Field Coordinator

**Requisition ID**: req37541

**Job Title**:Field Coordinator

**Sector**: Operations

**Employment Category**: Fixed Term

**Employment Type**: Full-Time

**Open to Expatriates**: Yes

**Location**: Menaka, Mali

International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

IRC opened the national program in Mali in 2012. Our programs range from humanitarian assistance to early recovery activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic well-being, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, and governance. We work in the north, the center, and the south of Mali. Conflict and drought have caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Mali and neighboring countries. The security situation in the north remains fragile. Nonetheless, the needs of internally displaced persons and conflict-affected host communities are still pressing, and the issue of humanitarian access is an ongoing process.

**Job Overview**:
The Field Coordinator is overall in charge of the day-to-day activities at the field site. They will supervise the day-to-day activities of various programs and operational units /department staff on their site. The Field Coordinator is responsible for ensuring cross-departmental coordination and collaboration, that timely support is provided for effective program implementation, staff health, safety, and security, effective representation of IRC in the operational area, compliance with IRC policies and procedures, and accountability to clients and colleagues. This position, based in Menaka, is line-managed by the Deputy Director of Operations (DDO).

**Major responsibilities**:
**Program**
- Ensure programs are implemented on time, to budget, to the required high standard, and in line with the donor’s award.
- Ensure appropriate M&E and CRM structures and activities support all program activities.
- Assist each program and operational unit manager with technical advice and support. Ensure program and operations teams receive the required support and monitoring from Bamako departments.
- Travel regularly to oversee and follow up on progress at all program locations. Prepare and distribute field visit notes with the main finding, agreed-on action points, the timeline for delivery, and who is responsible for delivery.
- Continually and vigorously search for relevant new program opportunities.
- As required by donor contracts, the Field Coordinator will ensure reports on project activities are developed and submitted on time in Bamako and that reports provide the level of detail required to meet commitments to donors.
- The Field Coordinator will play a significant role in developing donor proposals for their site by ensuring that proposals are supported by:
o Timely and robust assessments,

o program budgets that reflect the site operating environment and needs, and realistic program activity plans.

**Policy Implementation**
- Ensure the consistent implementation of all IRC/ Bamako policies, manuals, and procedures.
- Ensure IRC WAY and the organization policies are implemented accurately, and employees know how to raise concerns.
- Ensure all staff attends mandatory training, particularly related to Gender awareness, Safeguarding, SEA, Fraud awareness/prevention, and Safety and Security.

**Supply Chain**
- Overseeing the field office Supply Chain department and the functioning of the supply chain, including procurement planning, purchasing of goods and services, their transport and storage,
- Ensure the maintenance of a system for supervising and identifying all IRC assets.
- Ensure that all contracts with suppliers and vendors are fully legal and protect IRC as possible.
- Ensure organization, planning, and maintenance of the fleet and equipment and the functioning of the means of communication appropriate at the field office.
- Ensuring the proper setup/rehabilitation/running of base premises (office/guest house),

**Human Resource Management**
- Supervising and motivating direct reports, following up on their performance, and providing mentoring to ensure staff performance and development.
- Provide counseling and support in the resolution of employee relations problems. With support from HR, take appropriate disciplinary action in line with IRC’s HR policies.
- Ensure recruitment of new staff takes place promptly,
- Delegate program duties in a responsible manner. Provide leadership, promote professional working relationships, and inspire staff member