Emergency Coordinator (Darfur) – NRC

Job Description

Organization	The Norwegian Refugee Council
Position:	Emergency Coordinator
Salary/benefits	According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station	Alfasher, Sudan
Travel	70% to target project locations in the Localities and IDPs Camps
Closing date	04/01/2023

The Norwegian Refugee Council has an interesting and rewarding opportunity to be part of our newest country of operation – Sudan.

The NRC has recently re-registered to operate in Sudan, and is currently in country start-up phase, conducting assessments and designing the first steps of the programme. Focus will be given to people displaced by conflict, refugees, and vulnerable migrants, and potential geographical areas of work will be Khartoum state, South Kordofan, Gadarif and Blue Nile on a first phase, with the idea to expand to other States. 

As a priority, NRC is therefore hiring a Emergency Response Coordinator to be part of establishing NRC’s programme in Sudan.

The Emergency Response Coordinator will report to the Emergency Response Manager, and will oversee overall Area Office emergency response, preparedness, and contextual analyses. The ERC will contribute to coordination, quality responses, managing, and reporting of activities under NRC’s ECHO-funded Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) and other emergency donor programmes at the Area Office level. The ERC will support and provide technical supervision of emergency response teams in the field to respond to rapid onset crises related to conflict induced displacement and natural disasters, coordinating all emergency minimum preparedness plans and response activities across the area of operation. This will include pre-planning, assessment, coordination, leadership and overseeing emergency responses, in collaboration with Area manager, Emergency Response Manager and CC Project Managers and Coordinators.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence with NRC North Area Office Security Management Plan and SOPs
• Implement delegated Security tasks according to plan of action
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents
• Line-manage all emergency response staff at the Area office.
• Ensure financial management and monitoring of emergency program budgets.
• Assist in the development of concept notes, proposals, and periodic reports.
• Holds overall responsibility for management of emergency response activities in the emergency project including project planning and implementation, assessments, M&E, training, and quality assurance.
• Take leadership in coordination, supervision, and implementation of ECHO-funded Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) project in collaboration with area staff, Area Manager and Emergency Response Manager.
• Coordinate and supervise all emergency preparedness and response activities at the country and area level. This will include pre-planning, assessment, coordination, leadership and overseeing emergency responses, in collaboration with emergency response team.
• Supervise and coordinate the collation of regular data on context analyses, Early Warning/ humanitarian Risk Monitoring, trigger indicators for assessments and responses.
• Actively, supervise, lead, and participate in emergency assessments, distributions and monitoring and ensure coordination with relevant government and non-government actors [e.g., HAC, COR, relevant Ministries, IOM, and other relevant UN agencies, ES/NFI Working Group, Protection Working Group, Refugee Working Group, other INGOs/national and LNGOs].
• Develop and coordinate follow up of NRC country emergency preparedness plans and Minimum (Emergency) Preparedness Actions (MPAs), and when required advanced preparedness actions.
• Maintain and train an internal and external emergency response team (ERT) surge rosters for larger emergency responses, including support in selection and delivery of relevant training
• Participate in any inter-sectoral assessments, Rapid needs assessment and analyze other assessment forms relayed by NRC’s Core Competencies, especially LFS, Education and WASH/Shelter, and ensure that emergency staff follow up on all requests.
• In collaboration with the Emergency Response Manager, manage the Emergency Response Team (ERT) at the Area Office level, including prioritization of deployments when and where necessary.

Required skills

• Experience working in emergency response programmes in a humanitarian/ recovery context for at least 5 years.
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts especially in Darfur
• Experience in risks management for implementing partners and remote management
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal
• Previous experience in delivering training and capacity building and community engagement activities
• Experience working with State and Non-state Actors in the North Darfur region.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Nationality of Sudan

We can Offer

• Duty Station: Alfasher, Sudan
• Travel: 70% to target project locations in the Localities and IDPs Camps
• Females are highly encouraged to apply
• Candidates should apply only through online, Hardcopy CVs will not be collected
• To apply please visit https://www.nrc.no/careers/
• Closing Date: 04/01/2023