United States of America: ERT Senior Environmental Health Coordinator
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 29 Jul 2014
The IRCs Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit (EPRU) leads IRCs global emergency preparedness and response activities. The mission of the EPRU is to help meet the immediate survival needs and reduce suffering in conflict or disaster affected populations during the acute phase of an emergency. The EPRU also works in protracted emergencies, where the risk to life may be reduced but the population is still subjected to rights abuses and a lack of basic services. The EPRU is also charged with enhancing the IRCs global and country level emergency preparedness capacity. The Emergency Response Team serves as the standing team of specialized professionals ready to deploy to an emergency within 72 hours.
The Health Unit promotes the health of IRC’s beneficiaries from relief through post-conflict. The Health Unit contributes to the effectiveness of health programs through technical support, staff development, and institutional learning. Health Programs conform to standards of humanitarian assistance and promote self-reliance, participation, sustainability, equity, and human dignity. The Health Unit is committed to advancing the practice of humanitarian assistance through documentation of lessons learned, collaborative research, and advocacy.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The IRC ERT staff is expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for up to 75% of the time (9 months a year) and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification.
Members of the Emergency Response Team are deployed to either support existing country programs in their emergency response, or to initiate a new program in the crisis zone. The overall responsibility of the team is to rapidly and effectively design, develop and manage the IRC’s on-site humanitarian response to meet the immediate needs of the affected population. The ERT is also respo nsible for supporting the transfer of responsibilities and knowledge to the long-term staff to ensure the continuity of IRC programming and operations.
The IRC ERT Senior Health Coordinator is expected to provide leadership and direction in strengthening an effective, high quality and timely emergency health response as well as coordinating different components of the emergency health response including primary health, reproductive health and nutrition.
S/he is a member of the Health Unit and the Emergency Response and Preparedness Unit (EPRU). During emergency deployments ERT staff will work under the direction of IRC’s Emergency Field Director or designated country emergency lead. During times with no acute emergency deployment the ERT Senior Health Coordinator will report to Senior Technical Advisor for the Health Unit.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Emergency Response
* Provide leadership in strengthening an effective, coordinated, integrated high quality and timely emergency primary health, reproductive and emergency nutrition response
* In coordination with EPRU and HR, identify health-staffing needs (both national and international) for emergency programs, and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new staff.
* Be prepared to be deployed within 72 hours; emergency deployments take precedence over other duties;
* Ensure high quality and timely integrated health assessments of the humanitarian needs in large scale/complex emergences and provide prioritized recommendations for program interventions to the ERT Field Director/emergency lead
* Design program responses and strategy, including geographic areas of intervention, in coordinatio n with internal and external actors
* Develop technical proposals and budgets for international donors, work in close collaboration with IRC grants and finance staff to finalize proposals and respond to any requests for additional information
* Directly manage and/or supervise Coordinators in managing grant/program implementation including staff recruitment and training, workplan development, procurement and inventory planning, and budget management;
* Prepare high quality and timely donor and management reports on grants and sector activities.
* Design and implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems; ensure consistent reporting and analysis of results to enhance program effectiveness and quality
* Ensure compliance with IRC policy and procedures throughout the program team and activities
* Represent and coordinate with other agencies, local government, donors and other stakeholders to promote deliver of best practice hum anitarian assistance;
* In close collaboration with country management and global advocacy units, Identify, develop and implement strategies to address IRC advocacy priorities
* Support media and communications activities as requested by the ERT Field Director/CD/in-county emergency lead.
* Assess and provide input on post emergency strategies and transition plans for IRC programming.
* Provide a comprehensive handover to successor, including ensuring transfer of all related documentation, program monitoring data and staff performance information
Emergency Preparedness
* Research and implement new approaches and best practices in emergency response programming;
* Working with EPRU and HQ program technical staffs lead the development of emergency preparedness and response strategies and tools via the Sector Toolkit for Emergency Programming (STEP) Initiative.
* Develop a capacity building strategy in emergency preparedness and response in selected IRC countries. Work together with selected IRC countries in developing emergency preparedness and response plans.
* Contribute to the continual development of appropriate and cost-effective contingency stocks, revising the stock list in accordance with lessons learned in the field and monitoring replenishment.
* Provide leadership in resource mobilization for IRC health emergencies preparedness and response
* Lead or participate in the development and management of global funding proposals to support emergency health preparedness and response
Non-emergency
* Act as IRC emergency health representative in emergency related global inter-agency working groups as well as in global forums, networks and initiatives.
* Ensure that IRC coordinates efforts with other institutions, NGOs and Government, and actively participate in the Global and national Health Clusters, ensuring that identified needs of affected populations are being addressed.
* Undertake technical assessments or evaluations of large scale-complex programs
* Provide technical support to existing country programs remotely and through in-country visits or short-term deployments
* Lead on continuing development of the overall strategic approach in emergency health response.
REQUIREMENTS:
* University degree, and technical accreditation or equivalent
* 6+ years experience developing and managing technical projects including 3 years in emergency/conflict areas
* Demonstrated ability in resource mobilization for health emergencies.
* Demonstrated ability to work effectively with international institutions and agencies, local governments and community leaders and develop mult i-stakeholder support for humanitarian priorities and advocacy initiatives
* Superior internal and external communication and coordination capabilities and excellent team management skills
* Demonstrated ability to identify, recommend and adopt new or changes in technical standards and best practice approaches to ensure rapid, consistent, high quality emergency response strategies and programs
* Experience managing large, complex donor funded programs and grants; including resource mobilization, staff management, budget oversight, monitoring and evaluation systems, and technical input to proposal-budget development and donor reports.
* Excellent language skills in both English and French
How to apply:
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