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Area Coordinator – Various locations

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International DevelopmentHumanitarian ProgrammesSecurity Management

Job description

About the Position

Acted is seeking an Area Coordinator for various locations to represent the organization with local authorities, donors, beneficiary communities, and other key stakeholders. The Area Coordinator is a member of the senior management team and works to ensure program quality and operational implementation, as well as growth where appropriate and feasible, and strong representation.

Responsibilities

Main Duties:

Positioning

  • Context analysis
  • Strategy Implementation
  • Networking, positioning, and general representation
  • Proposal development
  • Advocacy
  • Promotion of Acted network

Management and Internal Coordination

  • Staff Management
  • Internal Coordination

Project Implementation Follow-up

  • Project Implementation Tracking
  • Project Quality Control
  • Partner Management

FLATS Management

  • Finance Management
  • Logistics & IT Management
  • Administration and HR Management
  • Transparency/Compliance Management
  • Security Management

Requirements

  • Background in international development, emergency operations, humanitarian programs, etc.
  • Extensive project management experience in emergency and/or development programs
  • Basic management skills preferred (HR, finance, logistics)
  • At least four years’ relevant professional experience, preferably including security management
  • Proven leadership and team management skills required
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills and flexibility

We Offer

  • Salary depending on the level of education, security level, etc., as well as a monthly living allowance of $300
  • Accommodation and food provided in Acted guesthouse
  • Pension, health insurance, life insurance, and repatriation assistance (& unemployment insurance for EU citizens)
  • Visa fees covered
  • Contribution to the luggage transportation: up to 50 kgs, depending on the length of the contract
  • Eventual Rest & Recuperation (R&R) every 2 months or 3 months, flight tickets covered up to $500 and allowance of $200 depending on the context
  • Annual leave of 25 to 43 days per year
  • One week pre-departure training in Acted HQ, including a 4-days in situ security training
  • Tax advice (free 30-minute call with a tax consultant)
  • Psychological assistance

About the Company

Acted works with 19 million people across 43 countries at the intersection of humanitarian, development, climate, and environmental programming. We draw on deep contextual knowledge and embrace emerging technologies to save lives, alleviate suffering, and protect and restore our planet. Working in collaboration with a growing ecosystem of local, national, and international partners, we pursue one shared objective: a 3Zero World – Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, and Zero Poverty.

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Please send your application (CV and letter of motivation) by email ([email protected]) or below, including the reference: AC. Please note that Acted will never charge a fee for the recruitment process.

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Founded in 1994, ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, France. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict neutrality and impartiality in its decisions, and operates according to non-discrimination and transparency principles.ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; coconstruct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.With a budget of 200 million EUR in 2016, ACTED is active in almost 40 countries and implements more than 460 projects a year. With 300 international staff and 4,300 national staff, ACTED’s project reach over 11 million beneficiaries.In early 2015, ACTED and IMPACT, a Switzerland-based non-governmental organisation, partnered to launch the REACH Initiative in Ukraine. The Initiative aims at facilitating the development of information tools and products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision-making and planning capacity and improve the effectiveness of the humanitarian response.

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