Resilience Secretariat Lead

Overview of CTG:

• CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

Background:

• During the last decade, Somalia, which has been recovering from civil conflict & political instability, was hit twice by severe droughts, once in 2011 & the other in late 2016. According to a poverty & vulnerability analysis in Somalia’s 9th NDP, poverty is pervasive (or widespread), with the daily income of an average poor Somali being only 71% of the international poverty line of $1.90. Such extreme poverty represents great vulnerability among the majority of Somalis to recurrent shocks such as droughts, floods, displacement, poor health, loss of income or assets.
• In October 2017, WB, EU & the UN led by MOPIED initiated an assessment of the drought. Within a timeframe of 3 months, the Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA) was conducted. DINA was launched in January 2018 & is a comprehensive assessment of the damages, losses & the needs for recovery that Somalia needs in the medium term. Translating the DINA findings into action, in late 2018, the GOS developed a RRF.
• The purpose of the RRF is to enable & inform the GOS & international partners programming & financing responses to the needs identified in the DINA. In doing so, the RRF which is scheduled over a 3 – 5 year timeframe, will build on ongoing humanitarian efforts & align with the national development planning process, thereby helping to set Somalia on a trajectory towards the achievement of the SDGs. It establishes a collective vision & strategy for enabling recovery & resilience building by breaking the vicious cycle of vulnerability & humanitarian crises. Using evidence based analysis & a bottom up consensus building methodology, it identifies recovery & resilience building priorities & proposes a financing approach & institutional arrangements by which these can be acted on by the GOS & its international partners.
• The RRF priorities & strategies have been mainstreamed into the 9th NDP as policy imperatives that cut across the 4 pillars. This allows national institutions & resilience stakeholders to build consensus around approaches & interventions, which subsequently inform the core principles of resilience.
• The guiding principles of the RRF include ensuring short to medium term institutional capacity building to efficiently implement, monitor & evaluate both large scale investments in key sectors & small scale investments on the community level in a sustainable manner. As a multi sectoral issue, resilience building requires enhanced collaboration between stakeholders. The establishment of a Resilience Technical Secretariat addresses this requirement by enhancing institutional stakeholders’ capacity at the federal & member states levels & is critical to ensuring harmonization amongst the multisectoral stakeholders in the resilience sphere.

Objective:

• A key aim of the Resilience Technical Secretariat (RTS) is to act as a coordination platform to coordinate & oversee the implementation of resilience programming both national & subnational levels. In this regard, it will also assist the 9th NDP PWGs, in particular the social development PWG, SDRF steering committee & NDC to provide strategic leadership in order to ensure that govt. & the partner programming is both aligned with the country’s NDP-9, recovery & resilience challenges & needs. In addition, the RTS will advise the govt. & implementing agencies on resilience programming in Somalia using the existing national frameworks.

Purpose of the position:

• The Resilience Secretariat Lead (RSL) will support the effective coordination & coherence of resilience activities, promote alignment of resilience priorities in key national strategy forums & ensure improved alignment of financing to govt. resilience priorities as laid out in the RRF. At federal & subnational levels, the RSL will promote awareness & common understanding of resilience concepts, alignment with the 9th NDP with RRF actors & effective geographic targeting. The RSL will provide technical support to FMS by overseeing the FMS Resilience Focal Points & M&E Specialist to establish & ensure alignment for planning, coordination & sensitization.

Scope of work:

The RTS Lead under the oversight of the MOPIED, will perform the following tasks:

Manage & coordinate the operations of the RTS:

• Convene quarterly meetings (or as needed by the Chairperson), development & circulation of meeting agendas, minutes in accordance with the RTS TOR.
• Lead the coordination of the inter ministerial dialogue on the recovery & resilience matters.
• Oversee the development of a robust M&E framework in consultation with the Secretariat Chair, M&E Specialist, FMS FPs & other stakeholders.
• Supervise the M&E Specialist to develop outputs, outcomes & impact level indicators for secretariat progress monitoring.

Provide strategic leadership on resilience to the 9th NDP & the RRF:

• Serve as lead resilience focal point & technical expert for the social development group, SDRF, NDC processes.
• Participate in SDRF, NDC, PWG forums & advocate on resilience priorities.
• Analyze PWG, SDRF & NDC strategies, identify RRF mainstreaming opportunities & promote to PWG, SDRF & NDC.
• Ensure that emerging recovery & resilience priorities are considered & progress overseen by the NDC & bottlenecks to progress are acted upon by the govt.

Represent the federal at member state level coordination & planning forums by:

• Supervise the FMS resilience focal points & spearhead the uptake and roll out by FGS & FMS planning ministries & MDA’s of the RRF.
• Support the member states to plan RRF assessment / planning & prioritization processes.
• Promote awareness of DINA / RRF & forward looking common resilience concepts with line ministries, district authorities, communities & resilience partners.

Provide knowledge management for the Secretariat:

• Prepare monthly, quarterly & annual reports of the Secretariat.
• Compile & collate the reports submitted by the FMS focal points.
• Periodically update MOPIED management about the resilience projects in the aid IMS.
• Organize learning events at both FGS & FMS levels.

Perform any other duties assigned by the Director of Planning & Economic Development.

Project reporting:

• The RTS Lead will work under the oversight of the MOPIED.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Geographical experience:

• Minimum of 8 year of experience in Africa (essential).

Key competencies:

• Master’s Degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Public Administration, Project Management, Economics, Business Administration or related fields or Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ years of experience will be considered in lieu of Master’s Degree.
• Demonstrable knowledge of & experience with the Somalia DINA is a requirement.
• 8 years of experience in planning, project management, coordination of programs in post conflict areas & other relevant fields.
• Experience in the following thematic areas, NDP of Somalia, DRR, strategic planning in post conflict countries.
• Knowledge of the context, social, economic & political environment of Somalia.
• Proven networking & coordination experience.
• Proficiency in Somali & English is critical (written & oral).
• Ability to think critically & strategically in difficult conditions to diplomatically challenge the status quo & encourage shared ownership of outcomes.
• Commitment to ensuring that knowledge transfer & capacity building is central in the work.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, relationship building & networking skills.
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines in a conflict environment.
• Proven organizational, interpersonal skills & ability to work in a multicultural team environment.
• Essential computer skills in particular competency in the use of Windows MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.).
• Results driven & initiative taking behavior.
• Ability to plan & organize work & establish priorities.
• Remains calm & in control even under pressure & consistently approaches work with energy, a positive & constructive attitude.
• Informed, sound & transparent decision-making skills.
• Meet deadlines with minimum supervision.
• Good interpersonal & networking skills.
• Ability to establish & maintain effective working relations colleagues & seniors.
• Supports & encourages open communication in the team & facilitates teamwork.
• Ability to work under minimum supervision.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders from a wide range of disciplines & fields, from both RTS at the FGS level, other focal points from different FMS.
• Ability to conduct data analysis using various methods. Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work & manage conflicting priorities. Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges, remains calm in stressful situations.
• Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives & ensuring the equal participation of women & men in all areas of work.
• Speaks & writes clearly & effectively, exhibits interest in having 2-way communication, demonstrates openness in sharing information & keeping people informed.
• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals, shares credit for team accomplishments & accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings & overall responsibilities.
• Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies, identifies priority activities & assignments, adjusts priorities as required, allocates appropriate number of time & resources for completing work, foresees risks & allows for contingencies when planning, adjusts plans & actions as necessary, uses time efficiently.
• Takes ownership of all responsibilities & honors commitments, delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time.

Other relevant information:

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.