Country: AFGHANISTAN - Kabul

Length of Contract: 1 year from 2012, July the 1st

General objective: To provide technical management and support to the ECHO-funded Emergency Response Mechanism (ERM) programme for emergency interventions in Afghanistan.

Responsibilities:

Participation in the development and implementation of the ERM strategy and programming

Together with the ERM PMs, analyze, control and improve the technical relevance of the ERM programs;

Identify and propose ideas / fields of intervention for ACF positioning and strategy – new programs, pilot projects, new areas of interventions

Participate in proposal writing with the contribution of the ERM PMs

Continually review new opportunities in terms of needs and strategies for the ERM

Stay up-dated on the humanitarian context

Technical Support to the Emergency Response Mechanism programme

Support the Program Managers in defining the implementation methodology, development of realistic weekly work plan, setting up monitoring and activity follow-up tools

Support the Emergency Response Mechanism PMs

Support and monitor the implementation of the programs

Follow up the activities, analyze and evaluate the program by conducting regular and frequent field visits, communicating regularly with the teams and analyzing the different reports;

Adapt or develop if necessary tools to monitor ERM activities in consultation with ERM teams and consortium partners

Reporting

Check and validate all the weekly reports coming from the bases

Design the APR of new projects

Check APRs monthly and make recommendations

Draft the amendments, intermediate and final reports and submit to the Head of Technical Department

Contribute technically to prepare high quality reports related documentation for dissemination to the stakeholders;

Report regularly to ACF’s Head of Technical Department and the ERM Consortium’s partners

Build the technical capacity of the ERM teams

Organize and animate ERM team meetings

Participate in the recruitment of the key team members;

Carry out appraisals of the ERM PMs and support ERM PMs for the appraisal of their teams

Develop training plan for the ERM team members

Develop tools ensuring smooth organization and internal communication within the ERM team

Qualification and previous experience:

Degree, preferably at the Master level with at least 3 years of professional experience (internships included) including at least 1 experience in emergency response. Fluent English (spoken and written) is required.

Status: Employee

• Fixed-term contract, provided by ACF according to the French labour law.
• Total average yearly gross income: from 41160 € to 47160 €
• Food and housing: 1000 € / month average
  • Per Diem : 210 € / month average
  • Support to the R & R costs : 110 € / month average
  • Transportation costs to and from the mission : 460 € / month average
  • Monthly gross salary ranging from 1650 € to 2150 € (Net: from 1518 € to 1978 €) depending on relevant experience (possibility to increase up to 2750 € gross (2530 € net) according to seniority and performances)
• 25 days of annual paid leaves
• 20 days of R & R per year (taken as recovery time breaks of one week every 2 or 4 months depending on the mission)
• Social benefits: Medical, life and accident insurance provided by the institution
• Accompanied position (partner, children) according to the place of assignment
• Training before departure and all along the career with Action Contre la Faim.

Motivating Job Prospects in the medium and long term