International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies recrute: Ebola Response Coordinator - Conakry

Description de l'offre : Since March this year, the IFRC has expanded its Ebola preparedness and response activities to seven countries: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria for large scale response; and in Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal for Ebola preparedness and control measures. In just three of these seven countries, with support from IFRC Red Cross Societies in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have engaged 2393 trained volunteers – 1197 Guinea, 775 in Liberia, 421 in Sierra Leone – to engage at community level through social mobilization activities, psychosocial support, dead body management and contact tracing. We have been supporting their operations through the deployment of more than 130 international staff since March 2014. The Red Cross response is built on five main activities: Social mobilization, Disinfection of houses, Psycho Social Support, Contact tracing and Dead Body Management (DBM). Furthermore, the Red Cross is involved in case management in Liberia and Sierra Liberia and in transportation of the sick in Guinea. The situation across the region is evolving rapidly, with security issues occurring almost every day, new incidences and movement restrictions imposed by neighbouring countries and air lines. With a large number of delegates and RDRTs staff health and security is a concern. All efforts are being made by all involved about focusing on stopping the outbreak in 6 months, which is an ambitious plan; the alternative is, however, scary. It is therefore time to ensure scaling up of a coherent and coordinated RCRC approach across all the affected countries. The deployment of the Ebola Response Coordinator will be to head the IFRC Africa Ebola Virus Disease Management Unit in Conakry, providing leadership, management and support through the Ebola Management Unit to the affected countries. The Ebola Response Coordinator will lead in the development of the appropriate support and resources to effectively and efficiently manage the response to the disease beyond the country level, providing a regional overview, ensuring the coordination and streamlining of activities and provide enhanced preparedness for the wider Africa context. The Ebola Response Coordinator will replace the HEOps, and receive a thorough briefing Job Duties and Responsibilities: Manage the Coordination and Preparedness Emergency Appeal as the assigned Budget Holder. Provide overall strategic leadership of the response as the disease outbreak evolves in the region and beyond. Provide coordination of the country operations in all countries with a response operation. Lead and manage the Regional Coordination Hub in Conakry. Manage operations managers in the current and possible future EVD affected countries. Provide overall coordination of appeal planning and management priocess for all Ebola preparedness and response operations. Lead the transition of response operations into longer term recovery and resilience programming. Ensure organisational learning and knowledge management. Provide internal and external coordination and representation of the IFRC in various regional and Africa wide fora. Provide overall security leadership and focus on staff / volunteer safety and health. The Ebola Response Coordinator will report to the Director of Zone. All operations managers in the current and possible future EVD affected countries will report to the Regional Operations Manager. Members of the GVA EVD cell will have a technical reporting line to the Regional Operations Manager. Education University degree in development, humanitarian, political science or other relevant degree Experience At least 10 years of experience working in humanitarian response and coordination Minimum 5 years of management experience Experience in managing large and multi-cultural teams Documented experience in humanitarian diplomacy RC/RC experience Knowledge and Skills Knowledgeable about RCRC Movement Knowledge of humanitarian affairs Knowledge of epidemiological outbreak control Proven ability to negotiate with varying partners: NS, Government, UN Ability to multi task and work under pressure Analytical skills Training in RCRC response systems Languages Fluent in spoken and written English and spoken French Competencies National Society relations Results focus and accountability Professional standards Managing Teams Communications How to apply: Interested candidates are welcome to visit http://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/working-with-us/working-with-us/ to submit their applications.

Date d'expiration : 2014-09-18

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