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Start Network Crisis Financing Advisor
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Date posted
April 19, 2025
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Closing date
April 30, 2025
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Hiring location
Mogadishu
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Qualification
Degree
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Experience
5-6 Years
Description
Job description
TITLE: Start Network Crisis Financing Advisor – Somalia
TEAM/PROGRAMME:
LOCATION: Mogadishu
GRADE: 2
CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year with possibility of extension
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: (select only one)
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Start Network is seeking a highly experienced Crisis Financing Advisor to provide coordination and operational support to Start Network activities in the implementation of its flagship Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) programme in Somalia. The post holder will play a vital role in working to advance locally led action in Somalia and will provide technical advice to the members and stakeholders; supporting Start Network members to plan and implement timely anticipatory and early action activities. The postholder may periodically support Start Fund Alert process such as mobilising volunteers for project selection.
Start network is hosted by Save the Children which is the world's leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
Save the children works together, with partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the children have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Start Network Regional Advisor - East and Southern Africa and Area Director Southern states
Staff reporting to this post: Short-term staff and occasional consultants hired on the Somalia programme.
Role Dimensions:
Hosted by Save Children, Start Network is operational in Somalia in partnership with the Federal government of Somalia and Africa Risk Capacity, a specialized Agency of the African Union. Start Network supports Somalia through its network of INGOs and local and National NGOs.
Programme management, coordination and partnership brokering
· Hold responsibility for the development, and management of the national DRF system in Somalia in line with the Building Blocks framework.
· Lead on the preparation and of workplans, protocols, budgets, reporting, and coordination structures of the DRF system in Somalia including both Start Network internal pool fund mechanism, Start Ready, and Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica macro insurance mechanism
· Lead the members in the application process for Start Ready prepositioned financing and its administration.
· Lead the development of contingency planning, operational readiness, and prepositioned financing requests for ARC Replica and Start Ready ensuring that both mechanisms are focused on planning and delivering Anticipatory Action activities
· Lead the members in the process to involve local communities to make sure that contingency plans are locally led and locally informed and that local knowledge is fully taken into consideration
· In coordination with the Technical Advisor and the Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing team, provide technical advice and support to Start Network members to ensure adequate levels of preparedness, ongoing monitoring of forecast information using applicable models and local data sources, timely disbursement of funds following activations, and delivery of effective emergency response.
· Lead in the coordination of ARC and Start Ready trigger alerting to ensure that operations are delivered in a timely manner with humanitarian principles applied throughout. Ensure the timely implementation of activities and delivery of project results.
· Support the wider Start Network activities in Somalia as required, including due diligence processes, mobilising members for project section when Start Fund Alert Notes are raised and activated
· Lead in the development and review of the ToRs for the local programme governance groups.
· Manage the effective coordination of different stakeholders and strengthen relationships with various in-country actors including NGOs, Government counterparts, consultants, and local civil society, and other partners to ensure that the appropriate stakeholders can support different parts of the programme.
· Support in capacity strengthening activities of Start Network members, working alongside the Training and Capacity Building Advisor to identify gaps and opportunities to increase knowledge of DRF initiatives.
· Enhance collaboration amongst Anticipatory Actions and Early Actions stakeholders in Somalia.
· Strengthen communication with Somalia Hub Leadership team to ensure coordination with programmes
· Support the Somali Hub Leadership team and the hub coordinator in understanding and promoting DRF programmes
· Work with the Hub Leadership team to ensure appropriate governance is in place for different decision-making processes related to programmes
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
· Support with evidence-gathering activities, collaborating with the Global MEAL Team when contracting discrete pieces of research, communication, and advocacy about the initiatives.
· Support the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) functions including reporting and compliance among the members.
· Strengthen emergency preparedness and response capacity of Start Network members and its partners including through training, lessons learned and knowledge management.
· Lead in the drafting of annual Quality Assurance Framework tools.
Advocacy and engagement with members and wider stakeholders
· Raise awareness of Start Network early action initiatives among Start Network members and other stakeholders in Somalia.
· Build and maintain relationships with relevant early action and coordination platforms, tools and mechanisms in Somalia] where appropriate. Represent Start Network, including Start members, and support Somalia members to actively participate in these groups.
· Support the Start Network Resource Mobilisation team with donor communications, through partaking in meetings and presentations as required.
· Engage in regular exchanges between Crisis Financing Advisors in other countries in order to share learning and technical know-how, spot efficiencies of scale, exchange best practices, and promote cross-network innovations
· Where needed, attend conferences and events representing Start Network in the country / region
Teamwork
§ Participate in the development of a strong team identity and culture, developing effective ways of working with colleagues in other teams or other locations
§ Contribute to the development of the relevant business plans, donor proposals and associated reporting.
§ Train members on Anticipatory Action, and alongside technical team ensure the institutionalising of technical knowledge, terms and learning within the organisation.
Communications
· Lead or co-lead Start Network representation at high level external bodies and working groups in Somalia or neighbouring countries where needed
· Influence key stakeholders’ thinking on the technical components of anticipatory action by requesting, overseeing, producing or publicising robust research and relevant positioning papers.
· Work with the Start Communications and Digital Team and the Start Programmes Communications Manager to ensure visibility, awareness, and learning, on the role and use of forecast-based information for anticipatory responses.
· Support the communications team in disseminating learning around anticipation, early action and risk financing
· Represent Start Network at relevant conferences, panels and seminars to raise the profile of the learning element of this work.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- sets ambitious and challenging goals for him/herself and the team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
- widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Skills and qualifications
Qualifications
· Post-graduate degree in one of the following: Disaster risk science/management/resilience; Climate science/adaptation; Development studies; Natural hazard studies; or related field.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
· Minimum of 5 years of work experience in coordinating or supporting light to moderately complex programmes in Somalia at Advisor level or above is required.
- Project management experience in humanitarian context is highly desirable.
- Experience engaging with partner organizations and multi-stakeholders.
- Experience contributing to the development of technical proposals.
- Some MEAL skills and experience preferred.
- Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web
- Conferencing Applications, information management systems
Desirable
- Person Profile
- Delivering Results
- Networking
- Problem solving and decision making
- Leading and Inspiring Others
- Applying Technical and Professional Expertise
- Substantial knowledge of Anticipatory Action (or Forecast-based Financing).
- Knowledge of disaster risk, including hazard forecasting, data analysis and/or risk modelling.
- Experience in partnership development in national and/or international contexts
- Experience in preparing for, responding to and delivering programmes in developing countries and/or humanitarian emergencies, particularly in an information management role.
- Understanding of the challenges in the application of scientific data in humanitarian decision making
- Substantive experience of communication techniques, including communicating the uncertain nature of forecasting information effectively.
- Experience of building systems for humanitarian risk analysis, in particular Anticipatory Action systems.
- Proven experience in preparing for, responding to and delivering programmes in humanitarian emergencies
- Successful experience creating and implementing a partnership strategy, as well as engaging a variety of stakeholders to deliver against this strategy.
- Experience in managing technical consultants.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills to tackle complex problems.
- Strong presentation and writing skills, including project documentation and public communication.
Additional job responsibilities
Job postings
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Adult Safeguarding.
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI protection from sexual exploitation abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At SCI, we uphold the principle of equal rights and opportunities for all our employees. In our commitment to fostering a more inclusive workplace and addressing gender gaps, we have implemented additional efforts aimed at supporting female qualified candidates: -
· Maternity leave (6 months)
· Annual Leave 30 working days
· 10% *gross salary. (female allowance)
1.5 flexible working hours for lactating mothers
Qualified candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to apply
Please apply in English saving your CV and cover letter as a single document. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at https://somalia.savethechildren.net/career
Job postings
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Application will be closed on 1st May 2025
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
Overview
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children
We've changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S
and around the world. WE BELIEVE EVERY CHILD DESERVES A FUTURE. Around the world, too many children start life at a disadvantage simply because of who they are and where they come from. Millions of children are dying from preventable causes, face poverty, violence, disease and hunger
They are caught up in war zones and disasters they did nothing to create
And they are denied an education and other basic rights owed to them. All children deserve better. We champion the rights and interests of children worldwide, putting the most vulnerable children first. With 25,000 dedicated staff across 120 countries, we respond to major emergencies, deliver innovative development programmes, and ensure children's voices are heard through our campaigning to build a better future for and with children. ACCELERATING PROGRESS FOR CHILDREN Our ambition for 2030 is to create a world in which all children: Survive: No child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday Learn: All children learn from a quality basic education Are Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated. Our bold ambition builds on 100 years' experience of bringing communities, civil society, governments, businesses and donors together to achieve lasting change for children. We believe this is the only way that we can inspire real progress and breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. OUR STRUCTURE We are a global membership organisation, made up of Save the Children International and 29 national members. We share one name, one strategy and one ambition for all children to survive, learn and be protected. Work at Save the Children Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing around 25,000 staff
We save children's lives
We fight for their rights
We help them fulfil their potential
Through our work in around 120 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first. We offer careers across a whole range of professions - whether in hands on international development or humanitarian work, or with our support functions such as HR, IT, Finance, Legal, or Global Assurance
Whatever your profession, or career level, your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.
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