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Spain COORDINATOR GLOBAL WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE CLUSTER

COORDINATOR GLOBAL WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE CLUSTER (Rapid Response Team)

MADRID, SPAIN

Réf : RRTWASH/MAD/11

ACF is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for ACF in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation. ACF-Spain is looking for a coordinator to the Global WASH cluster rapid response team. The position is based in Madrid under a secondment arrangement with UNICEF, with frequent deployment to the field to support the efforts of the WASH cluster at country level in an emergency response. Approximately 50% of the time will be spent on emergency deployment. The length of deployment will be limited to 2 months, however during non-mission period RRT, the coordinator will primarily be based in Madrid and work closely on WASH cluster priority issues. The time in Madrid will be equally divided between specific tasks allocated from the global WASH cluster, including supporting emergency preparedness missions in the Regions and assisting in building ACF-Spain’s internal capacity for emergency water/sanitation/hygiene response.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

1.Emergency deployment The Rapid Response Team (RRT) members will be deployed within 48 hours in an emergency to support the WASH sector response in the very first days of any emergency response for which additional surge capacity is required. Emergency field deployments will normally be up to 6-8 weeks duration. Coordinators will support the response in the areas of:

  • WASH Cluster Coordination at national or sub-national levels
  • Development of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene sector emergency response strategy
  • Technical support (i.e. hygiene, sanitation, water)
  • Need Assessment and Information analysis

2.Global WASH Cluster - Madrid

The global WASH cluster strategy (2011-2015) reflects agreed priorities. The RRT member would play a key role in the advancement of, and support to, progress in these areas, including capacity building and promotion of the tools and approaches adopted by the collective. The allocation of specific roles and tasks will seek to match the person’s interests and skills with project requirements and will be agreed with the Global WASH Cluster Coordinator.

3.ACF-Spain Up to 25 % of the potholder’s time will be engaged in supporting ACF-Spain cluster based capacity building strategy for national and international staff. This will include contributing to the refinement of internal procedures and tools to incorporate outputs from the global WASH cluster strategy and work plan, as they become available. It will also require the participation in training and providing technical support to ACF.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

  • Master’s degree or relevant combination of qualifications and experience, in hygiene, water and sanitation or associated disciplines.
  • Significant experience in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene sector, humanitarian preparedness, response, and poverty reduction and well developed understanding of the challenges and opportunities for community participation in emergency response.
  • Experience with natural and complex political emergencies in diverse cultural and climatic settings.
  • Experience in program design, management, monitoring and evaluation, including SPHERE standards, donor relations, security and protection considerations.
  • Experience in liaison with a broad range of stakeholders, including international donors, UN agencies and INGOs, national authorities, national/local partner agencies and emergency affected communities.
  • English fluency and a second relevant language (i.e. French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian or Portuguese).

REQUIREMENTS:

For candidates who are not in Madrid the first interview will be through telephone. Face to face interviews to be held in Madrid. Travel costs are initially on account of candidates, they will be reimbursed just in case of successful applications.

Interested candidates should send, together with the CV, the details of 2 managers who can provide us with professional references for the last two work experiences, and a letter of motivation. PLEASE indicate this reference RRTWASH/MAD/11 to: ach-candidaturas@achesp.org

The Human Resources department will contact only those pre-selected for an interview. Many thanks.

Selection process might include sending the CV to other HQs. If the candidate doesn’t agree, please tell us.

If the candidate has previous experience with ACF and has been recruited and validated in the past by another headquarter, or if the contract must be under other HQ please note that the salaries scale for this post will be in accordance with the policy of that headquarter.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send, together with the CV, the details of 2 managers who can provide us with professional references for the last two work experiences, and a letter of motivation. PLEASE indicate this reference RRTWASH/MAD/11 to: ach-candidaturas@achesp.org