IFRC recrute: Head of Regional Ebola Operations - Conakry

Description de l'offre : The Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is organized into four Business groups in Geneva and five Business Groups in the field, namely the Zone Offices for Africa, Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Africa Zone Business Group is organized through regional representations covering the National Societies in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Coast, Sahel and Central Africa as well as country representations in Ethiopia, Sudan, Republic of South Sudan, Chad, Central Africa Republic, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia and Zimbabwe. Job purpose 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 4,203 trained volunteers 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 150 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 Head of Ebola Response and Coordination 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 Head of Ebola Response and Coordination 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 Head of Ebola Response and Coordination will replace the HEOps, and receive a thorough briefing upon arrival. Job duties and responsibilities • Manage the Coordination and Preparedness Emergency Appeal as the assigned Budget Holder. • Provide overall strategic leadership of the IFRC regional Ebola response operation as the disease outbreak evolves in the region and beyond. • Participate in high level coordination meetings as organized by UNMEER, WHO, governments, donors and other agencies. • Build effective cooperation and partnerships with relevant organisations to support the EVD Operation • Ensure that processes are in place to promote learning and knowledge sharing between the National Societies, Federation and its partners. • Lead resource mobilisation as agreed with the Zone resource mobilisation strategy. • Monitor and analyse political, economic and social trends within the region as they affect response work, and for planning purposes and for keeping the Federation and partners informed. • Support the implementation of policy objectives for advocacy, communications and external relations for region in line with Federation global priorities. • 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 process 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 Head of Ebola Response and Coordination will report to the Director of Zone. • All operations managers in the current and possible future EVD affected countries will report to the Head of Regional Ebola Operations. Members of the GVA EVD cell will have a technical reporting line to Head of Regional Ebola Operations. Duties applicable to all staff Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles Perform any other work related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line 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 preferred. Proven ability to negotiate with varying partners: NS, Government, UN. Ability to multi task and work under pressure. Analytical skills Languages Fluently spoken and written English and French Competencies Collaboration and Teamwork Creativity and Innovation Communication Judgement and Decision Making National Society and Customer Relations Building Trust Empowering Others Stay Safe for Managers 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 : 2014-10-25

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