Emergency Coordinator

The Emergency Coordinator supports the implementation of FAO’s emergency response in Haiti, coordinating humanitarian efforts, developing emergency strategies, and managing emergency operations and teams. The role involves collaboration with local authorities, UN agencies, donors, and partners to ensure effective response to food security and agricultural crises.

Responsibilities

• Ensure FAO’s active participation in all humanitarian coordination mechanisms (including clusters and/or sectors), with local government authorities, other UN agencies, donors and other partners.
• Develop an initial anticipatory action and emergency response strategy and lead the programming process from needs assessments through programme development and implementation, including FAO components of appeals, strategy documents, and project proposals.
• Participate in joint needs assessments and (co-)lead sector-specific assessments addressing needs of vulnerable groups and accountability to affected populations.
• Oversee development of an initial emergency operations plan, including human and financial resources, and implement all operational activities.
• Assist in setting up emergency assessment and response teams immediately to address new emergencies and provide surge capacity to country offices.
• Coordinate development of FAO’s contribution to inter-agency Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs) and Flash Appeals and prepare project profiles and full project documents for donor funding.
• Ensure required technical assistance from the Technical Focal Point Network is available to the Emergency Response Team and FAO implementing partners.
• Support sectorial coordination through the FAO-WFP co-led Food Security Cluster/Sector in the country.
• Oversee development of advocacy and outreach plans, including key messages, communication materials such as Executive and ad-hoc Briefs, Situation Reports, and authorize information to external communication sources.
• Establish and maintain regular contacts with donors and provide updated information on FAO assessments, response plans, and activities.
• Coordinate FAO’s contribution to inter-agency Post Disaster Needs Assessments and Post Conflict Needs Assessment.
• Ensure safety and wellbeing of FAO personnel responding to the emergency in accordance with FAO and UN system safety and security protocols.
• Manage demobilization of the Emergency Response Team and transition from temporary emergency response structure to country-led programming.
• Serve as a panel member in Affiliate Workforce interviews ensuring compliance with FAO recruitment standards.
• Supervise project Affiliate Workforce personnel, including consultants, ensuring clear understanding of roles, responsibilities, and expected deliverables.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in agriculture, food security, disaster risk management, humanitarian affairs, international development, or a closely related field.
• Consultants with a bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
• At least five years of relevant experience in emergency preparedness and response, humanitarian coordination, or managing food security and agricultural livelihoods programmes in crisis contexts.
• Working knowledge (level C) of French and English.
• Knowledge of humanitarian coordination mechanisms, including the cluster system and Food Security Cluster/Sector coordination.
• Experience in humanitarian needs assessments and developing anticipatory action strategies and emergency response programmes.
• Experience in emergency operations planning, resource management and supervision of response teams.
• Experience in donor engagement, resource mobilization and preparing funding proposals, Humanitarian Response Plans and Flash Appeals.
• Ability to integrate protection, gender and accountability to affected populations into emergency programming and prepare advocacy materials and situation reports.
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in long-term field positions is desirable.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required.

Skills

• Emergency Preparedness
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Food Security Programming
• Agricultural Livelihoods Management
• Humanitarian Needs Assessment
• Anticipatory Action Strategies
• Emergency Response
• Resource Management
• Team Supervision
• Donor Engagement Strategies
• Resource Mobilization
• Funding Request Preparation
• Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP)
• Flash Appeals
• Protection integration
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Accountability to Affected Populations
• Advocacy Material Development
• Situation Reporting
• Cluster Coordination
• Food Security Cluster Coordination

Languages

French, English