Location : Gedaref, Sudan
Starting Date : ASAP
Duration of Mission : 6 months
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads in average 200 projects by year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 7 million people in 21 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.
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Over the past thirty years, Sudan has been theatre of a number of humanitarian crises, internal conflicts, including the separation of South Sudan in 2011, epidemics, economic downturns and natural disasters. The revolution of 2019 and the fall of Omar al-Bashir, brought in a sense of hope and reconciliation, setting the scene for a comprehensive peace process which could end years of violence and conflict affecting several parts of the vast country. The lifting of Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorisms, political reforms and willingness from the transitional government to open to the international community are all signs of hope. These significant developments have also led the Government to allow humanitarian actors to access to South Kordofan, both in areas controlled by the central government and in areas controlled by SPLM-N forces, although access to the latter remains restricted.
Despite all these positive signs, Sudan continues to face complex humanitarian crisis, political instability, a spiralling inflation, as well as fuel and food shortages. This context is coupled with climate change-related shocks, including heavy flooding and severe drought, endemics, and an influx of refugees from neighbouring countries. These factors have contributed to heightened poverty, rising malnutrition levels and food insecurity. According to UNOCHA, 9.3 million people need humanitarian assistance in 2020. More and more people are unable to meet their own needs, and this problem impacts first and foremost the most vulnerable, including refugees, internally displaced people and hard-to-reach communities. According to ACAPS, 9.6 million people are food insecure, 65% increase from the same period last year, and the highest number ever recorded. In the face of spiralling inflation, households are now spending more on basic necessities, neglecting other items considered of secondary importance such as health, education and safe-drinking water.
In addition to an already volatile and precarious situation, the ongoing crisis in the Ethiopia, pushed over 60.000 refugees from the Tigray Region to flee into Eastern Sudan. Even prior to the Refugees influx, Gedaref was categorized as one of the most vulnerable states in the country, prone to natural disaster such as floods. Al Mafaza has been identified as the most vulnerable district of the state. The 2020 Sudan HNO estimated that 50% of people in those areas are at risk of floods and other natural hazards and need humanitarian support. The WASH infrastructures and health care system have been struggling to provide for the most basic and life-saving services, today, those infrastructures are not in the position to cope with the additional work-load, represented by new arrivals from the Tigray region.
Première Urgence Internationale is an NGO resulting from the merger of Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI) and Première Urgence (PU) in 2011. AMI began operating in Darfur in 2004, supporting primary health centres and deploying mobile clinics, in close coordination with the ministry of health. In 2009, AMI had to close the mission. However, whether through PU or AMI before 2011, PUI has since been present in the region in Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan until 2019 and Libya, conducting Health, Nutrition, Food Security and WASH
activities.
In February 2020, PUI carried out assessments in South Kordofan, identifying high needs in health and nutrition in newly accessible areas, following the fall of the 30 year old Bashir regime and ongoing peace talks. In September 2020, PUI set up a coordination office in Khartoum, and a field office in Al Abbassiya, South Kordofan. In 2021, PUI aims to improve and expand the coverage of population's basic needs, reducing mortality and morbidity of vulnerable populations, through an integrated approach, creating synergies with other partners to maximise humanitarian efforts. The project aims to ensure access to the basic package of health, including sexual and reproductive health, Gender-Based Violence and nutrition activities, supporting health facilities in remote and hard-to-reach areas, while strengthening referral systems and community health involvement. In partnership with TGH, this intervention will also include education, wash, hygiene and sanitation activities to benefit the same targeted communities.
Subsequent to the Ethiopian refugee crisis, PUI conducted three needs assessments in Gedaref State. In Partnership with Solidarité Internationale, PUI is planning to respond to the Ethiopian Refugee Crisis in Gedaref State, supporting existing health facilities through health, WASH and nutrition activities, strengthening the referral system for both refugees, as well as host-communities, aiming to promote social cohesion and peaceful coexistence. The support will be extended to two health facilities in the vicinity of the Refugee camp of El Tenetba, and the nearest Stabilization Centre of Al Mafaza for Severe Cases of Malnutrition needing hospitalization. PUI will be conducting Health and Nutrition activities, while SI will be covering for the Water Sanitation and Hygiene needs.
In this context PUI is looking for a positive, dynamic and flexible Field Coordinator, able to motivate the team and ensure excellent teamwork and outcomes.
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As part of our actions in Sudan, we are looking for a Field Coordinator in Gedaref.
The Field Coordinator (FC) is responsible for the proper functioning of the Gedaref base, and effective and qualitative implementation of all programmes activities in the areas of intervention.
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PROPERTY AND PEOPLE
ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMES AND PROPOSES NEW INTERVENTIONS:
A_ Project Implementation
B_ Strategy and project development
SUPERVISE TEAMS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STAFF AT THE BASE
S/he guides the work of the expatriates at the base, tracks the realisation of their objectives, and leads the mid-term and final evaluation exercises.
S/he participates in the hiring process, as well as in any decision related to the termination of employment contracts of local personnel on the base.
S/he ensures compliance with the HR internal regulations and code of conduct of PUI teams in the base.
S/he is in manages the HR and administrative team management of local personnel, in particular, payroll operations, monitoring absences, constructing, updating and archiving administrative files of personnel. This task is done in coordination with the HR officer of the base.
In coordination with the Finance Coordinator, S/he makes sure that all local employees are subject to a written evaluation at least once per contract period and per year.
S/he assumes or delegates responsibility for the integration of any new employee on the base, and ensures, in particular, that the context of programme implementation, safety and security rules, logistical, administrative, HR and financial procedures, as well as procedures for the use of communication and transportation are explained and understood.
S/he completes training programmes for expatriate and local staff (organisational support, methodology, technical support as the case may be organisation of training sessions…).
S/he prepares the job profiles of local staff under his/her immediate supervision, endorses job profiles of local staff drafted by the technical managers at his/her site, and forwards them for endorsement to the human resources coordinator, and to any other potentially relevant party, (depending on the position).
S/he handles the management of interpersonal conflicts that arise on his/her site, and refers the matter to his/her immediate supervisor in the event that he/she is not able to resolve dispute.
S/he is the guardian of the image of PUI in his/her area of operation, and in that capacity ensures that the entire staff under his/her authority displays behaviour consistent with the values upheld by the organisation, and with full respect for the local culture.
ENSURE THE REPRESENTATION OF PUI IN THE JURISDICTION COVERED BY HIS/HER SITE
ENSURE REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
Training
Experiences
Knoweldges
Skills and Personal Characteristics
Languages
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