Senior Technical Coordinator for Emergency Response
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
International Medical Corps is widely recognized as a pre-eminent first responder with a global reach, delivering humanitarian relief to individuals and communities in need for more than three decades. Such work depends on trained, experienced personnel, and we maintain an active roster of experts with skills in emergency response operations.
SUMMARY
The Senior Technical Coordinator for Emergency Response (STCER) will be primarily responsible for leading the technical program start up in the event of a rapid or slow onset response to crises. This will include assessments, design and delivery of both curative and public health interventions in full collaboration with the technical advisors and M & E team. The STC will work directly with the Senior Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response, ERT Officer, ER field teams, and other focal points in areas such as program quality and accountability to ensure that the necessary normative, program and monitory systems and processes are developed and updated regularly. In addition to initial deployment for program start up, the STC will make frequent visits to the field sites during rapid and slow onset emergency responses, in order to actively play a leadership role with technical field teams. The STC will also ensure the highest standards, quality of service delivery inclusive of compliance with Sphere/UN or other applicable standards.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Start-up of Emergency Response Projects/Programs
Oversee the rapid assessment of the emergency context, in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer responsible;
Coordinate design and delivery of emergency programs with HQ technical and field teams. This may occur from either the HQ or field level;
Support the management of the internal and external emergency roster, including recruitment interviews for select technical staff in collaboration with HR;
In conjunction with international HR’s standardized on-boarding, provide additional orientation and briefing for technical staff & volunteers recruited for deployment to rapid onset emergencies;
Provide regular support via Skype/phone and email to technical field staff during their deployment;
Deploy as needed for emergency response and establish technical programming components with integration of related interventions that are responsive to needs;
Work with operations and the technical team to write concept notes and proposals for future funding.
Technical Oversight and Management
Provide technical advice on related areas of intervention to field teams;
Coordinate health, WASH, nutrition, and protection technical support for emergency response efforts;
Ensure programs utilize standardized protocols, policies and guidelines according to recommended international or national standards;
Coordinate the stock of emergency supplies and related logistic information tools between the HQ and field program & logistic teams;
Contribute to the development of International Medical Corps’ specific technical guidance documents/notes that guide field staff on the minimum operating standards and best practice approaches and ensure guidance are used and revised as needed;
Provide technical guidance inputs to strategic planning for emergency response and transition to development programming with the Senior Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Technical Unit and field teams;
Actively work with the M&E team for monitoring and evaluation activities in the project cycle including data analysis as well as routine and formative monitoring for decision making;
Serve as HQ Response Management Team (RMT) Lead in the absence or deployment of the Senior Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response.
International Medical Corps Emergency Response Unit, Coordination and Representation
Provide briefing and debriefing for technical staff of the ERT assessment and implementation teams;
Provide briefings to relevant HQ departments on any key developments arising of a technical nature that requires attention/action;
Actively participate in the cluster system at national level (during field visits) and at global level whenever required;
Lead on engagement with emergency health forums and platforms;
Present findings/seminal papers on International Medical Corps’ emergency response at conferences/forums;
Represent the organization’s emergency response approach and capacity to donor agencies, partners, media, and other key stakeholders as required.
Human Resources Coordination and Capacity Building
Participate in recruiting technical and program staff for inclusion in the established International Medical Corps Emergency Roster;
Support the process of regularly updating the roster and that emergency technical positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified staff;
Participate in design and delivery of in-service training programs for technical and program staff in line with International Medical Corps’ learning and development policy;
Support direct supervisors in ensuring staff performance evaluations at the end of their deployment and suggest their future deployment status in similar responsibilities;
Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.
Compliance & Ethics
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps;
As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards;
Conducts work with the highest level of integrity;
Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.
QUALIFICATIONS
Post-graduate technical degree along with a public health related qualification such as an MPH;
Minimum of seven years of experience in leading on technical interventions in emergency and transitional contexts, or equivalent combination of education and experience;
Knowledge of, and field experience in, implementation of programmatic responses in line with international standards such as SPHERE, MISP, IASC Guidelines;
Willingness and ability to travel to field sites at least 40% of time;
Updated knowledge of donor requirements and ability to write concepts/proposals.
International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.
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