Field Position Profiles

• Country Director
• Head of Base
• Program Coordinator
• Administrator
• Nurse
• Nutritionist
• Medical Coordinator
• Medical Doctor
• Health Educator
• Food Security Officer
• Food Security Coordinator
• Logistician
• Logistician Coordinator
• Water and Sanitation

Country Director

Main Objective

To define and manage a timely, pertinent, effective, and efficient response to the humanitarian needs of the Country population within the framework of the ACF Charter while ensuring the security of the team.

Responsibilites

• Overall Management of Staff and their Security
  • Responsible for all expatriate and national staff.
  • Managing human resources in conformity with applicable labor laws and with internal regulations.
  • Security management.
  • Setting of job descriptions and requests for new staff to headquarters.
  • Performance appraisals of expatriate staff and objective setting in line with programme requirements.
• Strategy, Co-ordination and Representation
  • Formulating the country strategy for Action Against Hunger in light of political, economic and humanitarian context.
  • Acting as key contact with head offices, local partners, NGOs, UN agencies, local authorities, government authorities, donors.
  • Acting as a focal point, to issue policy recommendations in collaboration with field staff and headquarters.
  • Representing Action Against Hunger to partners, NGOs, local authorites, government authorities and donors.
• Overall Management of Programmes
  • Defining the programmes with the coordinated team.
  • Ensuring achievement of the programme's objectives.
  • Ensuring the organization has adequate resources.
  • Ensuring programme is still appropriate, according to the situation, the context and the programme's objectives.
  • Planning with technical staff.
  • Ensuring technical staff carry out their work to the right standard.
  • Narrative and financial reporting to donors and to managing headquarters.
• Operational Management
  • Responsible for financial feasibility of the country programme: initially to obtain resources, at final stage to make sure programme is within budget.
  • Responsible for all logistical aspects.
  • Responsible for the appropriate management of all resources in a transparent manner. At all times the country director is accountable to the donors and benefactors of ACF missions.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Political Science, Development Studies or Technical field.
• Second language skills highly recommended.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to work within a team setting.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.

Experience

• At least 2 years previous field experience in a relief NGO.
• Minimum of one year's previous experience in an NGO in managerial position.
• Previous management experience is highly preferred.
• Knowledge or experience of donor guidelines indispensible.
• Experience in security management.

Head of Base

Main Objective

Managing the security situation and the general management of the teams in the field in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Management
  • Responsible for the operational aspects of logistics and administrative aspects at the base, including the writing and approval of the budget for the base with input from the Head of Mission. The Head of Base is also responsible for the procurement of all the necessary supplies.
  • Performance appraisals of expatriate staff and objective setting in line with programme requirements.
• Representation
  • Ensuring good relations with the local (medical, civil and military) authorities and with other agencies.
  • Security management.
  • Representing Action Against Hunger to partners, NGOs, local authorites, government authorities and donors.
• Program Management
  • Ensuring the organization has adequate resources.
  • Ensuring programme is still appropriate, according to the situation, the context and the programme's objectives.
  • Planning with technical staff.
  • Ensuring technical staff carry out their work to the right standard.
  • Narrative and financial reporting to donors and to managing headquarters.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Political Science, Development Studies or Technical field.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
• Ability to work within a team setting.
• Second language skills highly recommended.

Experience

• At least 2 years previous field experience in a relief NGO.
• Minimum of one year's previous experience in an NGO in managerial position.
• Previous experience of staff management.
• Experience in security management.

Program Coordinator

Main Objective

To coordinate and manage the given project and meet the necessary objectives within the projected time frame and budget of the project in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of the program activities
  • To ensure the stansardisation of protocols used for all activities and reporting.
  • To evaluate impact of the program and to develop tools for monitoring.
  • If need be, definition of new potential projects.
  • To work in collaboration with logistics and administration to ensure the follow up of the budget line and the adequate supply of needed items.
• Management and of the program teams
  • To manage and evaluate the Program Managers.
  • To provide technical support to the Program Managers and liaise with technical reference in New York.
  • To collaborate with the Program Managers and the administration for the review of job description, and the staff management issues (recruitement, trainings, ...).
• Representation
  • To ensure good and regular relations with authorities and other actors in the project area .
  • To collect information on related activities implemented by other actors in the project country.
  • To liaise with the Government and other Aid Agencies to advocate the implementation of reforms into public health services, especially in the region of intervention of Action Against Hunger.
• Reporting
  • To do a monthly report of the program activities.
  • To participate with the nutrition expatriates and the Head of Mission to the reporting for donors, and the redaction of proposals.
  • To ensure the collection of the field reports on time.
  • To give a feed back to the program manager's monthly report.
  • To send all monthly reports to headquarters after reviewing and harmonising.

Qualifications

• Technical specialty with the project objectives.
• Strong management and coordination skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Interest in working in a development setting.

Experience

• Experience in defining strategy and programme intervention.
• Previous overseas humanitarian experience essential.
• Experience in one of the ACF programs- either nutrition, water and sanitation, or food security.
• At least two years previous experience of staff management essential.

Administrator

Main Objective

The administrator is in charge of managing all finances, human resources and administrative aspects on the mission in line with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilites

• Accounting and financial management
  • Treasury: cash flow, bank accounts, managing the main cash ledger and administrating the cash ledger, following up other cash ledgers in the field, budget folow ups, following up of transfers- between the field and HQ.
  • Accountancy: maintenance of accounting ledgers, monthly book-keeping up to trial balance.
  • Budgeting: preparation of project budgets, implementation and monitoring.
  • Financial reports: reporting to donors according to specific project contracts.
• Administrative management
  • Staff regulation: Overseeing the daily management and setting of objectives, offering daily support, conducting evaluations, planning staff development / training.
  • Expatriate staff: Following up contracts (renewing, social security…), updating administrative documents (visas), payment of daily allowances, management of local staff and equipment.
  • National staff: setting up and following up contracts of employment (recruitment, lay-offs, promotions…), payment of wages, settlement of conflicts (in agreement with head of mission).
  • Local authorities and suppliers: contract negotiation and signing, internal control procedures for purchasing, compliance with the local social and economical legislation.
  • Other: All aspects related to the mission's human resources management (national and international).

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant, MBA or BA in economics/finance or previous financial experience.
• Ability to work within a team setting.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.

Experience

• Two years work experience in finance.
• Previous overseas experience essential.
• SAGA training preferable.
• Good working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and accountancy packages.

Nurse

Main Objective

Responsible for the primary health care program in the assigned country (mainly the administration, follow up and evolution of the health care in the health centers) and help run the therapeutic feeding centers (TFC) in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Managing and training a team of national staff.
• Supervising therapeutic and supplemantary feeding centers.
• Supervising home treatment.
• Collect and analyze information about malnutrition within the local population.
• Implementing nutritional surveys.
• Initiating and supervising vaccination and health education programmes.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree.
• Further Qualifications in public health, tropical medicine or nutrition highly appreciated.
• Computer Skills.
• Second language skills highly recommended.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
• Ability to work within a team setting.

Experience

• Two years nursing experience compulsory.
• Previous overseas experience highly preferred.

Nutritionist

Main Objective

Responsible for running supplementary feeding centers and implementing nutrition surveys in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Organizing, implementing and inerpreting, issuing recommendations for nutrition anthorpometric surveys and nutritional causal analyses.
• Designing nutrition programmes supplementary or therapeutic feeding centers.
• Managing and training national staff.
• Collecting information on malnutrition.
• Collecting information on food security.
• Implementing nutritional surveys.

Qualifications

• Essential
  • Degree in nutrition/ diatetics.
  • Computer Skills.
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations.
  • Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
  • Ability to work within a team setting.
• Recommended
  • Second language skills.

Experience

• Two years work experience compulsory.
• Previous overseas work experience is beneficial (paid or unpaid).
• Previous overseas work experience in nutrition is beneficial.
• Previous management experience highly preferred.

Medical Coordinator

Main Objective

To coordinate and manage the given nutrition project and meet the necessary objectives within the projected time frame and budget of the project in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Management
  • Briefing and evaluations of medical and nutrition expatriates.
  • Training of national assistant.
  • Training of field expatriates.
• Representation
  • Ensuring good relations with the local (medical, civil and military) authorities and with other agencies.
  • Representing Action Against Hunger to partners, NGOs, local authorites, government authorities and donors.
• Program Management
  • Planning and co-ordination of ACH activities in regard to health and nutrition.
  • Monitoring and evaluation of activities.
  • Monitoring of programme monthly reports and feedback to the field.
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the humanitarian situation.
  • Technical Co-ordination between the field, capital and Madrid.
  • Technical support to the programmes.
  • Pharmacy and nutrition stock management.

Qualifications

• Essential
  • Degree in Nutrition or Nursing.
  • Previous experience in both medical and nutrition programs.
  • Prior participation in the ACF nutrition course.
  • Experience with conducting surveys.
  • Previous field experience.
  • Previous management experience.
• Recommended
  • Two years nursing experience compulsory.
  • Previous overseas experience highly preferred.
  • Experience with the CMN course is preferable.

Medical Doctor

Main Objective

Responsible for the primary health care program in the assigned country (mainly the administration, follow up and evolution of the health care in the health centers) and help run the therapeutic feeding centers (TFC) in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Training and management of national staff.
• Training of Ministry of Health staff.
• Co-ordinating with host government, NGO's and international organizations.
• Defining programs technical objectives and sustainability.
• Evaluating the medical needs and developing a relevant strategy.
• Supervising implementation of integrated nutritional programs.
• In cases of epidemics (e.g. cholera, meningitis), analyzing the situation (survey and analysis of data).
• Evaluation of ongoing therapeutic feeding program and home treatment program.

Qualifications

• Essential
  • Medical doctor.
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations.
  • Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
  • Ability to work within a team setting.
• Recommended
  • Further qualification in tropical medicine, pubic health, or nutrition preferred.
  • Second language skills.

Experience

• Two years clinical experience compulsory.
• Previous overseas experience essential.
• Previous management experience necessary.

Health Educator

Main Objective

Supervise the implementation of a sanitation and health education program in compliance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Devising a sustainable health education programme using appropriate participatory assessment techniques.
• Recommending the relevant integrated approach to long term improvement of health.
• Implementing K.A.P. (Knowledge Aptitude Practice) surveys.
• Supervising the implementation of health education.
• Development of guidelines and appropriate educational material.
• Training of staff.

Qualifications

• Essential
  • Degree in health education or relevant field experience.
  • Experience working with communities.
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations.
  • Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
  • Ability to work within a team setting.
• Recommended
  • Further qualification in food security or nutrition preferred.
  • Anthropological background preferred.
  • Second language skills are beneficial.

Experience

• Two years relevant work experience compulsory.
• Previous overseas experience essential.

Food Security Officer

Main Objective

The Food Security Officer works with the local population to ensure food security for the area. The responsibilities of the job vary among placement as well as over time. Projects may include helping to rebuild a food producing factory after a conflict or helping to set up a local market. The ideal candidate is able to analyse the situation and help develop long term solutions all in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Management
  • Managing and training national staff.
  • Training local groups.
  • Following up and monitoring of food security project.
  • Training in PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) and RRA (Rapid Rural Appraisal).
• Representation
  • Liaising with local authorities, research institutes, partner organizations, NGOs, governmnet bodies and United Nations missions.
• Program
  • Identifying needs of vulnerable groups.
  • Planning and implementing various programs- including food distribution, survallence systems, small scale businesses.
  • Capacity building of the local structure.
  • Regeneration of small scale industry.
  • Revitalising local economy through diversification of seeds.
  • Research and analysis- analysing local envoronment and research cultural characteristics, traditional foods, food habits, taboos, coping mechanisms, land distribution and resources management.
  • Rehabilitation of irrigation systems.
  • Co-ordinating with other departments (nutrition, water & sanitation, health).

Qualifications

• Essential
  • Degree in agriculture, agronomy, animal production, irrigation or related subject.
  • Experience in social sciences (economics, sociology, geography, anthropology, environmental studies).
  • Ability to work within a team setting.
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Recommended
  • Further qualification in tropical agriculture or related subject prefered.
  • Second language skills highly recommended.

Experience

• Two years relevant work experience essential.
• Some previous overseas experience essential.
• Database analysis and GIS (geographic information system).

Food Security Coordinator

Main Objective

To coordinate and manage all the logistics for the mission and work to meet the necessary objectives within the projected time frame and budget of the mission in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilities

• Management
  • Provide trainings for both international and national staff.
  • Support and management of the food security team.
  • Work in collaboration on the recruitment, training and evaluation of staff for the food security department.
  • Supervision, follow up and evaluation of the expatriate team.
  • In collaboration with the logistics co-ordinator, management of equipment supply when necessary.
  • Follow up and support of any planned surveys or assessments.
  • Work in collaboration with administrators on budget forecasts for the food security department.
• Representation
  • To ensure good and regular relations with authorities and other actors in the project area .
  • To collect information on related activities implemented by other actors in the project country.
  • To liaise with the Government and other Aid Agencies.
• Program
  • Overall supervision and co-ordination of the implementation of agricultural programs in the country.
  • Development and implementation of a long term and comprehensive food security strategy for the ACF program in the country.
  • Strengthening the integration of programming within the technical departments in term of activities, target area and target population.
  • Help to define a long term human resources strategy including identification of key persons, plans for future evolution etc.
  • Capitalisation of the gained experience in order to participate in the technical improvement of the programs.

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate (plus five years of an advanced vocational diploma: agronomist or rural development specialist.)
• Ability to manage personnel (including Expatriates) in a difficult environment.
• Strong ability to develop a long term Food Security strategy.

Experience

• Experience in long term development approach in rural context.
• At least two years previous experience of staff management essential.

Logistician

Main Objectives

The main focus of this position is to provide support to the Nutrition, Primary Health Care, Food Security and Water and Sanitation programs. The logistician must also build the capacity of the local logistic staff, and continue the review and improve the logistics practises of the mission, developing better harmonisation with the Administrative and Programm functions in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilites

• Supervising the supply of goods (locally, regionally, internationally).
• Management of purchase (local, regional, international), customs clearance and quality control.
• Management and supervision of warehousing and stocks.
• Organization of distribution networks and supervision of deliveries.
• Setting up logisic infrastructure and standard ACF procedures.
• Selection of and negotiation with local suppliers, negotiation with forwarding agents and international organizations.
• Management of vehicle fleet and supervision of maintenance and spare parts.
• Setting up and maintenance of comunication equipment (radios, satellite telephone).
• Training and management of national staff.
• Follow up of security in coordination with Head of Mission.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or previous logistics experience.
• Second language skills highly recommended.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
• Ability to work within a team setting.

Experience

• 2 years work experience compulsory.
• Proven experience in organization and problem solving.
• Previous overseas work experience in logistics is highly preferred.
• Previous managemet experience is highly preferred.

Logistician Coordinator

Main Objective

To coordinate and manage all the logistics for the mission and work to meet the necessary objectives within the projected time frame and budget of the mission in accordance with the ACF Charter.

Responsibilties

• Management
  • Monitoring of local logistics staff.
  • Coordinating the work of expatriate logisticians in different bases within the country.
  • Management of the expatriate logistic and logistic administrative team.
  • Maintain strong working relationships with the staff.
  • Carry out regular evaluations of the staff.
  • Improve the reactivity and initiative of the staff.
  • Provide training for new staff.
• Representation
  • To ensure good and regular relations with authorities and other actors in the project area .
  • To collect information on related activities implemented by other actors in the project country.
  • To liaise with the Government and other Aid Agencies.
• Program
  • Co-ordination of logistics at national (mission) level.
  • Directly responsible for the management of the equipment for all of the bases.
  • Continuous supervision of the logistics of each of the bases : local storage, programme supply, local transportation, clinics and programme sites maintenance, emphasis on the local vehicle fleet maintenance.
  • Provide analysis of needs and expenditures.
  • Management of security as delegated by the Head of Mission.
  • Purchase of equipment while respecting ACF and Country standards.
  • Responsible of the logistic validation of all the proposals.
  • Work with the Head of Mission to prepare budgets and write proposals.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage personnel in a difficult environment.
• Strong management and coordination skills.
• Interest in working in a development setting.
• Second language skills highly recommended.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.
• Ability to work within a team setting.

Experience

• At least two years previous experience of staff management highly preferred.
• Previous overseas humanitarian experience highly preferred.

Water & Sanitation

Main Objective

In charge of the establishment, maintenance and continuation of emergency water supply systems for the ACF program in accordance with the ACF Charter. Primary activity/responsibility for the retrieval and updating of information compiled by ACF, from which the expertise of ACF can be developed.

Responsibilites

• Water
  • Water quality analysis (supervision of biological and chemical testing).
  • Treating water in nutritional centres and providing safe drinking water.
  • Building, protection and/or rehabilitation of wells and waterpoints.
  • Installing and maintaining hand pumps.
  • Design of water networks, spring capping.
  • Hydro-geological and geo-physical investigation in view of drilling.
  • Borehole drilling and equipment maintenance.
• Sanitation
  • Latrine construction
  • Devising, organizing and supervising enviornmental health engineering programme (waste disposal, refuse disposal, vector control).
  • Co-ordination with other agencies on data collection and analysis to track contamination sources.
• Staff
  • Management of building sites (management of human resources, purchase of material).
  • Staff training and supervision.

Qualification

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Further qualification in water and sanitation with focus on developing countries.
• Ability to work within a team setting.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Second language skills highly recommended.
• Ability to adapt within the working enviornment.

Experience

• Two years relevant work experience compulsory.
• Previous overseas experience highly preferred.
• Previous management experience is highly preferred.