Field Coordinator Assistant

MISSION

Goal / Purpose:

The Field Coordinator Assistant assists the Field Coordinator in his/her representation, program coordination, strategy preparation and programming for Solidarités International in his/her intervention zone, coordination with other humanitarian participants, team management and humanitarian monitoring.

These tasks entail strict confidentiality on the part of the Assistant Field Coordinator. It is strictly prohibited for the Field Coordinator Assistant to disclose information concerning Solidarités International and its activities without prior authorization from the Field Coordinator.

POSITION

List of main tasks:

Representation

• Under delegation of the Field Coordinator, represent Solidarités International during humanitarian and security coordination meetings
• Ensure that Solidarités International’s message is conveyed during meetings in accordance with its mandate and programs
• Regularly visit Solidarités International’s intervention sites

Humanitarian monitoring

• Communicate between the local and/or international NGOs in accordance with the partitioning of contacts decided with the Field Coordinator
• Under delegation of the Field Coordinator, attend meetings under his/her direct responsibility
• Participate in the drafting of Solidarités International’s intervention strategy in the zone (especially via annual programming) and suggest program orientations in liaison with the Field Coordinator and the base other departments. To this end, the Field Coordinator Assistant is responsible, under the supervision of the Field Coordinator, for humanitarian monitoring in his/her intervention zone so as to anticipate as early as possible the pertinent needs to be addressed within Solidarités International’s mandate.

Coordination

• Draft minutes for the Field Coordinator for each meeting he/she attends
• Compile the weekly situation report and send it each Monday afternoon to the Field Coordinator
• In the absence of the Field Coordinator, coordinate the weekly base meeting
• Draft the minutes for base meetings

ORG CHART POSITION (reporting and functional relationships)

Line manager: Field Coordinator

Line report(s) on base:  -

Functional manager: -

Functional report(s): -

The Field Coordinator Assistant may be asked to drive SOL cars and respecting the driving policies set by the logistic department and attached to this document.