Première Urgence Internationale is looking for a field coordinator in hodeida

Expérience	0 à 3 ans
Fonctions	Gestion de projets/programmes
Secteurs d’activité	Gestion crise / post-crise
Pays	Moyen Orient, Yémen

Context :

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilian victims of marginalization and exclusion, or those hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapse by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads on average 200 projects a year in the following sectors of intervention: Food Security, Health, Nutrition, Construction and Rehabilitation of infrastructures, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Economic Recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 6 million people in 23 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.

Humanitarian situation and needs:

The conflict in Yemen started in 2014 with an internal political crisis which, later on, degenerated into an open war between northern-based Houthi Movement, allied to former President Saleh, and forces loyal to the official government, led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. In March 2015, violence escalated when a Saudi-led coalition launched military operations to restore the official government and stop the Houthi-Saleh alliance, who already controlled Sana’a and advanced on Aden. The Saudi intervention led to a stalemate in which the country largely remains as per now.  The war also escalated on the economic front as the Saudi-led coalition declared a blockade on large portions of the country still controlled by the Houthis. The fragmentation of power deepened in the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, when the Houthi-Saleh alliance blew up, two months before the collapse of Aden’s fragile balance between Hadi’s supporters and Southern independentist forces. During that period, anti-Houthi forces secured territorial gains in south-western Al-Jawf, southern Al-Hudaydah and eastern Al-Bayda which, while far from rapid, were notably quicker than their previous pace. The main battlefield of the Yemen war is now the city and harbour of Hodeidah.

The conflict has led to devastating consequences for a population already highly vulnerable. Before the civil war erupted, Yemen was already enduring a humanitarian crisis with 15.9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, recording one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. The intervention of the Saudi-led coalition in March 2015 translated into a severe aggravation of the humanitarian context. The disruption of the commercial and humanitarian imports, the displacement of populations, the disrupted market system, the loss of livelihoods and incomes, the damage on the private and public infrastructures, and the general destabilization of the public system contributed to widespread food insecurity, malnutrition and a serious lack of access to health. With the lift of the blockade by Saudi Arabia in December 2017, a return to the pre-blockade prices and imports was expected at the beginning of 2018. However, activities of Al Hodeidah and Salif ports have not been back to normal, and staple foods’ and fuel prices remain volatile. Besides, displacement of populations continues to be a collateral damage of the conflict, as up to 16 000 households have been displaced since December 2017 in or near Hodeidah, Taizz, Ibb, and Lahj governorates.

As a result, an estimated 22.2 million people in Yemen need some kind of humanitarian or protection assistance, including 11.3 million who are in acute need. 17.8 million people are food insecure at national level, of which 8.4 are severely food insecure. Among these, some 1.8 million children and 1.1 million Pregnant or Lactating Women (PLW) are acutely malnourished, including 400,000 Children under 5 years-old (CU5) suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). With only 50 per cent of health facilities fully functional, and a disruption of health personnel’s salaries, 16.4 million people in Yemen require assistance to ensure adequate access to healthcare – 9.3 million of whom are in acute need. An estimated 16 million Yemenis need humanitarian assistance to establish or maintain access to safe water, basic sanitation and hygiene facilities. Collapsing urban water and sanitation systems, deteriorating water and sanitation conditions in rural areas, and lack of means to maintain personal hygiene and purchase safe drinking water all contributed to one of the worst cholera outbreaks in the world. Finally, the increasing difficulties of food supply in the country and, more importantly, the ongoing collapse of the riyal, which severely impacts the price of basic commodities, raise the possibility of a large scale problem of access to food in Yemen in the coming months.

Our action in the field :

PUI has been present in Yemen since 2007. From 2007 to 2011, PUI supported the primary health system in Hodeidah Governorate. After a one-year stand-by in 2011 due to security reasons, the mission re-started in July 2012 with a nutrition project focusing both on emergency response and a longer term community-based approach in Hodeidah and extended its activity in Raymah Governorate.

Since the beginning of the current crisis in 2014, PUI has progressively developed a core field of intervention based on an integrated approach in order to contribute to tackle one of the main issues faced by the conflict affected population in Yemen: acute malnutrition and access to health care. This integrated approach currently includes:

• The direct provision or the support to Primary Health Care (PHC) services, including  Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Sexual and reproductive Health care (SRH) Antenatal and Postnatal Care (ANC & PNC), Vaccination, Health and hygiene Promotion ;
• The management of Outpatient Therapeutic Programs (OTP) and Supplementary Feeding Programs (SFP) for Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) cases ;
• The support to standard safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services in Health facilities ;
• The management of General Food Aid and the distribution of Food Baskets for households with SAM cases.

Since May 2017 PU-AMI is also a part of the Emergency Cholera Response in Hodeida and Raymah through the set up or Oral Rehydration Points and Cholera Treatment Centre when needed, and as a partner of an early warning system.

In 2018, PUI continues to concentrate its intervention in 6 districts of Hodeida and 3 districts of Raymah and plans, in addition to the above activities, to reinforce the local Healthcare system through the intensive rehabilitation of HFs and the support to the medical referral system. The evolution of the military situation on the ground has forced PUI’s team to be relocated from its office in Hodeida city during the bulk of the recent period, but the activities themselves, being implemented in districts out of the frontlines, have continued without interruption.

PUI also plans to extend in 2019 its activity in the parts of the country currently controlled by the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) of Yemen. The area of al Mokha, in Taiz Governorate, is currently the subject of an assessment in this perspective.

PUI is also positioning itself in influencing positions, through effective participation to clusters and sub-clusters (nutrition; food security and livelihoods; WASH) and working closely with relevant government departments (Ministry of Plan, Ministry of Health) both at central level in Sana’a and at local level in Hodeidah and Raymah The mission will explore opportunities for geographical expansion through developing and clarifying expansion criteria beyond the current Governorates and District.

As part of our activities in Yemen, we are looking for a Field Coordinator.

The Field Coordinator is responsible for the proper functioning of the project site, and proper implementation of programs developed on that site.

Main activities:

• Safety: He/She is responsible of the safety of the site, as well as people and properties ;
• Programs: He/She coordinates the teams, and e nsures proper implementation of programs on the site, under the supervision of his/her immediate supervisor;
• Human Resources: He/She supervises all of the teams at the site, as well as national and international staff ;
• Logistical, administrative and financial support: He/She oversees the logistical, administrative and financial components at the site for the purpose of program implementation, and ensures compliance with the relevant procedures, with substantive support from the Logistics Coordinator, and the Administrative and Financial Coordinator of the mission ;
• Representation: He/She represents the organization before the partners, authorities, and various local actors operating in the area where his/her base is located ;
• Coordination: He/She centralizes and disseminates information from/to the site, and consolidates the internal and external reporting activities implemented in his/her field of operations before submitting them to the immediate supervisor ;
• Assessment/ Strategy: He/She participates in strategy development and proposes new interventions in function of needs identified in his/her field of operations.

Expériences / Formation du candidat :

Training: 

Bachelor/Master in International Relations, Political Science or similar.

Experience: 

At least 2 years of experience on a similar position.

Knowledge and skills:

• Security Management ;
• Project Management ;
• Team Management ;
• Excellent skills in terms of external relationships.

Languages: English is required, Arabic is desirable.

Mobility:  Extensive travel may be required

Salaire / Indemnité :

• Employed with a Fixed-Term Contract of 6 months ;
• Starting Date: As Soon As Possibl ;
• Monthly Gross Income: from 2 200 up to 2 530 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with Première Urgence International ;
• Cost Coverde Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines… ;
• Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
• Housing in collective accommodation ;
• Daily Living Expenses « Per diem » ;
• Break Policy : 5 working days every 2 months + break allowance ;
  Paid Leaves Policy : 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months.

Comment postuler :

Please send your application (CV and Cover Letter) to Camille Attias, Human Resources Officer for Expatriates, at recrutement@premiere-urgence.org