Duration : 6 months (with a possibility of an extension)
Start date : 01-Nov-2024
You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by …
- Strengthen and develop Action Against Hunger H&N & MHPSS programming in the Philippines at technical, managerial, operational, and strategic level, including significant participation in identifying new potential interventions.
- Build capacity of the H&N&MHPSS team on interventions (including cross-cutting and multisectoral integration) to guarantee evidence-based planning and quality implementation of the projects, as well as support for future interventions.
- Lead the implementation Action Against Hunger H&N strategy and MHPSS framework in the country together with the other technical coordinators and wider Programmes team, technical coordinators, as well as Support teams.
- Contribute to the development of technical guidance notes and good practices case studies towards effective knowledge management.
- Ensure compliance with global health, nutrition and MHPSS standards, SPHERE standards, IASC standards Action Against Hunger H&N technical policy and good practices.
Key activities in your role will include
Objective 1: Provide strategic leadership to the H&N programme design and technically support implementation
- Provide strategic leadership with focus on strengthening the quality of the H&N emergency and development programme, including strengthen H&N preparedness, resilience, and early recovery strategies
- In close coordination with PDIC and other technical sectors, provide leadership and technical support to the H&N team to reach a solid contextual understanding of community’s needs with special attention to the most vulnerable groups’ needs, as well as power dynamics.
- Responsible for leading the design and drafting technically sound H&N proposals for funding, including conducting H&N needs assessments
- Provide strategic and technical advice to implementation teams to ensure quality and timely implementation H&N programs, including monitoring of activities and H&N related budget execution
- Support and contribute to the development and monitoring of Country strategy and multi-sectorial programming, including mainstreaming cross-cutting issues (gender, protection, environment, and conflict sensitivity).
- Identify opportunity for action-based research aiming at improving H&N programming, piloting innovation projects and seeking collaboration with appropriate institutions.
Objective 2: Capacity Strengthening
- Review/Develop Job descriptions and participate in the recruitment of H&N staff.
- Identify capacity strengthening needs for H&N team members and develop learning opportunities using the most appropriate approach.
- Participate in the promotion of a correct and efficient information flow between H&N team members and other members of the Action Against Hunger Philippines mission.
- Assess H&N stakeholders (LGUs, NGOs/CSO and health agencies) capacity strengthening needs and develop strategies and implement actions
- Promote AAH mandate, strategy, procedures, and internal regulations within the H&N team.
- Conduct technical H&N capacity assessments of local organizations collaborating with Action Against Hunger and contribute to their capacity building.
- Review/develop the H&N tools and resource materials are available for field to support the implementation of the programs
- Lead/participate in conducting H&N staff performance evaluation
- Ensure field H&N teams have adequate and timely support through planning field visits and ensuring the documentation and follow-up of action points.
Objective 3: Reporting and Capitalisation
- Review and validation of H&N related internal, external/donor and situational reports in line with the established reporting systems and contractual obligations.
- Develop technical guidance notes and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programmatic approaches and contribute to broader sector learning;
- Facilitate good practices and lessons learned workshops on technical themes and Capitalize all the learning for future programming.
- Review/validate Source of Verifications and ensure proper archiving program documents
Objective 4: Contribute to programme quality standards
- Review/develop guidelines and tools for key intervention identified in AAH-Philippines Technical Programmatic Framework, to ensure Action Against Hunger, CORE Humanitarian Standard, SPHERE standards, IASC standard and any other relevant international/national standard is followed during the whole project cycle.
- Uphold humanitarian principles and AAH principles at all stages of H&N programming and provide pragmatic guidance to the H&N team on this matter to support their principled decision making.
- Provide technical support for the implementation of H&N activities in Philippines – including ensuring coherence, standardized approaches, programme quality, and integration with other sectors across the H&N&MHPSS programme.
- Ensure that the programme is inclusive of marginalized and vulnerable individuals and communities, that it promotes the full and equal participation of women and that accountability to affected communities is central to the ways of working.
- Develop and revise in collaboration with the MEAL team the methodologies and tools for monitoring and evaluation.
- Provide technical support in the development and implementation of national programme evaluations, learning events and specific H&N programme related research activities.
- Work closely with the field offices and head of project to enhance accountability, ensure that feedback and lessons learned feed into programme adaptation
Objective 5: Coordinate with support Departments
- Ensure program related inputs are delivered in coordination with Head of Projects and logistic department
- Participate in the design of new budgets related to H&N activities.
- Coordinate with support departments in the planning and technical support of H&N interventions
- Promote safety and security of the staff assigned and directly managed
- Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that H&N -related procurement, tendering and contracts are of adequate technical standards, cost effective, timely and appropriate to the context.
Objective 6: Representation and Coordination
- Actively participate in H&N cluster meetings and relevant technical working groups.
- Support Country Director and PDIC in negotiations and representation at H&N related line agencies and donors
- Effectively coordinate with external humanitarian H&N actors intervening on regular and emergency interventions.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key H&N stakeholders at technical level, including donors, government authorities and international agencies.
- Influence key decision makers on sound technical solutions to overcome H&N challenges based on evidence
- Contribute to advocacy efforts in H&N related matters
Do you meet the profile required criteria?
- Degree and/or master’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition, Medicine or Midwifery
- Technical knowledge:
- Strong Knowledge of the Philippines health and nutrition context including the national and regional health system.
- Technical knowledge in implementing emergency and development H&N& MHPSS intervention.
- Solid project cycle management knowledge
- Excellent experience in developing donor proposals and reports.
- Advanced knowledge of humanitarian and development donor guidelines and procedures in H&N
- Ability to gather and analyze information in order to make strategic decisions and engagement in humanitarian and development sector.
- Previous experiences:
- At least 3 years previous experience in the humanitarian and development field as coordinator or similar position working with (I)NGOs in the Philippines.
- Good experience in working with local/national partners, Ministries, experience in implementing H&N interventions and capacity building for partners.
- At least 3 years of previous experience in project management both in emergency and development contexts.
- Experience in management of volatile security contexts with capacity to face a stressful environment.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in supervising technical teams, external technical consultants and consortium/partnership projects.
- Previous experience and ability to build relationships and work with senior level government officials and other stakeholders.
- Fluent in English and Tagalog.
- IT systems: Windows domain, Compulsory expertise in Miccrosoft package, Kobo or other data collection tools, Power BI and other data analysis tools (desirable)
- Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality.
Our remuneration package:
- Compensation based on Action Against Hunger salary grid and candidate’s previous experience
- Benefits: Health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlements, government-mandated benefits
- Fixed-term employment
Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.
How to apply
Interested candidates meeting the requirements should apply to the link provided below on or before 04 October 2024.
https://employ.acf-e.org/index.php/positions/view/9788
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview by the HR Department.
Note. – Given the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close on or before the deadline.
Action Against Hunger provides equal opportunities to candidates regardless of their origin, nationality, race, gender, regional and sexual orientation. This vision aims to integrate equal treatment and opportunities among females and men in all HR processes and policies within the organization.