Honduras: Country Representative for Honduras

National Society under the American Red Cross priority countries of intervention, in close coordination with the Built upon the International Service Department Strategyfor2017 - 2020, the American Red Cross ISD vision is to provide relevant aid to vulnerable people and communities around the world in order to ensure proper preparation, response and recovery to humanitarian crisis and disasters, through the mobilization of the Red Cross Movement power and according to its mandate, supportingthe NS’ in implementing the programs funded bythe American Red Cross funds and ensuring the impact of our work in making communities more disaster ready. The proximity of Country Representative to the National Society will enable partnering for more increased disaster readiness in communities. Specifically, the duties and responsibilities are outlined as follows:

Strategical level – American Red Cross position in country within the National Society

· To organise and manage the support to the National Society, maintaining the good relations of American Red Cross in this country between the National Society and any other Movement partner.

· To understand and identify the needs, concerns and capacities of National Society in this country.

· Support resource mobilisation efforts for the sustainability of programs within the Regional Director and according to the American Red Cross guidelines and allowed income sources for resources mobilization at international level.

· Facilitate cooperation and coordination on behalf American Red Cross in emergency operations in country, among the National Societies and Movement partners upon American Red Cross Regional Directorrequest and instructions.

· Support National Society to build effective cooperation and partnerships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders in government, civil society, academia and the private sector, according to American Red Cross policies and guidelines.

· Monitor, analyse and provide timely reports to the Regional Director on the political, economic and social trends in this country considering the implications that those might have in the projects supported by the American Red Cross.

· When required, represent the American Red Cross at events taking place at national level.

Long term initiatives – Programmatic/Projects

· Support the Organizational Development Agenda of the National Society.

· To coordinate and support the National Society processes for project proposals elaboration with regards to the funds channelled through the American Red Cross in this country, ensuring that programs are properly planned, managed and monitored according to American Red Cross PMER and finance rules and protocols.

· To ensure that Project proposals submitted on behalf this country to American Red Cross back donors fulfil back donors’ requirements and are submitted in English to the American Red Cross Regional Director.

· To provide timely response to the technical, financial and procedure feedback received from Regional Director and Head Quarter with regards to the project proposals to be submitted.

· To ensure timely compliance to the deadlines in the proposals preparation and submission, ensuring the needed time in advance for the coordination of the project proposals with the National Society.

· To ensure the financial management of the programming in this country, effective budget planning in place, and that programmes operate within approved budgets with transparency and accountability.

· Permanent follow-up for the fulfillment of the programmatic-financial scheduled of the programs and projects.

· Ensure the quality and timeliness of the reporting according to the Americas Red Cross and backs donors PMER and financing criteria, maintain regular management reporting to the Americas Red Cross Regional Director and/or the personal delegated for this purpose including the headquarters Program Officer assigned to the country.

· To ensure proper follow up and monitoring (remotely and field visits as required) of the projects funds by and through the American Red Cross in this country.

· To provide technical, financial and administrative coordination support to the National Society key staff of the projects towards ensuring the implementation within the approved timeframe.

· To ensure the National Society accomplishment of the terms and conditions established in the Agreements signed for specifics projects in country, and monitoring the status of Agreements between Nationals Society and American Red Cross for its operations in this country.

· To timely inform and report to the Regional Director, Finance Delegation and headquarters Program Officer of any potential risk that might impact the implementation of the Projects which might require strategical advice and decisionfrom the Regional Director.

· Ensurethat American RedCross anditsbackdonorspolicies,procedures, guidelines andqualitystandards areknown and complied with, providing the due briefings and monitoring controls measures at all stages of the projects;

· Ensure the application of all established HR policies and procedures, and that staff hired for the projects in country are employed in accordance with local laws and practices;

· Implement gender and diversity policies;

Respond to Disasters and Crises

· Provide the proper support in order to ensure that the American Red Cross international framework to respond is aligned to the humanitarian needs and regional priorities.

· Provide the proper support to ensure efficiency, communication channels during emergency time while supporting the business continuity of the National Society projects funded by the American Red Cross.

· Provide support to the National Society towards the strengthening of their respond capacities and systems.

· To ensure that Regional Director and NHQ point of contacts are properly informed in advance of any emergency that might occur in this country, by coordinating and supporting the National Society response teams the preparation of Situation Reports since the beginning of any emergency.

· To ensure the American Red Cross involvement and presence at National Society EOCs in close coordination with and under the guidelines of the American Red Cross Regional Director, and be able to be deployed from and to any of the American Red Cross priority countries for intervention.

· To provide technical advice and recommendations to the Regional Director on emergency response actions, regarding to any American Red Cross priority countries for intervention.

Applications of interest composed of a CV with 3 professional references will be received at:

hr@amcross.org

indicating as subject “PROG-MANAG-Honduras”

Until July 31st 2018**