Influencing
- Relating and Networking
The future job holder is required to adhere to CBM's values and commit to CBM's Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policy.
CBM is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, to apply for this position.
For further information about CBM's Inclusion Policy, please refer to the following link: CLICK HERE
Application Submission
The candidate should send the update CV, Cover Letter, Expected Salary by email to indonesia.recruitment@cbm.org no later than 30 December 2019. Woman and/or person with disability are encouraged to apply.
Only applications that meet the above qualifications will be shortlisted and invited by email or phone for interview.
