Coordinator, Disaster Management

hace 2 semanas


Panamá, Panamá, Panamá International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies A tiempo completo

Jobnumber
S03117

Contract Type
Employee

Closing date
14-Mar-2023

Posting Start Date
28-Feb-2023

Location

PANAMA

Duty Station
Panama City, Panama

Duty Station Status
Family Duty Station

Duration
6

Accompanied Status
Non-Accompanied

Grade
C1

Organizational Context:

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. IFRC is a membership organization established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

IFRC's headquarters is in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world.


Due to the nature of emergency response operations, this role profile is an outline of the likely responsibilities applicable to the Disaster Management Coordinator, deployed in a Federation co-ordinated operation.

They are complementary to and should be read in conjunction with the specific tasks elaborated in the Deployment Order / Terms of Reference.


Job Purpose:


The Disaster Management Coordinator takes the lead in supporting the Cuban Red Cross (CRC) in operations planning, implementation, revision and overall management regarding the Hurricane Ian Response.

She/he supports the CRC in successful planning and implementation of appropriate response related to Hurricane Ian and other disaster of crisis that might affect Cuba during the deployment timeline.

The main responsibilities of the Operation Manager are related to strategy and priorities definition, management of overall operation, external coordination, Movement coordination, security management, and transition to recovery.

Support to other disaster or crisis operations that might impact Americas Region during the deployment timeline if necessary.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assume responsibility for supporting the Hurricane Ian operation on behalf of the IFRC in Cuba, ensuring appropriate links with IFRC resource management, programme management and support services.
  • Support and coordinate IFRC technical advise and support at country cluster and regional levels to ensure they work closely with the managers of relevant CRC departments in all related programming roles and responsibilities, providing advice and recommendations that carefully consider local capacity and
  • Constantly monitor the disaster situation and overall context and adapt the orientation or set-up of the
  • Act as a link between CRC and IFRC secretariat in case new assistance is required for responding to a new

Movement context, principles and values:
Promote and assist the integration of humanitarian priorities and interventions within all relevant programming divisions in CRC.


Analyse and adapt Movement systems and standard operating procedures and innovates where needed to meet the needs of affected communities.


  • 6.

_Coordination:
Advocate for and design integrated operational strategies considering partner's respective capacities to ensure that all components of the response are identified, planned and carried out in a coordinated, collaborative and integrated Active participation in the Latin Caribbean Cluster coordination meetings

Programme management, planning, monitoring & reporting:
Lead the operational strategy to develop programme approaches which strengthen and develop the CRCs structures, capacity and performance; analyze and understand their current strengths and weaknesses and ensure provision of necessary technical and material support particularly in relation to the ongoing

Encourage joint assessment, planning and implementation between sectors, where appropriate, moving towards an overall multi-sector integrated approach.

Monitor implementation of interventions and ensure the projects remain fit for


Ensure rigorous monitoring and management of budgets to all Federation-assisted programmes within CRC, ensuring compliance with IFRC finance procedures and that expenditure is within income and approved ceilings and within donors earmarking Identify problems and solutions in a timely and effective manner.


Resource management:
Advise on the need of human resources, support deployments in coordination with the Country and Regional IFRC offices, HR departments and/or surge desk, and have overall responsibility for resource

  • Direction setting, operational objectives and team planning_: _Define and communicate the operation's strategic direction to implement and the development of capacities within CRC for emergency response and review contingency planning for identified threats in operational areas.
  • Safety and Security, and

Risk Management:
Ensure the safety and security of staff in the operation by taking operational decisions based on changing risk levels, providing relevant updates to

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