Cluster Coord  (NFI/Shelter)

Cluster Coordinator (NFI/Shelter)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
As part of the cluster coordination mechanism for the IDP response, and in support of the Government, UNHCR leads three Clusters: Protection; Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM); and Shelter/Non-Food Items.

UNHCR undertakes direct interventions with local, regional and national authorities to ensure that those displaced can access safety in camps/urban areas. UNHCR provides shelter assistance, core relief items, and coordinates with humanitarian actors to complement the work of local authorities to improve the living conditions of vulnerable IDPs in camp and non-camp situations throughout Iraq. There are 87 camps in Iraq providing shelter to IDPs, with 48 camps in the Centre/South (27 built in 2016) and 39 camps in the KR-I (10 built in 2016). UNHCR has built or rehabilitated 37 out of the 87 camps (20 in the Centre/South and 17 in the KR-I). UNHCR works with local authorities and humanitarian actors to provide coordinated services to IDPs. In camps, this translates to ensuring adequate shelter, delivery of food and water, and presence of education and health facilities in camps. In 2016, UNHCR provided 15 capacity building and training sessions for 320 camp management stakeholders across Iraq and worked to ensure that camp residents were represented in camp management structures, including by organizing and encouraging camp-based elections for local camp representatives.  In the KR-I, over 70% of camps have elected camp representatives.  Mobile teams from partners are providing CCCM services to camps and out-of-camp settlements throughout Iraq.

HCR provides leadership for the international humanitarian response for Syrian refugees in Iraq through effective coordination mechanisms under the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP). UNHCR leads the Protection, Shelter and Basic Needs/Non-Food Items sectors, and co-leads Health with WHO and WASH with UNICEF. WFP leads Food Security, UNICEF leads Education, and UNDP leads Livelihoods. UNHCR also leads Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), which, until 2016, was a separate sector.

At the request of the Government and host communities, UNHCR supports repair of communal infrastructures (e.g. schools or health clinics), shops and/or marketplaces, as well as agricultural projects (e.g. pumps, greenhouses) in areas with a high concentration of persons of concern to UNHCR (IDPs, refugees, returnees) through Quick Impact Projects that promote social cohesion. UNHCR has also been strengthening its support for returning communities in their areas of origin through conflict resolution and resilience building initiatives to assess the needs of displaced communities and encourage conflict resolution.

The Cluster Coordinator (Shelter/NFI) reports directly to the UNHCR Representative who has final accountability for the performance of UNHCR as Cluster Lead Agency.

FUNCTIONAL STATEMENT
Accountability
- The shelter needs of populations of concern are met through timely, appropriate, and coordinated action by all cluster members.
- Effective coordination mechanisms and tools, including information management, are established and maintained with cluster members, government counterparts and donors, ensuring timely and effective needs assessment, appropriate planning, prioritization, implementation, reporting and evaluation. Where appropriate, these mechanisms build up and reinforce existing national coordination mechanisms and build capacity.
- UNHCR performs its Lead Agency functions in a manner consistent with IASC standards and guidelines governing the Cluster Approach, in particular the IASC Generic Terms of Reference for Cluster Coordinators at the country level and the IASC Reference Module for Cluster Coordination at the Country Level.

Responsibility
- Ensure that the Shelter strategy is integrated into the Humanitarian Country Team¿s common humanitarian action plan.
- Provide coordination services, including meetings, in line with the Principles of Partnership, ensuring that cluster coordination is inclusive, consultative and results-oriented.
- Ensure coordination with government counterparts and other relevant authorities.
- Ensure that contingency planning and emergency preparedness measures are updated and developed.
- Ensure that appropriate transitional measures are in place for handing over to recovery and development actors.
- Ensure the establishment and maintenance of the cluster structure including the cluster core documents as defined by the Global Shelter Cluster guidance: Strategy, Technical Standards, and Factsheet.
- Lead, coordinate and conduct within the Shelter Cluster or at Inter-Cluster level shelter needs assessments, including participatory assessments.
- Ensure that the Shelter Cluster covers all identified shelter needs of the affected population.
- Provide transparent strategic direction to development of common funding criteria, resource mobilisation and prioritization within the Shelter Cluster for inclusion in Consolidated Appeals and pooled funds processes.
- Establish mechanisms for accountable and transparent financial resource allocation within the cluster.
- Coordinate the delivery of shelter training activities for Shelter Cluster members, other local partners, and relevant authorities.
- Coordinate initiatives to build the shelter capacity of the national and local government, partners and civil society.
- Ensure that the shelter response is informed by appropriate relevant Technical Standards including among others Sphere, and good practice.
- Ensure appropriate collaboration with shelter response-related clusters of CCCM, Early Recovery, Education, Health, Logistics, Protection and WASH in the work of the Shelter Cluster.
- Coordinate the integration of cross-cutting issues in the work of the Shelter Cluster, including age, gender, environment, diversity.
- Through Cluster-wide consultative processes, provide input into the development of global shelter policy and standards led by the Global Shelter Cluster.
- Ensure that the Shelter Cluster has a functional information management strategy and mechanism to report and share information within the Shelter Cluster, with the other clusters, with the government, with the overall humanitarian community including donors, with UNHCR internal mechanisms, and with the Global Shelter Cluster.
- Ensure that the Shelter Cluster produces analytical shelter reports, including the Factsheet; Promote that information on affected population is disaggregated by sex and age.
- Ensure that the Shelter Cluster maintains an updated website and produces regular updates on the shelter concerns of the affected population, the response by the shelter actors, the gaps, challenges and recommendations.
- Promote and ensure monitoring and evaluation of the impact of operations carried out by cluster members and the performance of the coordination team.
- Manage the team deployed or hired in country to coordinate the Shelter Cluster.

Authority
- Represent the Shelter Cluster in meetings with sectorial and external partners, authorities and other relevant interlocutors.
- Co-chair cluster meetings with the relevant Government counterpart as appropriate.
- Issue reports and make advocacy statements on behalf of the Shelter Cluster.
- Upon consultations with  Shelter Cluster members, take final decision over format and frequency of meetings, designation of focal points and the establishment of a strategic advisory group, sub-national clusters, Technical Working Groups and ad hoc/task-related bodies for specific issues.
- Initiate measures to ensure that Principles of Partnership are fully respected in managing coordination mechanisms.
- Implement decisions on indicators to measure impact and performance of Shelter Cluster members.
- Negotiate with the Humanitarian Coordinator/Resident Coordinator, the Humanitarian Country Team and cluster members the prioritization and inclusion of project proposals and common funding criteria for inclusion in inter-agency funding appeals.
- Direct transparent and accountable financial and other resource allocation within the Shelter Cluster, when required, such as with regard to CERF or CHF.

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Advanced university degree, preferably in shelter-related sciences (e.g. civil or architecture engineering).
- At least ten year's relevant experience in different international organizations (e.g. UN agencies, INGOs, IOs,
Donors, Red Cross Red Crescent). Work experience in the Region would be an advantage.
- Excellent coordination, and representation skills.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent knowledge of the Humanitarian reform process and the role of the humanitarian community (UN System, Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, and NGO), preferably in shelter.
- Extensive knowledge of current humanitarian issues.
- Good knowledge of shelter-related technical guidelines and standards.
- Excellent knowledge of English and the official UN language of the country of deployment.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES
- Training on Cluster Coordination (Shelter Cluster Coordination training or Coordination and Leadership training).
- UNHCR Coordination Learning Programme.
- UNHCR Management Learning Programme.
- UNHCR Tri-Cluster Knowledge and Coordination Skills Training.
- UNHCR Workshop on Emergency Management.
- Applied knowledge in UNHCR mandate, its policies and priorities in relation to IDPs, shelter and NFI. -
        Demonstrated expertise in program management and reporting requirements.
- Knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language. C004L3 - Commitment to Continuous Learning Level 3
C003L3 - Communication Level 3
C002L3 - Teamwork & Collaboration Level 3
C001L3 - Accountability Level 3
C005L3 - Client & Result Orientation Level 3
C006L3 - Organizational Awareness Level 3
M004L3 - Strategic Planning and Vision Level 3
M003L3 - Judgement and Decision Making Level 3
M002L3 - Managing Performance Level 3
M001L3 - Empowering and Building Trust Level 3
M005L3 - Leadership Level 3
M006L3 - Managing Resources Level 3
X001L3 - Analytical Thinking Level 3
X002L3 - Innovation and Creativity Level 3
X003L3 - Technological Awareness Level 3
X004L3 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Level 3
X009L3 - Change Capability and Adaptability Level 3
X006L3 - Policy Development & Research Level 3
X007L3 - Political Awareness Level 3
X008L3 - Stakeholder Management Level 3
X005L3 - Planning and Organizing Level 3 The ideal candidate must have a proven record of extensive field technical shelter and NFI experience in both camps and out of camps situations.
Extensive technical capacity and knowledge of various shelter solutions, and capacity to lead technical guidance efforts including consultations with partners, and production of cluster technical guidance documents that comprise global experience and adaptation to the local context.
A proven record of extensive coordination experience at senior levels, and knowledge of UN mandates, L3 situation, the cluster system and the UNHCR role as the cluster lead.
A proven record of experience in inter cluster collaboration, with knowledge of the inter action potentials with other clusters, mainly protection, WASH, and CCCM.
Extensive experience in gap analysis, and development of programmatic and fund raising cluster documents.
Excellent inter personal skills, and capacity to liaise with cluster partners, government officials, and other stakeholders in an effective manner.
Moreover, he/she would proactively lead the cluster efforts in terms of activities, planning, and design of technical solutions and production of technical guidance documents, participate in the various coordination mechanisms and inter-cluster networks and meetings, at various operational programmatic and geographical levels, and provide leadership and management to the cluster team including sub national cluster coordinators, and information management officers. In Iraq, on-going conflict, generalized violence and insecurity, coupled with long-standing political, tribal and sectarian tensions have hampered progress on national reconciliation and political reform. Since 2014, the spread of armed groups and intensive conflict in various parts of the country has led to a further deepening of the humanitarian crisis and successive waves of mass displacement.

From January 2014 to December 2016 , IOM through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported 2,996,004 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and 1,397,016 returnees across the country. In addition, nearly one million Iraqis remain displaced as a result of earlier bouts of conflict and violence between 2006 and 2007. The situation remains highly fluid and some families have experienced multiple displacements, compounding their economic and protection vulnerability.

In March 2016, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) began a military campaign to retake territory from armed groups in Ninewa Governorate around Mosul in the north and Anbar Governorate in the central region, prompting new displacement into Mahkmur district in Erbil Governorate and safe areas in Anbar Governorate. The ISF retook Fallujah in June 2016 in an operation that displaced over 85,000 persons from the city and surrounding areas, and over 162,000 persons were displaced from Mosul and surrounding areas from April to September 2016 due to shelling and lack of food in their villages. In October 2016, ISF launched an offensive to retake Mosul city, and announced on 18 January 2017 they had gained control of eastern Mosul. The offensive to retake western Mosul city began on 19 February 2017. Since the beginning of the Mosul offensive, over 217,764  Iraqis have been displaced, of whom 57,462 have returned to their areas of origin. Of the remaining 160,302 IDPs from Mosul and surrounding areas, the majority (83%) are hosted in camps and emergency sites, with the remainder living in host communities and informal sites outside Mosul district.

The Government has also continued to clear explosive remnants and restore services in retaken areas like Heet, Ramadi, and Fallujah in Anbar Governorate. Sporadic attacks from armed groups, however, have continued to impede clearing efforts and inhibit safe returns. Overall, continued insecurity along with destruction of homes and infrastructure, the high risk of death or injuries from explosive remnants of war, and lack of basic services has meant safe and sustainable return for most will not be available in the near term.

As part of the cluster coordination mechanism for the IDP response, and in support of the Government, UNHCR leads three Clusters:   Protection; Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM); and Shelter/Non-Food Items. UNHCR undertakes direct interventions with local, regional and national authorities to ensure that those displaced can access safety in camps/urban areas.  UNHCR provides shelter assistance, core relief items, and coordinates with humanitarian actors to complement the work of local authorities to improve the living conditions of vulnerable IDPs in camp and non-camp situations throughout Iraq. There are 87 camps in Iraq providing shelter to IDPs, with 48 camps in the Centre/South (27 built in 2016) and 39 camps in the KR-I (10 built in 2016). UNHCR has built or rehabilitated 37 out of the 87 camps (20 in the Centre/South and 17 in the KR-I). UNHCR works with local authorities and humanitarian actors to provide coordinated services to IDPs. In camps, this translates to ensuring adequate shelter, delivery of food and water, and presence of education and health facilities in camps. In 2016, UNHCR provided 15 capacity building and training sessions for 320 camp management stakeholders across Iraq and worked to ensure that camp residents were represented in camp management structures, including by organizing and encouraging camp-based elections for local camp representatives.  In the KR-I, over 70% of camps have elected camp representatives.  Mobile teams from partners are providing CCCM services to camps and out-of-camp settlements throughout Iraq.

As a result of conflict in Syria, now in its sixth year, there are 230,836 Syrian refugees in Iraq.  96% of the 230,836 Syrian refugees in the country reside in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), with 39% in camps and 61% in urban, peri-urban and rural areas. The protracted nature of the Syrian conflict has meant that refugees have depleted their savings, and are more reliant on assistance provided by humanitarian actors. Livelihood opportunities are scarce and the current economic downturn in the KR-I has further increased refugees¿ vulnerability. HCR provides leadership for the international humanitarian response for Syrian refugees in Iraq through effective coordination mechanisms under the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP). UNHCR leads the Protection, Shelter and Basic Needs/Non-Food Items sectors, and co-leads Health with WHO and WASH with UNICEF. WFP leads Food Security, UNICEF leads Education, and UNDP leads Livelihoods. UNHCR also leads Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), which, until 2016, was a separate sector.

From 2017 onwards, and similar to other countries in the region, CCCM has been integrated into the Shelter sector for the refugee response. The Government of Iraq and the authorities in the KR-I have the support of UNHCR in assuming their central role in the overall coordination process. The coordination of activities in the camps also benefits from regular meetings at the camp, governorate and central levels. UNHCR has further expanded its multi-purpose cash assistance programme as a protection tool to ensure that families do not resort to negative coping mechanisms, such as child labour.

At the request of the Government and host communities, UNHCR supports repair of communal infrastructures (e.g. schools or health clinics), shops and/or marketplaces, as well as agricultural projects (e.g. pumps, greenhouses) in areas with a high concentration of persons of concern to UNHCR (IDPs, refugees, returnees) through Quick Impact Projects that promote social cohesion. UNHCR has also been strengthening its support for returning communities in their areas of origin through conflict resolution and resilience building initiatives to assess the needs of displaced communities and encourage conflict resolution. - Erbil is Category D Duty Station with Security Level 3.
- All UNHCR international staff member in Erbil are accommodated in security cleared apartments or alternatively hotels.
- Basic food and other commodities are widely available in the local shops and markets. Banking facilities are rather underdeveloped; therefore cash is the main means of settlement of various bills.
- Both local currency (Iraqi Dinar) and USD are equally accepted for any payments.  No specific dress-code applies and casual European style clothes are worn.
- Eight weeks R&R cycle applies for staff assigned in Erbil.
- Several international airlines operate daily flights from Erbil and Suleimanyah International Airport to number of large international airports in Europe as well as Middle East.
- Holders of UNLP can enter Kurdistan Region of Iraq visa-free. Residence permit is not required for UN staff entering Kurdistan Region with UNLP. - Security Clearance for travel to Iraq is not covered under TRIP. Such is approved through MoP (Movement of Personnel) manually processed by the Office. No travel should be undertaken without a copy of a fully approved MoP.
- The SSAFE (Safety and Security Approaches in a Field Environment) course must be undertaken by all international staff members to allow them to travel outside of Erbil the country. If a staff has conducted a SSAFE (Safety and Security Approaches in a Field Environment) course within the last three years there is no need for attendance; he/she only require attending the FSCOs briefing on arrival. If he/she has not attended a SSAFE course in the last 3 years he/she will be required to attend the new mandatory SSAFE course conducted in Erbil.
- Subject to the advice received from the security unit, some movement of UN international staff within Kurdistan Region of Iraq may be undertaken in the convoy of two UN vehicles.
- Travel to border areas as well as disputed areas whereas newly displaced persons are concentrated is allowed in a convoy of two armored vehicles only. Arabic language is desirable.

Please note that the closing date for all vacancies in the Addendum 2 to the March 2017 Compendium is Wednesday 31 May 2017 (midnight Geneva time).