Job Title: Field Coordinator
Work Base: Buea, Southwest Region, Cameroon
Responsible to: Program manager
Duration: 9 months
Start date: 1st July 2019
Closing date: until suitable candidate is found
Fee: USD3500 to USD4000 depending on experience
The Mentor Initiative, is about to start the implementation of a very challenging program in two health districts in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Since late 2016, Anglophone regions of Cameroon (Southwest and Northwest) have endured turmoil and violence in what has since become a man-made humanitarian crisis.
This crisis has led to killings, destruction of properties, sexual harassment and massive population displacements. More than 437.000 people, the majority of which have remained in the Southwest Region have left their homes in search for protection. In line with health cluster needs assessments in the Southwest Region, the assessment conducted by the MENTOR INITIATIVE has confirmed the deteriorating public health situation in this very volatile conflict zone. As a result of a dramatic decrease in access to health services, both at facility and community level and the mass displacement of populations, mostly into the forest areas, and the added lack of shelter and low access to drinking water, have created precarious hygiene conditions and exposed these populations to the increased risk of epidemics.
The Field Coordinator manages a very challenging program that is meant to be the start of a longer-term presence of the MENTOR/Solidarités partnership in the Anglophone Regions of Cameroon. The very volatile security situation, leading to serious limitations in humanitarian access, further aggravated by very cautious and sometimes suspicious actors, turning service delivery at times in very delicate operations.
The main responsibilities of this post include the following:
In close collaboration with CD, the field coordinator is responsible for overall security management:
With technical support from the health program manager (HPM), the Field Coordinator is responsible for organising and supervising malaria and other disease control activities in the target area. This includes:
With support from the Logistics Coordinator, the Finance Coordinator and the CD, the Field Coordinator ensures that the Buea base operates on the basis of MENTOR’s existing standardised systems and procedures within all aspects of operational support:
o Organise regular general team meetings, technical meetings as well as operational support meetings
o Provide input to MENTOR internal situation reports
o Provide input to the MENTOR regional network (Chad, CAR, DRC, Nigeria) if needed
o Assist the CD with field related information for external reports and/or donor proposals.
o Participate in external meetings related to general or security context in the areas of responsibility.
o Organise and participate in technical meetings with health stakeholders in the target area.
o Ensure a transparent and efficient exchange of data, context reports etc with relevant stakeholders.
o Provide support during agreed media related field visits as required by the CD
CV and letter of motivation to be sent to recruitment@mentor-initiative.net
Additional information on this particular job and its many challenges can be discussed either over phone, e-mail or skype with the emergency response coordinator of The Mentor Initiative.
Hans van Dillen (emergency.coordinator@mentor-initiative.net). Skype: hansvandillen
Tagged as: Buea, Cameroon, MENTOR Initiative
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