Objective 1: Provide strategic leadership to the H&N programme design and technically support implementation
- Provide strategic leadership with focus on strengthening the quality of the H&N emergency and development programme, including strengthening of H&N preparedness, resilience, and early recovery strategies
- In close coordination with Program Development and Implementation Coordinator (PDIC) and other technical sectors, provide leadership and technical support to the H&N team to reach a solid contextual understanding of community needs with special attention to the most vulnerable groups’ needs, as well as power dynamics.
- Responsible for leading the design and drafting technically sound H&N proposals for funding, including conducting H&N needs assessments
- Provide strategic and technical advice to implementation teams to ensure quality and timely implementation of H&N programs, including monitoring of activities and H&N related budget execution
- Support and contribute to the development and monitoring of country strategy and multi-sectorial programming, including mainstreaming cross-cutting issues (gender, protection, environment, and conflict sensitivity)
- Identify opportunity for action-based research aiming at improving H&N programming, piloting innovation projects and seeking collaboration with appropriate institutions
Objective 2: Capacity Strengthening
- Review/develop job descriptions and participate in the recruitment of H&N staff.
- Identify capacity strengthening needs for H&N team members and develop learning opportunities using the most appropriate approach.
- Participate in the promotion of a correct and efficient information flow between H&N team members and other members of Action Against Hunger Philippines Mission.
- Assess H&N stakeholders (LGUs, NGOs/CSO and health agencies) capacity strengthening needs and develop strategies and implement actions
- Promote AAH mandate, strategy, procedures, and internal regulations within the H&N team.
- Conduct technical H&N capacity assessments of local organizations collaborating with Action Against Hunger and contribute to their capacity building.
- Review/develop the H&N tools and resource materials that are available for field to support the implementation of the programs
- Lead/participate in conducting H&N staff performance evaluation
- Ensure field H&N teams have adequate and timely support through planning field visits and ensuring the documentation and follow-up of action points
Objective 3: Reporting and Capitalisation
- Review and validation of H&N related internal, external/donor and situational reports in line with the established reporting systems and contractual obligations.
- Develop technical guidance notes and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programmatic approaches and contribute to broader sector learning;
- Facilitate good practices and lessons learned workshops on technical themes and capitalize all the learning for future programming.
- Review/validate source of verifications and ensure proper archiving of program documents
Objective 4: Contribute to programme quality standards
- Review/develop guidelines and tools for key intervention identified in AAH-Philippines Technical Programmatic Framework to ensure Action Against Hunger, CORE Humanitarian Standard, SPHERE standards, IASC standard and any other relevant international/national standard is followed during the whole project cycle.
- Uphold humanitarian principles and AAH principles at all stages of H&N programming and provide pragmatic guidance to the H&N team on this matter to support their principled decision making.
- Provide technical support for the implementation of H&N activities in Philippines – including ensuring coherence, standardized approaches, programme quality, and integration with other sectors across the H&N&MHPSS programme.
- Ensure that the programme is inclusive of marginalized and vulnerable individuals and communities, that it promotes the full and equal participation of women and that accountability to affected communities is central to the ways of working.
- Develop and revise in collaboration with the MEAL team the methodologies and tools for monitoring and evaluation.
- Provide technical support in the development and implementation of national programme evaluations, learning events and specific H&N programme related research activities.
- Work closely with the field offices and Head of Project to enhance accountability ensuring that feedback and lessons learned feed into programme adaptation
Objective 5: Coordinate with support departments
- Ensure program related inputs are delivered in coordination with Head of Projects and Logistics Department
- Participate in the design of new budgets related to H&N activities
- Coordinate with support departments in the planning and technical support of H&N interventions
- Promote safety and security of the staff assigned and directly managed
- Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that H&N -related procurement, tendering and contracts are of adequate technical standards, cost effective, timely and appropriate to the context
Objective 6: Representation and Coordination
- Actively participate in H&N cluster meetings and relevant technical working groups
- Support Country Director and PDIC in negotiations and representation at H&N related line agencies and donors
- Effectively coordinate with external humanitarian H&N actors intervening on regular and emergency interventions
- Develop and maintain relationships with key H&N stakeholders at technical level, including donors, government authorities and international agencies.
- Influence key decision makers on sound technical solutions to overcome H&N challenges based on evidence
- Contribute to advocacy efforts in H&N related matters