Organization: 3iS
Office Address: Calle 92 #15-78
Services: Local Coordination Experts
Contractual Address: Bogotá DC
Contract Type: Service Provision Contract
Expected Start Date: Subject to the signing of the framework agreement.
Contract Termination Date: December 15, 2026
Fees: COP 8,000,000 – COP 10,000,000
3iS is an international non-profit organization
that provides information management services to humanitarian and development organizations, enabling partners to make informed decisions that ultimately deliver high-quality, targeted assistance to the world’s most vulnerable populations. 3iS transforms data into information and creates knowledge for decision-makers operating in conflict, disaster, post-disaster, and recovery environments, as well as other complex emergency and development contexts.
Context:
Colombia continues to face persistent dynamics of internal displacement, with significant impacts on urban areas like Tumaco, where high influxes of recently displaced people in vulnerable conditions are being recorded. These dynamics have highlighted limitations in the institutional capacity to provide a timely, comprehensive, and sustainable humanitarian response.
In this context, critical gaps are identified related to the availability and use of information for decision-making, the coordination between humanitarian actors and authorities, and the response capacity in key sectors such as protection, humanitarian assistance and accommodation.
This action is part of initiatives aimed at strengthening information management and evidence-based decision-making, promoting better coordination and a more efficient response to humanitarian crises. It also seeks to integrate immediate humanitarian assistance with the strengthening of institutional capacities at the local and national levels.
Leveraging its experience in humanitarian coordination mechanisms, 3iS seeks to strengthen and empower humanitarian partners, enabling them to optimize tools, technologies, and best practices in information management to respond more effectively to crises.
Description of Services:
The individual responsible for providing these services will coordinate the project’s implementation at the local level, ensuring collaboration among humanitarian actors, local authorities, and technical teams, as well as the proper operational, technical, and strategic monitoring of activities. The consultant will facilitate inter-institutional coordination processes, promote the use of information for decision-making, and support the strengthening of local capacities, guaranteeing efficient and timely implementation aligned with the project’s objectives.
Activities
A. Specific activities:
- Coordinate the implementation of project activities in the territory (Nariño, Tumaco), ensuring compliance with the established schedules.
- Facilitate coordination between implementing partners, local authorities, and humanitarian actors.
- Provide technical assistance in operational planning and monitoring of activities in coordination with the technical team.
- Ensure the proper integration of cross-cutting approaches such as protection, gender and do no harm.
- Promote the use of information for decision-making at the local level.
Identify operational risks and propose mitigation measures. - Act as a technical liaison and national focal point for the internal displacement component and its implementation in Tumaco, Nariño, among humanitarian partners, as well as with international organizations and national authorities to facilitate data exchange and ensure consistency in information management processes.
- Coordinate the collection, validation, and reporting of relevant project information.
- Provide technical assistance in the processes of strengthening institutional capacities and local actors.
- Identify operational risks and propose mitigation measures.
- Prepare technical and progress reports on the implementation of the project.
B. Cross-cutting activities:
- Prepare the work plan and promptly communicate its progress, difficulties and challenges to the reference person for this contract.
- Attend to the in-person spaces of the project.
- Carry out field missions when their participation in the project is required.
- Prepare monthly progress reports.
- Guarantee the timely delivery of products.
- Participate in cross-cutting groups in a timely manner.
- Contribute to the organization’s knowledge management strategy and to strengthening internal knowledge about the use of statistics and AI in data management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Professional education
in social sciences, administration, international relations, engineering, or related fields. Postgraduate studies in project management, humanitarian action, or related areas will be valued.
Experience
: To be eligible, the applicant must have at least five (5) years of experience in coordinating humanitarian or development projects. Experience in fieldwork, inter-institutional coordination, and knowledge of the local context will be especially valued. Prior experience in information management, MEAL approaches, and knowledge of the comprehensive care system for victims of the conflict in Colombia will be considered an asset.
Technical Skills
- Experience in project coordination and field team management.
- Capacity to coordinate institutional and humanitarian actors.
- Knowledge in information management and use of data for decision making.
- Skills in planning, tracking and monitoring projects.
- Ability to analyze and solve problems in complex contexts.
- Experience in emergency or forced displacement contexts (desirable).
- Leadership, coordination and effective communication skills.
- Proficiency in office automation tools (Microsoft Office).
Languages
: Fluent in Spanish (spoken and written). Intermediate knowledge of English (desirable).
Accountability to beneficiaries
Staff are expected to respect the principles of accountability to beneficiaries of 3IS programs in line with international standards, while actively involving beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of 3IS projects.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
Staff are expected to respect local culture and 3IS policies, procedures and values ​​at all times.
3IS has zero tolerance for harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, human tracking, and child abuse and exploitation. Any violation of these principles and policies will be treated as a serious offense.
3IS is an equal opportunity employer regardless of background. 3IS may conduct reference checks with other organizations regarding matters related to sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse.
Deadline May 6, 2026: Statement: Candidate assessment will be ongoing and the position may be filled before the application deadline
How to apply
Local Coordination Experts (Roster) – 3iS