Mercy Corps
Location
Jordan | India
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General Position Summary
Essential Job Functions: COORDINATION & REPORTING Identify key humanitarian partners for the sector, respecting their existing mandates and program priorities. Liaise and follow up with new humanitarian partners on a bilateral basis in order to be as inclusive as possible while supporting them in establishing their FSL-related programming. Provide appropriate coordination with all humanitarian partners (including national and international NGOs, the Red Crescent Movement, and other international organizations active in the sector) as well as with national authorities and local structures. Be in charge of Inter-Agency Convoy Planning with the three formal hubs (and two informal hubs) on a monthly basis to support OCHA on submitting plans to the Syrian MOFA and ensuring IA Convoys are including necessary food assistance in specific besieged and hard-to-reach locations. Ensure that participants within each sector work collectively, ensuring the complementarity of the various stakeholder s actions, by strongly promoting inter-sectoral work and synchronizing assessments, response plan and analysis especially in emergency situations. Promote integrated and collaborative work with all sectors - especially the Nutrition, WASH and Health sectors - at strategic and operational levels to ensure integrated and more synchronized approach by further joining both sectors in terms of assessments, program implementation and capacity building. Convene and facilitate sector meetings and ensure that they are well-managed and action and results- oriented, with decisions clearly communicated to relevant cluster partners and stakeholders. Establish/maintain appropriate sectoral and intersectoral coordination mechanisms, including working groups at the regional and national level. Ensuring effective information sharing (with OCHA support), both within the sector and with other clusters/working group hubs through inter-cluster coordination mechanisms. Ensuring adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place to review impact of the sector and progress against implementation plans to include an analytical interpretation of best available information in order to benchmark progress of the emergency response over time; i.e. use of monitoring indicators (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost) of interventions, which are derived from working towards meeting standards. Ensuring regular and adequate reporting against sector indicators of intervention progress and impact (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost), to include a sector gaps analysis. In collaboration with food security sector partners through the sector/cluster hubs based on the information collected develop a comprehensive gaps analysis for Syria. Ensure predictable responses within the sector, including the identification of gaps and the updating of sector response plans and integration of the IASC s agreed priority cross-cutting issues, including strongly promoting Protection mainstreaming in FSL activities across Syria and in various hubs (advocacy, capacity building) Establish, disseminate and apply technical standards and best practices, through consultative approach with all partners within and across hubs whenever possible. Lead emergency preparedness and contingency planning within and across hubs. Represent the Food Security Sector and act as an ad-hoc sector coordinator for Turkey Cross-Border and Lebanon partnership programming through the WOS approach. Work closely with North East Syria Food Security Sector Coordinator and on a daily basis with partners across three hubs, coordinating and activate response delivery at the field level in an extremely timely basis (within 72h of the onset), preparing monthly and micro plans, liaising with other sectors, hubs, local authorities and OCHA daily. Support the Agriculture/Livelihoods Sub-Working Group in order to map out partners activities to ensure consistency and kits harmonization, prevent overlaps, and align partners implementation with seasonality. Support the Cash-Based Working Group in North East Syria and link closely with Food Security, Livelihoods and Emergency Response across the region. Facilitate with all hubs harmonized Food Security Sector tools/guidance, for example Food Basket toolkits and rapid assessment checklists. Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject; food security, agriculture, economics or related field preferred. Master s degree preferred. 7 years of experience in humanitarian response including in the food security sector. Ability to work and plan at strategic as well as operational levels. Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including coordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action, and funding mechanisms (e.g. Consolidated Appeals Process, Central Emergency Response Fund and Flash Appeals). Experience of high level coordination and chairing of meetings. Previous experience and formal training in Cluster Coordination preferred. Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders and develop consensus and joint working. Ability to work productively in a pressurized environment and to maintain visibly high levels of morale in difficult circumstances. Fluently spoken and written English is required. Good command of Arabic is a plus.Job tags
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