Field Coordinator

General objective:

The Field Coordinator acts as delegated Country Director for the area of intervention. He/She leads the field base, defines and steers the operational strategy according to the humanitarian and geopolitical context, ensures programme quality and compliance with SI standards, mobilises the resources required for implementation, manages teams, and oversees safety, representation and external coordination.

Issues and specific challenges

1. Managing a team in a highly complex and volatile security environment, even in a ceasefire context; ensuring vigilance on security rules, movement validation, and the overall security framework.

2. Training and guiding a less experienced team in a context where SI has operated in Gaza only since after the October 2023 attacks; ensuring the regularisation of our processes, communications, and ways of working.

3. Ensuring strong implementation capacity, especially if additional funding is secured from a new donor.

4. Expatriate-heavy base management team.

5. Need to develop programming into the very, very early stages of solutions that are in part more durable or which allow SI to reach more people at scale, especially on the WASH side.

Priorities on the 2-3 first months :

1. Ensure the safety and security of the team.

2. Monitor the increase of the team, including possible changes in guesthouse and office, and the nationalization of certain positions.

3. With the programme team, deepen understanding of the context in a ceasefire environment, where more and more NGOs are not registered, in order to shape a clear vision of SI’s appropriate role.

4. Improving SI's representation in the Gaza Strip and ability to improve its decision making, quality of programming, and relationship with civil society/the Clusters as a result.

Security constraints :

Security constraints are extremely high in Gaza, with air, land and naval strikes, risks related to medium and light infantry weapons, and severe social tensions linked to war, deprivation and economic collapse. The position requires strong security awareness, strict adherence to protocols, and the ability to lead under pressure.

Your profile

Education / academic background:

Education background in logistics, transport, warehousing, IT, supply chain, management…

Specific skills and experience:

Technical skills

1. Strong knowledge in team management and mentoring.

2. Capacity to deal with many different issues, to self- update and learn very quickly from a highly and constantly evolving environment.

3. Ability to manage and prioritize a high workload and multiple tasks with tight deadlines.

4. Good representational skills, Ability to liaise, INGOs, other agencies, authorities and donors.

5. A good understanding of security management.

6. A good understanding of humanitarian issues including IDPs, camp management protection, advocacy.

7. Ability to write/edit quality reports in English.

Transversal skills

1. Ability to work in multi-cultural environment; more generally, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and strong cultural sensitivity.

2. Willingness to work in a volatile security context.

3. Ability to take initiatives, decisions and work in autonomy is essential.

4. Good problem-solving skills in day to day and crisis situations.

5. Important flexibility and adaptability.

6. Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset

7. Prior experience in South Sudan would be considered as an asset

Desired Candidate Profile