Emergency Coordinator (P)

The Emergency Coordinator is responsible for coordinating IOM's operations in response to humanitarian challenges in the Central African Republic. This role involves managing emergency-related projects, ensuring coherence with recovery activities, and liaising with various stakeholders to support stabilization and community resilience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor the implementation of all operational and administrative aspects of emergency-related projects, ensuring effectiveness, coherence, integrity and the application of the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Work in close collaboration with the Chief of Mission to ensure coherent and mutually supportive emergency response and recovery activities.
• Ensure adequate IOM’s Response Preparedness by improving coordination, verifying alignment with inter-sector frameworks, and coordinating preparedness efforts.
• Keep abreast of humanitarian policies, international standards and best practices; recommend incorporation of cross-cutting issues such as gender, age, education, disability, environment and protection.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of all emergency project reports and relevant materials.
• Guide and supervise staff responsible for emergency projects and coordinate training on emergency response.
• Identify new opportunities for emergency response and participate in project proposal development.
• Provide timely, accurate information to stakeholders regarding movements, displacements, and conditions in return/relocation areas.
• Liaise with donor representatives and periodically brief them on programs to mobilize financial support.
• Participate actively in inter-agency coordination groups and meetings with authorities, NGOs, donors and other stakeholders.
• Undertake duty travel for assessments, monitoring, liaison, problem solving, and project development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Business or Public Administration or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in fields related to IOM emergency programming, including emergency coordination, NFI/shelter, CCCM, DTM, protection, transition & recovery, or preparedness and response.
• Practical experience in project management, including administrative and financial management, procurement and HR procedures, and internal control procedures.
• Experience working in an emergency context and ability to liaise with government officials, donors, UN personnel, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
• Sound judgment, ability to extract, interpret, analyse and format data and make decisions rapidly to resolve operational problems.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Capacity to work effectively in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments.
• Solid computer skills, including proficiency in the MS Office package (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Fluency in English and French is required (oral and written).
• Working knowledge of another official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Emergency Coordination
• NFI/Shelter Programming
• CCCM coordination
• DTM System
• Protection Programming
• Transition and Recovery Programming
• Preparedness and Emergency Response
• Project Management
• Administrative Management
• Finance Management
• Procurement Procedures
• Human Resources Procedures
• Internal Control Procedures
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Data Analysis
• Operational Decision-Making
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Excel
• Power Point
• Outlook

Languages

English, French