Sphere India Vacancy Announcement:

Job Description         : Sphere Coordinator- Andhra Pradesh

Organization            : Sphere India

Location                  : Andhra Pradesh

Closing date             : 8th November 2009.

Date of Joining         : At the earliest.

The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and
the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement to promote quality and
accountability in humanitarian work. For more information on Sphere Project,
Please visit: www.sphereproject.org.

Sphere India was launched as a country pilot of Sphere Project in the
region. It is a national coalition of humanitarian agencies in which members
include key nodal agencies from the Government of India, U.N., INGOs,
Network NGOs and National NGOs.

The Sphere India Unified Response Strategy (URS) as an action-based project
was launched with this rational to build common understanding among
different stakeholders for an organized and coordinated response. The vision
is to bring stakeholders at state level (implementation level) on to a
common platform, map their resources, capacities and vulnerabilities, to
identify gaps and overlaps, and to gradually build a common understanding
for common assessments, common response planning and common monitoring &
evaluation processes.

The current position, Sphere Coordinator is for coordinating multiple
activities in the humanitarian sector. She/he will be report to the Focal
Point - Unified Response Strategy, Sphere India with programmatic
accountability to CARE India, Andhra Pradesh.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

v  To be the liaison focal person for Sphere India URS.

v  Facilitating the set up of IAG Andhra Pradesh.

v  Organizing State and District Level Coordination Committee Meetings
(DLCC) and IAG Meets for greater accountability and coordinated action.

v  Liaison with government administration for information sharing.

v  Compiling and dissemination of information related to compensation,
government orders and strategies.

v  Collection and collating information on humanitarian agencies and
like-minded organizations working at the state and district level for
humanitarian database.

v  Updating of efforts of the government and agencies to SPHERE URS.

v  Ensuring the activation and de-activation of Unified Response.

v  Facilitating inter-agency assessments, based on the need.  

v  Documentation of good practices in relief, response and rehabilitation
efforts for replication.

v  To conduct humanitarian mapping of agencies, efforts and situations and
developing communication and information strategy for internally displaced
people (IDPs).

v  Helping in chalking out initiatives for rehabilitation, reconstruction
and reviving livelihoods.

v  Identification of key advocacy issues at the district and state level of
the vulnerable communities.

v  To maintain livewire contact with the government authorities and local
media.

v  Collection and collation of statistical information from surveys on
damages, loss of lives, livelihoods, displaced, impact on the situation of
the social fabric etc.

v  Consolidate process documents and reports for the activities conducted.

v  To maintain periodic communication (weekly & monthly) with Sphere URS and
updating about the field situation.

Requirements:

Training/Education:

.         Advanced degree in social sciences, emergency or other related
field.

.         Training or experience in field research, documentation and
reporting.

.         Understanding of and commitment to the Sphere Principles.

Field experience:

.         3-5 years of experience, with focus on disaster management,
integrated development, project management and planning, monitoring and
evaluation.

Linguistic competence:

.         Fluency in Telugu and English is a must.

.         Excellent Writing and documentation skills.

Other skills and attributes:

.         Effective communicator.

.         Able to function under stressful conditions.

.         Mature outlook

.         Good coordination and planning skills

.         Documentation skills.

Reporting:

The incumbent will report to The Focal Point, Sphere India, Unified Response
Strategy (URS) and will be accountable to Sphere India URS Sub-Committee and
CARE India, Andhra Pradesh.

Duration: 1 Year (extendable based on the availability of funds).

Salary: Negotiable.

Duty Station: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and involves travel to districts.

To apply:

Please e-mail or send CV/resume and a covering letter to: Vikas Gora, Focal
Point, Sphere India - URS at vi...@sphereindia.org.in

Please mention "Application for Sphere Coordinator, Andhra Pradesh" in the
subject of the email.

VIKAS GORA
Focal Point - Unified Response Strategy (URS)
Sphere India
Building No. 3, Flat No. 302/3, Sona Apartments, Kaushilya Park, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi - 110016 (INDIA)
Phone: +91-11-46070374, 75; Fax: +91-11-46070379
Mobile: +91 9958699913
E-mail: vi...@sphereindia.org.in
Website: www.sphereindia.org.in
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Sphere India is an all inclusive Humanitarian Alliance in India. The members
include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN, INGOs, NGO Networks and
National NGOs.

Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training & Capacity
Building, Information & Knowledge Management and Common Advocacy through a
collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
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For emergency & Coordination related specific information, please join
Sphere-URS@googlegroups.com
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