SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: NGO Forum Steering Committee Staff reporting to this post: 1 Staff Types: NGO Forum Coordinator (National) Budget Responsibilities: TBC The Senior NGO Forum Coordinator will be responsible for leading humanitarian coordination activities for the NGO Forum for Ukraine. Under the overall supervision of NGO Forum Steering Committee, the Senior NGO Forum Coordinator will have the following duties, with a particular focus on the collaboration of international NGOs and their sharing of best practices with national NGOs. The successful candidate will contribute to ensuring appropriate, accountable, and effective humanitarian action in Ukraine by harmonizing NGO collective opinions, by addressing issues not considered by UN-led mechanisms, and by providing consistent and constructive advocacy from within the NGO community. |
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: - Solidifies, formalizes, and develops the recently-established NGO Forum in order to improve humanitarian capacity and coordination in Ukraine.
- Facilitates transparent coordination between the NGO Forum members including regular sharing of information between members, and to external stakeholders.
- Represents and advocates to external stakeholders in close collaboration with the NGO community, and along with the NGO Steering Committee, represents the NGO Forum at high-level meetings.
- Provides information, briefings, presentations on the function and structure of the humanitarian NGO community in Ukraine.
- Develops productive relationships with key individuals in relevant government as required in close collaboration with the NGO Forum Steering Committee, including ministries, civil society, counterpart institutions, the foreign and national NGO community, UN agencies and offices, Government of Ukraine, diplomatic missions, and donors.
- Schedules NGO Forum meetings and NGO Forum Steering Committee meetings, drafts agendas, invites external speakers and follows up on relevant action points, including the distribution of meeting minutes.
- Encourages non-NGO Forum Ukrainian NGOs providing humanitarian aid to participate in the NGO Forum and share information of their activities and observed humanitarian needs.
- Establish mechanisms to provide regular security updates to the NGO Forum including the establishment of relationships with security-oriented organizations, such as UNDSS and INSO.
- Represents NGOs at HCT, Inter-Sector Coordination Group, and ad hoc coordination groups, meetings and initiatives.
- Liaises with NGO coordination platforms in neighbouring countries in the region.
- The Senior NGO Forum Coordinator is responsible for the management of the NGO Forum staff and the support services that are provided through this structure, including day-to-day management of personnel and resources, to meet the needs and priorities of the NGO community.
- Provides leadership and direction, promote professional working relationships, and encourages staff. Conducts regular performance appraisals identifying capacity building needs and further career objectives for NGO Forum personnel.
- Seeks additional funding and contributions for NGO Forum support staff, training, and services.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Essential - At least eight years of international humanitarian experience, of which at least four years were in programs management level;
- At least two years' experience working on strategic level issues;
- Significant experience coordinating humanitarian activities within a UN-led cluster system;
- Experience with HCTs and other coordination mechanisms;
- Experience working with LNGOs and implementing partners;
- Experience working in conflict environment; and
- Fluency in English
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NGO Forum Senior Coordinator
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Tue, 2 Jun 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Mon, 15 Jun 2015
Job type: Temporary
Location: Ukraine
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: NGO Forum Steering Committee
Staff reporting to this post: 1
Staff Types: NGO Forum Coordinator (National)
Budget Responsibilities: TBC
The Senior NGO Forum Coordinator will be responsible for leading humanitarian coordination activities for the NGO Forum for Ukraine.
Under the overall supervision of NGO Forum Steering Committee, the Senior NGO Forum Coordinator will have the following duties, with a particular focus on the collaboration of international NGOs and their sharing of best practices with national NGOs.
The successful candidate will contribute to ensuring appropriate, accountable, and effective humanitarian action in Ukraine by harmonizing NGO collective opinions, by addressing issues not considered by UN-led mechanisms, and by providing consistent and constructive advocacy from within the NGO community.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: bartacho.47150.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com