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A DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

A DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

A DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

A DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE – Middle East Regional Office – JORDAN

Closing date: 31 Mar 2018
Country: Position based in Amman, travel in the Middle East region.

Length of contract: starting asap – until Dec. 31st, 2018.**

The context:

For many years, the Middle East has been and is still the stage for multiple protracted crises. Political scientists predict the regional burden to continue on the same trend even if some improvements have been made on some theatres of operations. As of February 2018, the region concentrates 2 UN classified Level 3 emergencies (Syria and Yemen) while Iraq has just been downscaled to Level 2 with challenging stabilization and reconstruction ahead of us.

To better respond to this extraordinary humanitarian challenge, Action Against Hunger has decided to reinforce its Regional Office to better respond to these dynamics, bringing extra support to our missions and interacting more efficiently with regional stakeholders including donors, UN coordination bodies, regional organizations and local civil society.

The position main objectives:

You will contribute to the Action Against Hunger regional strategic approach.

You will develop skills and ensure missions’ capacities to bid for commercial contracts.

You will promote and design an innovative regional programming through an improved knowledge management, experience sharing at Action Against Hunger network and regional level.

You will represent the MERO during the absence of the Regional Representative or under his/her delegation.

Your responsibilities:

Contribute to the design of the regional strategic approach and promote regional grants:

Ø Strategy:

· Operationalization, development, monitoring and update of the Middle East regional approach in collaboration with the Regional Representative, Action Against Hunger French and Spanish HQs, country offices and the Inter-Mission Advisory Board (IMAB).

Ø Regional programs:

· Promote multi-country grants when relevant

· Help designing and fundraising for regional and multi-country grants, through the monitoring of donor opportunities, the drafting of concept notes & project documents with the regional, countries and HQs’ teams, and the proactive submission to donors

· Ensure regional and/or multi-country grants are an effective opportunity for cross-country learning, harmonization of approaches when necessary, the development of sound evidence for programming or advocacy purposes

· When relevant, Coordinate, support or develop cross-border initiatives within Action Against Hunger strategic framework ensuring synergies, effectiveness, and spread of positive outcomes and impacts

With the support of the ACF-IN network, reinforce country offices capacities to switch to commercial contracting:

Ø In active coordination with the International Donors Relationship Unit, explore donors’ willingness to switch to a commercial contracting approach

Ø Help missions to bid for commercial contracts

Ø Build skills and capacities to position ACF with potential consortia partners and main donors. Provide guidance on consortium management

Support the Middle East missions in their program development through innovative approaches in line with regional needs:

Ø Support the missions in their evidence-based programming for an improved sustainability of our action

Ø Provide direct support on concept notes/proposals writing and funding requests

Ø Surveillance, research and innovation:

· Continuous exploration of external examples and sources of inspiration to revisit our work and gain in impact & quality, making the best use of Action Against Hunger’s external network

· Identify research fields that could be relevant in different countries to foster synergies

· Based on researches developed with the support of HQs, promote innovation though operational research

Ø Ensure In Coordination with the IDRU, explore donors’ appetite for operational researches and innovative programming

Promote an efficient knowledge management, experience sharing, program design and development:

Ø Ensure that the knowledge management is reinforced at regional level

Ø Check if successful programs implemented through the Action Against Hunger network are replicable in our missions at regional level and help country offices to adapt it to their specific context

In coordination with the Regional Representative, represent Action Against Hunger and strengthen our local network at regional level, promote positive relationships with key stakeholders:

Ø Representation – Humanitarian Coordination:

· Maintain and promote relationship with key humanitarian stakeholders at regional level: donors, regional institutions and bodies, UN agencies, Key NGOs

Ø Representation – donors:

· Ensure the link with relevant donors agencies; ensure donor priorities and expectations are communicated to regional and HQ staff in a complete and timely manner

· Ensure dissemination of information regarding new funding opportunities

· Work with HQ/IDRU to pursue funding opportunities

The applicant:

You hold Bachelors or master degree in political science, business administration or similar background.
You have spent eight or more years living in a developing country with strong management experience.
Three or more years management experience as Country Director or Deputy Country Director Programs.
Successful consortium management experience required.
You are experienced in negotiation with donors, networks establishment.
You possess excellent writing skills
Fluency in English, Arab is an asset
Status:

Experience based salary – Country Director level
Retrocession of retirement benefits for non-French employees
Food and hygiene + per diem monthly allowance
Transportation costs covered
Accommodation covered
Medical insurance 100% coverage + repatriation insurance.
25 days of paid leaves and 20 RnRs (rest and recuperation days) per year.
Family posting.

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