Back Yemen - A Field Coordinator in Hodeidah

Starting date : Janvier 2020

Duration of Mission : 6 months

Localisation : Hodeidah, Yemen (Mobility: Extensive travel may be required )

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilian victims of marginalization and exclusion, or those hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapse 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 on average 200 projects a 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 6 million people in 22 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.

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Context in the country

The armed conflict has spread rapidly throughout much of Yemen since mid-March 2015, with devastating consequences for civilians. More than three years of violence has led one of the world's poorest countries into chaos. The disruption of the commercial and humanitarian imports as well as of the market system, the displacement of populations, the loss of livelihoods and incomes, the damage on the private and public infrastructure and the general destabilization of the public system have contributed to the widespread of food insecurity, malnutrition and to a serious lack of access to health. Today, according to the Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO, 2019), it is estimated that approximately 24.1 million people in Yemen, about 80% of the population, are in need of humanitarian support, including 14.3 million in acute need, while 19.7 million people in Yemen require assistance to ensure adequate access to healthcare.

PUI has been working in Yemen since 2007, by providing an integrated approach mainly focused on health and nutrition, coupled with food security and WASH activities, in order to combine an emergency response with a longer term community based approach.

PUI’s strategy/position in the country

At the time of writing, PUI operates in Al Mansuryah, As Sukhnah and Al Mighlaf Districts in Hodeidah Governorate and in Al Jabin District in Raymah Governorate in the North; moreover, in 2019 a base has been established in the South, in Al Mokha District, located in Taizz Governorate.

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As part of our activities in Yemen, we are looking for a Field Coordinator

The Field Coordinator is responsible for the proper functioning of the project site, and proper implementation of programs developed on that site.

Main activities:

• Safety: He/She is responsible of the safety of the site, as well as people and properties.
• Programs: He/She coordinates the teams, and e nsures proper implementation of programs on the site, under the supervision of his/her immediate supervisor.
• Human Resources: He/She supervises all of the teams at the site, as well as national and international staff.
• Logistical, administrative and financial support: He/She oversees the logistical, administrative and financial components at the site for the purpose of program implementation, and ensures compliance with the relevant procedures, with substantive support from the Logistics Coordinator, and the Administrative and Financial Coordinator of the mission.
• Representation: He/She represents the organization before the partners, authorities, and various local actors operating in the area where his/her base is located.
• Coordination: He/She centralizes and disseminates information from/to the site, and consolidates the internal and external reporting activities implemented in his/her field of operations before submitting them to the immediate supervisor.
• Assessment/ Strategy: He/She participates in strategy development and proposes new interventions in function of needs identified in his/her field of operations.

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Required profile

Training:

• Bachelor/Master in and International Relations, Political Science or similar.

Experience:

• 2 years minimum; experience in safety management (humanitarian expatriation)

Knowledge and skills:

• Security Management
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Excellent skills in terms of external relationships

Languages : English is required, arabic is a plus

Proposed terms

• Starting Date: As soon as possible
• Fix-Term contract 6 months
• Monthly Gross Income: from 2 220 up to 2 530 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with PUI
• Cost Coverde Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines…
• Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
• Housing in collective accommodation
• Daily Living Expenses « Per diem »
• Break Policy : 5 working days every 2 months + break allowance
• Paid Leaves Policy : 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months **

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