Working overseas

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Country Director

• Responsibility for all programmes
• Negotiates programmes with donors
• Defines strategy of intervention
• Coordinates with other agencies
• Relations with central government

Programme Coordinator

• Overall programme implementation and coordination
• Relations with local authorities
• Ensures team’s security
• Team management

Financial Controller

• Establishes and manages budgets
• Supervises national staff and office administration

Water and Sanitation Engineer

• Coordinated all water/sanitation activities
• Supervises and implements projects: construction of wells, gravity-fed water systems and emergency water systems; construction, protection and development of natural springs
• Supports local NGOs as implementing partners

Nurse/Nutritionist

• Establishes and supervises Therapeutic or Supplementary Feeding Centres
• Conducts nutritional surveys, analyses data and provides recommendations accordingly

Agronomist / Food Security

• Responsible for food security needs assessment
• Selects the type of seeds and tools for distribution in cooperation with national experts and incorporating local experience
• Creates evaluation tools for monitoring of the agricultural season
  
  

Logistician

• Manages the office, house and vehicles
• Handles all procurement, purchasing and supply stocks
• Manages communication equipment and security procedures

Responsibility:

• The Country Director will be responsible for the entire process of the mission in the field 
• You will support, coordinate and supervise logistic, finance and human resource issues for efficient and optimal programme implementation
• You will guarantee that the ethical and operational principles of Action Against Hunger are respected

Profile:

Education levels:

• Degree in political science or relevant discipline within the humanitarian sector
  
  

Competency Skills:

• Good relational qualities and communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Writing qualities
• Confirmed experience in team support
• Humanitarian experience
• Organisational aptitude
• Excellent knowledge of English

Responsibility:

• Analyse the political, economic, social, military and humanitarian context of the area
• Supervise the advancement of programmes with respect to technical and budgetary plans
• Coordinate the activities of the association with those of other players
• Guarantee the security of people present in the area
• Manage the executive staff members

Profile:

Education levels

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience
  
  

Competencies

• Good relational and communication qualities
• Analytical aptitude
• Writing skills
• Experience in team support
• Humanitarian experience

Responsibility:

• Preparation and management budget for the mission
• Validating base expense forecasts
• Supervising the invoice checking and the accounting of the sectoral departments
• Consolidate and validate the cash forecast for the mission
• Follow up on financial risk
• Develop partnerships with local authorities for HR issues, financial issues and administrations
• Supervise the administrators team

Profile:

Education levels:

• Higher degree in economics or finance                                                                                                                         

Competencies:

• Sound experience in finance and management
• Sense of diplomacy
• Professionalism
• Firmness
• Sense of confidentiality
• Good interpersonal skills

Responsibility:

Responsible for coordinating the technical aspects of the programme by:

• Supervising the evolution of the situation through collection and defining data base
• Supporting the Country Director and Programme Coordinator on formulation of country strategies
• Analysing framework together with the coordination team
• Contributing towards the definition of the programming strategy and supervising the programmes
• Managing the technical team
• Representing the organisation when liaising with various partners in the country

Profile:

Education levels:

• Degree related to technical area of expertise

Competencies:

• Previous experience in the humanitarian field
• Through the professional knowledge in each post, cohesive cooperation with members of team and other departments
• Experience in each sectoral field
• Ability to train and coach others

Responsibility:

• Establishing and ensuring follow-up of the base’s logistics and managing the security of the base
• Managing the chain of supplies (quality, price, procedure)
• Checking delivery to the departments, bases and programmes, the equipment, means of communication and pool of vehicles
• Regular report on the logistics to the logistics coordinator
• Management of the security of the base,
• Supervising the team
• Providing planning and operational management of logistics activity of staff and goods (locally, regionally, and internationally)

Profile:

• Coordinating all the logistics activities and security of the mission
• Coordinating the logistics at the national level and supervising the management of equipment
• Managing the Human Resources logistics
• Defining the rules of security as delegated by the country director
• Reports and analyses
• Represent Action Against Hunger when liaising with partners
• Supervising a team
  
  

Education levels:

• High School Leaving Certificate + 4 years’ training in logistics or equivalent

Competencies:

• Experience in humanitarian work indispensable
• Experience in management and in following through a programme
• Evaluating security
• Good organisation skills
• Good analytical capacity
• Team spirit
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

What we offer

Starting Salary
Your starting salary will be calculated within the starting salary range of our salary grades. This calculation is based on a formula used to calculate all starting salaries for field posts which rewards a range of areas including the experience your bring and how well you meet the essential and desirable person specification criteria for the post.

Salary Advance
You may receive a normal salary advance of up to $500 per month in cash in the country that you are working. This is reclaimed at the end of the month from your monthly salary payment.

Annual Salary Review
Salaries are reviewed annually and a percentage general increase may be awarded to all staff. This is in addition to any loyalty bonus which has been awarded.

Flights
We provide you with a flight at the beginning and end of your contract with us.

Annual Leave
Annual leave is 25 days per year in your first year of working with Action Against Hunger, accrued at a rate of 2 days per month worked.

Breaks
As well as annual leave, additional time off from the programme may be given in some countries where circumstances are particularly difficult (e.g. very remote or insecure areas, very limited opportunities for social/recreational activities). This will vary from country to country and where it is given, will range from one week off every 12 weeks to one week off every six weeks. During your break Action Against Hunger will cover the costs of travel to the closest agreed suitable location and accommodation.

Vaccinations & Medical Check
we cover the costs of all necessary vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis for the country that you will be working in. All staff going overseas also have a medical briefing and check with our external independent medical advisers, Interhealth.

Insurance
Action Against Hunger provides full health insurance cover from the start of your contract with us. This includes cover for medical evacuation if this is ever necessary.

Accommodation
Action Against Hunger will provide you with accommodation free of charge whilst you are in the field.  As a minimum you will have your own room in shared accommodation with other team members. In some locations and dependant on contract length and budget, some staff are able to have individual accommodation.

Action Against Hunger strongly encourages staff development and offers a variety of training courses and other development opportunities.

Formal training programmes include induction, a five-day pre-departure course followed by a few days relevant technical training, and a Leadership & Management Development Programme made up of internal training events.

Staffs are also able to access and distance learning based activities whilst in the field.

Briefing & Debriefing
Where possible all staff visit our London Head Office for a briefing when they start with Action Against Hunger and for a debriefing when the return.

Retirement Age
We welcome staff of all ages to join Action Against Hunger. Our retirement age for field posts is 75.

External Psychological Debrief
We recognise that sometimes field staff find it beneficial to talk confidentially to a professional outside the organisation as part of their de-brief. We will discuss this option with you on your return and encourage you to take up contact with Interhealth or other debriefing specialists.

All benefits are calculated on a pro-rata basis for part time staff.

How to apply

We accept applications for overseas jobs on an ongoing basis. Please review the job profiles and then apply online for the generic post that you are interested in. We accept only CV’s with cover letters and will try to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, then assume that you have not been short listed at this time.

We also accept applications through the post:

Human Resources Department

First Floor Rear Premises

161-163 Greenwich High Road

London

SE10 8 JA

 Recruitment process

Please note that until further notice we will not be considering any applications for field roles.

Applications are reviewed and interviewed by the department and relevant Technical Advisor on a cyclical basis for each relevant sector. For 2009, the timetable is as follows:

We operate a register (or pool) of professional humanitarian staff which is shared amongst all of ACF International.  This means that you will only go through an interview process once.  We strive to place you in a position within three months of being placed onto the register.

The interview process starts with an initial interview with the Human Resources department to look at your competencies and your fit within ACF International. You will also be required to sit a written security test to gauge your understanding of personal and team security awareness followed by a technical written test. The full process may take up to 4 hours. 

If successful at this stage, you will then have a technical interview with the relevant technical advisor. We endeavour to complete this process within one month.

Once the process is completed and you are successful, this will then be followed by our two week ‘Pre-Departure Training and Technical Training’ in Paris or Madrid.

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