Emergency Officer Food Security Cluster Coordinators (Roving) P4, Rome, Italy

THE ROLE

The role of the FSC cluster aims to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies by ensuring that predictable leadership leads to effective humanitarian response. 

We are seeking to fill 2 positions which are based in Emergency Operations Division (EME) and reports to the Global Food Security Cluster Coordinator.
 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Emergency Coordination

• The role of the Food Security Cluster Coordinator, as set out in the IASC generic Terms of Reference, is to ensure a timely, coherent, and effective food security response by mobilizing stakeholders to respond in a strategic manner to a humanitarian crisis and to lead and facilitate this process. 
• Undertake planning and strategy development by contributing to the HRP and lead the process for the FSC through coordinating the design of the response strategy and logframe, in consultation with the cluster partners. 
• Establish and maintain appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms to facilitate cross-functional coordination at the appropriate level and convene the FSC counterpart, other clusters as well as WFP and FAO various technical/functional areas to ensure that emergency preparedness and response is delivered in a coherent, integrated and efficient manner.
• Facilitate / lead needs assessment & analysis, support in conducting surveys such as EFSA /CFSAM/SMART, secondary data review, and dissemination of available information (inventory / repository) to partners 
• Ensure that available information is analyzed in a coordinated manner and utilized for decision-making at different levels (e.g., Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) or Cadre Harmonisé (CH) - country specific) 
• Ensure mainstreaming of cross-cutting and cross-sectoral issues (e.g., gender, age, HIV and AIDS, human rights, disability, environment, early recovery, protection, nutrition) and appropriate participatory and community-based approaches in cluster/inter-cluster needs assessments, analysis, planning, implementation and monitoring 
• Ensure the use and application of common standards (e.g., SPHERE standards and CHS), and harmonization of programmatic responses (SOPs on modality of delivery, Minimum Expenditure Basket, minimum assistance package).
• Provide timely situational updates to the FSC Cluster Lead agencies management, the FSC partners, the Humanitarian Country Team, the Humanitarian Coordinator, the government and affected population to ensure effective decision-making.
• Identify capacity gaps and needs and provide training and capacity building opportunities to FSC partners 
• Together with the FSC-IMO, support gFSC initiatives, e.g., CCPM (Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring), global cluster annual overview, the Global Network Against Food Crises, etc. 
• Ensure that the FSC emergency response is coordinated with all partners, and authorities, and in line with the affected communities’ needs and priorities.
• Provide any required relevant support as needed.
• Resource Mobilization 
•  Proactively support on mobilization of resources for an effective and sustainable coordination.
•  Leverage available funding mechanisms, partnership networks and communication and advocacy platforms to raise visibility of FSC partners’ emergency operations and requirements. 

Leadership and Management 

• Serve as a key advisor to CLA management on all matters related to the coordination of the emergency response. 
• Lead, motivate and develop a substantive FSC team to enable high performance.
• Take responsibility for an equitable and inclusive workplace which incorporates all dimensions of the WFP diversity and inclusion framework. 

Detailed TORs attached.

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Applications must be submitted by Sunday, May 28th 2023 (11:59 PM CET).