FSL Cluster Co-coordinator
About this role
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES:
- Co-lead a large network of FSL partners through cluster meetings and training workshops as well as one-on-one advisement.
- Together with the cluster coordinator, provide leadership and strategic direction in the prioritization of needs and selection and monitoring of project proposals and common funding criteria for inclusion in South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) standard and reserve allocations, Central Emergency response fund (CERF), DOS priorities, and other inter-agency funding appeals.
- Co-lead in conducting various FSL-related assessments, analyses, and prioritization processes, including through the Inter Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), and other sub-national coordination mechanisms.
- Facilitate Technical Working Groups when needed (for example, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Cash and Markets) and oversee the smooth implementation of the national Integrated Emergency Response Program (IERP) by different partners.
- In coordination with the cluster coordinator, ensure that the Cluster's strategic operational framework is regularly updated to reflect evolving needs, and that appropriate links and dialogue are maintained with Cluster partners and other relevant actors, especially national NGOs and INGOs, as well as the NGO Forum.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Agriculture, Food Security or a relevant field from a recognized University
- Minimum 5 years of experience in managing FSL projects in fragile contexts
- Technical competence in the Cluster system and Food Security and Livelihoods sector
- Ability to contribute actively and meaningfully to complex analysis and strategy formulation
- Full understanding of the humanitarian Cluster system including pooled funding mechanisms
- Strong ability to work with diverse stakeholders to develop consensus
- Effective communicator with strong presentation/facilitation skills
- Ability to apply humanitarian principles and enable the links between emergency response, recovery and transition to development
- Experience in proposal development and budget management a key attribute
- Fluent verbal and written communication in English
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field is preferred
- Experience in proposal design and writing and/or reviewing
- Prior experience working with a UN agency or within the Cluster system
- Arabic language skills considered a plus
- Juba-based with up to 25% domestic field travel
- Ability to work in a hardship posting under stressful circumstances
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants OnlyCompany at a glance
World Vision is the largest child-focused private charity in the world. We are a leader in child sponsorship, community development, humanitarian response, and advocacy. Our 33,000+ staff members working in nearly 100 countries have united with our incredible supporters to impact the lives of over 200 million vulnerable children by tackling the root causes of poverty. Through World Vision, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.
Motivated by our faith and guided by our deep experience and expertise, we are a Christian child sponsorship, humanitarian, development, and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families, and their communities around the world and creating lasting impact that will live on in generations to come. We serve all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
Vision Statement
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
Our Mission Statement
World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.
We pursue this mission through an integrated, holistic commitment to:
- Transformational Development that is community-based and sustainable, focused especially on the needs of children.
- Emergency Relief that assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster.
- Promotion of Justice that seeks to change unjust structures affecting the poor among whom we work.
- Partnerships with churches to contribute to spiritual and social transformation.
- Public Awareness that leads to informed understanding, giving, involvement and prayer.
- Witness to Jesus Christ by life, deed, word and sign that encourages people to respond to the Gospel.
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