Miranda Base Chief At Action against hunger in Spain

You will contribute to ending world hunger by…

The Head of Base is responsible for ensuring the programmatic, technical, financial and logistical development of ACH’s actions in the State where the actions are carried out, in accordance with the strategic criteria of ACH in Venezuela and the internal processes and regulations of ACH and the donors.

The main activities you will perform are the following:

Contribute to the implementation of the national Action Against Hunger strategy on the ground and serve as a liaison with local partners, authorities, United Nations agencies and NGOs present in the territory.

• Identify the presence and strategic orientations of other partners on the ground with the aim of improving coordination and effective work.
• Participate in humanitarian coordination activities on the ground.
• Identify and build the network of contacts for effective implementation and coordination with other actors in the implementation area of ​​the base projects.
• Coordinate with other actors, including local partners, NGOs, the UN and the government present in the area.
• Actively participate in coordination mechanisms at local, municipal and departmental levels and mediate in decisions when necessary.
• Ensure ongoing communication with local, municipal and departmental authorities to guarantee the proper implementation of actions in the territory.
• Define action plans with partners and regularly monitor their implementation
• Report potential conflicts, problems and suggestions for correction, necessary for the proper execution of projects in the territory to the corresponding sectoral management and coordination (Health and Nutrition, Food Security, WASH). 10. Collaborate in other activities assigned by the Action Against Hunger management.

Ensures support and monitoring for project managers and those in charge of operational management of contracts to be implemented in the assigned base, ensuring maximum quality and efficiency.

• Ensure the coordination of all operational management areas (Technical, MEAL, FSL, WASH, Gender and Protection) to send information on time and with quality in accordance with the established parameters and process map designed for the different stages of the project cycle management.
• Participate in the SFIN-OPE meetings of the production unit, providing clear and relevant information on the implementation of projects that are implemented at its base that allow decision-making (support in the development and determination of shock plans, reporting of alerts, among others).
• Lead field activity planning meetings in coordination with project managers.
• Together with the Project Managers, monitor and establish an action plan on alert reports of under-execution of critical contracts from the Internal Monitoring Tool (HMI), FMTh and others, reporting in the monthly follow-up meetings, to the Deputy Country Director, and other coordinators.
• Actively participate and in coordination with MEAL, JdP and technical coordination in the planning and methodological definition, and ToR of internal and external evaluations and lessons learned from contracts and integration of the CHS (Core Humanitarian Standard) standard and ensure its implementation in time and with the required content and archiving, in addition to its dissemination in mission and with required actors.

Security, Risk, Protection and Access Management.

• Monitor the security environment (networking, information gathering and analysis).
• Maintain an effective network, with local input, on context and security issues, gathering and analysing information to establish risk and context analysis.
• Ensure the application of security procedures when alerted by Logistics Coordination.
• Manage any security and protection incidents at the base level and report to management.
• Participate in the development of the security plan and validate it at the grassroots level for submission to logistics coordination and the Action Against Hunger management for subsequent validation at headquarters.
• Attend all field safety meetings.
• Inform the Action Against Hunger team about the local context and security. 8. Participate in monitoring and analyzing the security situation on the ground

Does this description fit you?

• 5 years’ experience in the international cooperation sector (mandatory). Knowledge of the main donors and field actions in international cooperation organisations.
• High leadership in planning and management of project cycles and work teams.
• University professional in social sciences, administrative sciences, political sciences or related areas.
• Intermediate-high level of spoken and written English (desirable). Mastery of the Office package. Knowledge in the use of tools such as: Kobo, Power Bi, Qgis.
• Availability for high mobility in the country with trips to the implementation areas or other areas of the country. We are looking for applicants from other areas of the country with availability to move to the Miranda State in the Brión Municipality.

Our compensation package:

At Acción Contra el Hambre you have the opportunity to join a multicultural, professional and innovative organization and the opportunity to participate in projects with a high social impact. You will also have:

• Competitive compensation based on candidate experience.
• Professional career in the Humanitarian sector.
• Continuous training in both technical skills and soft skills.

At Action Against Hunger we are firmly committed to diversity and gender equality. Our calls are open to people who belong to Indigenous peoples and people with disabilities with the aim of ensuring inclusion and diversity in all our actions.

We reserve the right to close the call early if the vacancy is filled before the established deadline during the selection process.