Field Office Team Leader Ukraine Shostka

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  • Added Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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  1. Role and responsibilities

    The purpose of the Field Office Team Leader is to run the day-to-day support functions at the Shostka Field Office (FO).

    The following is a brief description of the role.

    Generic responsibilities

    ๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

    โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

  2. Manage support staff at field office level
Manage day to day HR & Admin, Finance, and Logistics of the field officeย  Ensure adherence toย NRC policies, handbooks, procedures and SOPs/guidelines Coordinate and assist with budgets and costs for the field officeโ€™s shared costs and support functions Provide support in the training and development of staff Provide support to project implementation at field office levelย  Coordinate representation meetings with partners and local authorities Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilitiesย 

Under the direct supervision of the Area Support Manager (ASM) and the overall leadership of the Area Manager (AM), oversee the setup of the NRC field office in Shostka In close coordination with Kyiv-based coordinators (Finance, Procurement, Logistics, HR & Admin and HSS), ensure that NRC Support procedures, rules and regulations are adequately and timely implemented in the NRC field office in Shostka Facilitate effective integration between support departments and regular coordination between FO support departments and visiting programme teams from Chernihiv and Kyiv Organize and facilitate regular team meetings in the field office Under the close supervision of the Area Manager and HSS Coordinator, represent NRC externally in Shostka and liaise with local authorities (oblast civil-military administration, hromada administrations, etc.), UN agencies, other NGOs and support the teams in day-to-day access negotiation as per needs Day-to-day approval of travel and leave requests for support staff in the field office and monitoring of daily attendanceย  Attend to any other tasks that will be assigned by theย ASM or the AM.

Critical interfaces

Support function: HR, Finance, Procurement and Logistics Coordinators at area level Programmatic operations support: CC Project Managers and Coordinators at area and field levels Security: Security Coordinator at area level Competenciesย 

1. Professional competenciesย 

Previous experience from working in support functions in a humanitarian/recovery context Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Previous management experienceย  Documented results related to the positionโ€™s responsibilitiesย  Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian, both oral and written Working level in English, both written and verbal Good knowledge of the Ukrainian context, specifically Northern Sumska Oblast, and political dynamics

2. Behavioural competencies

Handling insecure environmentsย  Planning and delivering resultsย  Working with peopleย  Communicating with impact and respectย  Managing resources to optimise resultsย  Managing performance and developmentย 

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