Somalia: Coordinator

Dec 16, 2015 | Norwegian Refugee Council
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The NRC Somalia Country Programme is part of the NRC Horn of Africa, Yemen, Uganda and South Sudan regional mission. Operations in the region began in Somaliland in 2004, expanded to Puntland in 2006, South Central Somalia and Kenya in 2007. Since 2011, five more programmes have been established in the region: Ethiopia, Yemen, Djibouti, South Sudan & Uganda. Prioritized activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education including youth education; protection; food security and distribution; and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) . The Regional Office is situated in Kenya (Nairobi), with a country office in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Juba (South Sudan), Mogadishu (Somalia) and Sana'a (Yemen), Djibouti and Adjumani (Uganda).

Job purpose:

The main purpose of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sub-Zonal Cluster Coordinator post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective WASH response in Somalia by a mobilized and adequately resourced groups of agencies, organizations, NGOs, local communities etc.

Job description

  • Provide leadership and guidance within the cluster to undertake assessments, analysis planning and effectuating coordinated response both within and between clusters;
  • Facilitate joint field monitoring visits to project sites to foster peer review of humanitarian projects.
  • Liaise with the cluster coordinator at national level to ensure principled response in line with agreed minimum standards and operating modalities;
  • Provision of technical support and capacity-building to cluster support staff and partners to improve information management and reporting to better share information within and between the clusters;
  • Improving understanding of the cluster system and sharing of good practices in programming among partners and new OIC partners for better planning and enhanced program impact;
  • Enhancing bilateral and multilateral communication and information-sharing with OIC, Turkish and Arab NGOs, government and other stakeholders;
  • Liaise with the cluster coordinator at national level to ensure principled response in line with agreed minimum standards and operating modalities;
  • Involving partners in funding decisions and any other plans that may affect the field including strategy and policy decisions made at the Nairobi level;
  • Strengthening coordination with IDP representatives and community based organizations (CBOs) to enhance monitoring and evaluation of interventions at project sites that are currently difficult to monitor due to lack of access.

Qualifications

  • Degree (Preferably Masters) in, Public Health, Civil Engineering, Environmental Health, Hydrology or Geology. Note that work experience may substitute for higher degree qualification and not vice versa.
  • 5 year experience from working in a similar humanitarian/recovery context with an INGO or UN
  • Experience of responding in first phases of emergency
  • Experience of coordinating peers as well as managing a team
  • Ability to lead without authority
  • Good facilitation and presentation skills
  • Experience with capacity development
  • Knowledge of humanitarian reform principles, international humanitarian law, inter-connectedness and reform pillars & reform updates
  • Knowledge of the Cluster approach guidelines and terms of Reference ( and knowledge of how to apply them)
  • Knowledge of cluster participants (their mandates, capacities, attitudes, limitations) and how to integrate them into the cluster approach
  • Ability to mitigate and mediate conflict and disagreements among cluster partners
  • Knowledge and experience of the application of SPHERE and links to emergency and longer-term development practice.
  • Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills

Personal qualities

Behavioral competencies these are personal qualities or characteristics that influence how successful people are in their job. The below are required for this position:

  • Managing resources to optimize results
  • Handling insecure environments
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Managing performance and development
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Analysing

We offer

  • Commencement: As soon as possible
  • Contract Duration: One year with the possibility of extension
  • Duty Station: Mogadishu
  • Salary/Benefits: According to NRC's general directions.
  • The candidate is to observe NRC's Code of Conduct for all staff and the four organizational core values dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability.