Reach Field Coordinator/brt

Background ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 4 000 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development. Our teams in the field implement some 380 projects in 34 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion. Functions The REACH Field Coordinator shall undertake regular field visits to ensure that: a-    Activities are correctly completed across the areas of intervention and that expected standards are met; b-    Challenges to implementation are addressed and/or reported to the REACH Assessment Officer in a timely manner; c-     Targets as stated in the work plan are met within a timely manner. Objective 1.2: Support to Assessment Coordination The Field Coordinator shall support the REACH Assessment Officer in the development of the assessment work plan and schedule, and manage the day-to-day running of the activities mentioned therein. Moreover, he/she shall liaise with the relevant ACTED/FLAT department whenever necessary, ensuring that ACTED/FLAT teams are given clear communications regarding assessment documentation. Objective 1.3: Management of Field Staff The Field Coordinator shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of Assessment Surveyors and for ensuring that all field teams are comprehensively briefed on the objective, expected outputs and that the overall implementation strategy of any given activity is clearly understood. The Field Coordinator shall ensure that Assessment Surveyors participate and fully understand any training activities conducted prior to the implementation of data collection activities. General Functions Objective 2.1: Maintenance of Comprehensive Assessment Documentation Filing The Field Coordinator shall ensure all relevant filing is properly organised, up-to-date and complete for all REACH activities. He/she shall, also work closely with the ACTED/FLAT teams to support project reconciliation exercises. Objective 2.2: Facilitation   Whenever required, the Field Coordinator is expected to facilitate trainings or attend coordination meetings. Moreover, he/she should be in a position to present the Project’s global and programmatic strategies and activities for Local Authorities. Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries The Field Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner.  Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies.  This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.