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The Plan International ARO Regional Office has a vacancy for the Regional Surge Capacity Coordinator for the Transforming Surge Capacity Project. This is being advertised internally and externally so please can you forward to your teams as well as passing on to any friends, family members or contacts whom you think might be interested and suitable. This role is Grade E in the RO structure.
Project Background:
The Transforming Surge Capacity Project is a START Network project supported by a consortium of 11 humanitarian agencies led by ActionAid. Plan International is hosting the Regional Platform of this ground-breaking interagency project. With support from the Department for International Development (DFID) through the Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP), the surge project is part of an ambitious suite of projects launched by the START Network designed to develop decentralized approaches to capacity building and to improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response in countries at risk of natural disaster or conflict related humanitarian emergencies.
The project is focused on improving the capacity of humanitarian agencies to scale up resources in emergency response - getting the right people to the right places, doing the right things in the shortest amount of time. It will achieve this by strengthening systems for surge capacity at national and regional levels to better complement international surge. It aims to build a more collective and collaborative approach to surge capacity amongst agencies in the sector. This collaboration will extend not only to actors within the NGO sector, but will also explore how civil society surge capacity can be strengthened with links to other stakeholders including the UN, private sector, public sector and academic institutions. The project is being delivered through the formation of coordinating national, regional and international platforms, the delivery of pilots to develop inter-agency collaboration, and through sharing good practice and resources.
Job summary:
This is a local contract based in Bangkok or Manila and therefore we are ideally looking for someone who is already based in Thailand or the Philippines with the legal right to live and work there. A work permit may be available to the right candidate but local terms and conditions of employment will apply.
This role works under the direction of the Regional HR&OD Partner for Asia and the International Project Manager who is based in the UK.
The postholder will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering the Regional Platform project plans for the remainder of the project to December, 2017. This will entail working with key stakeholders to agree milestones, implementing and monitoring the project plans, and setting, monitoring and managing the project budget to deliver the plans. The postholder will be responsible for accurate and timely reporting for key stakeholders and compliance with donor and stakeholder requirements, including Plan International’s internal policies and procedures. Risks related to the project will need to be proactively identified, monitored and managed.
It will be vital that the postholder is able to build effective relationships across the START network partner agencies as well as with key stakeholders at the regional level, including INGOs, NGOs, UN agencies, government bodies and the private sector. This will require personal credibility and the ability to influence and build consensus at a senior level and with diverse stakeholders.
The overall aim of the project is to enhance surge capacity in the Asia region so that affected populations receive faster support after a disaster and this position represents a great opportunity to contribute to this goal.
overseeing and promoting the implementation of Plan International’s Global Security Policy, Security Standards, and
Security, and other Regional Security Advisors. The ability to analyse security related data and advise on its implications at both the operational and strategic levels will be important.
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