COOPI
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is an Italian secular and independent humanitarian organization that fights against all forms of poverty to improve the world. Founded in 1965, today COOPI is present in 33 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East, with both emergency and development projects carried out by expatriate personnel – an average of more than 270 people a year – and national personnel. The main institutional funders are the European Union – ECHO and INTPA – USAID, UN agencies, the Italian Government, local authorities and other European governments.
Description of COOPI in the country
Since 2019 COOPI establishes a presence in Venezuela to assist the local population after the worsening of the country’s socioeconomic crisis. Starting in July 2020, a regional crisis response program begins, which is implemented in consortium with Venezuelan organizations for the protection of vulnerable groups. In these years COOPI has expanded its interventions and is currently executing projects with different donors in Caracas, Lara, Carabobo, Anzoátegui, Sucre and Delta Amacuro in protection (GBV, Child Protection, Trafficking and trafficking in persons), reproductive sexual health, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and school feeding.
COOPI is currently implementing projects financed by COOPI Suisse, ECHO, the EU, UN agencies.
Job description
COOPI is looking for a Consortium Coordinator, based in the Caracas office, who will be coordinated by COOPI and implemented in consortium with CESVI, ACTED, Première Urgence Internationale, International Solidarités and local organizations. The intervention aims at the multisectoral response, comprehensive and coordinated to the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable population affected by the complex crisis in Venezuela through the provision of services and assistance in the Protection sectors (GBV, VoT), Health, WASH and Food Safety.
The Consortium organizations will concentrate their actions in seven (7) states of Venezuela: Capital District, Miranda, Zulia, Falcón, Bolivar, Sucre and Delta Amacuro. The Coordination of the Consortium is responsible for guaranteeing its management at a strategic level, operational and financial in line with the donor principles and according to the guidelines defined by COOPI and the Co-partners.
Supervision will be carried out directly by the COOPI Country Coordinator.
Areas of responsibility
- Ensure compliance with the principles and policies of the main donor, of COOPI, as well as the guidelines and tools generated within the framework of the Consortium itself;
- Develop and supervise the Consortium’s internal and external coordination strategy;
- Coordinate with the competent local authorities, the communities involved and the other humanitarian actors involved in the area, and manage the alliances that will be generated;
- Represent COOPI and the Consortium with communities, with local authorities and with donors, in coordination meetings, visits and events, according to the context and needs of the intervention;
- Manage COOPI personnel assigned to the Consortium and ensure the development of its capacities;
- Ensure internal and external communication to the country about project activities, as well as the basic visibility of the donor and the organizations that implement the intervention.
Coordination
- Ensure the adequate coordination and implementation of activities between the Consortium organizations and the fulfillment of their objectives, in accordance with the technical, qualitative and time-expected standards;
- Guarantee the operation of the project implemented in accordance with the practices and policies of the organization and the Consortium, ensuring that all participating actors are informed and assume their role;
- Guarantee continuous and effective communication between the Consortium Committees and their internal coordination mechanisms;
- Make direct coordination with the donor;
- Coordinate possible actions with other donor partners in the different territories and with relevant actors with a presence in the intervention areas, guaranteeing the articulation and complementarity of the Consortium’s actions;
- Supervision of logistics and administration teams.
Project cycle management
- Ensure proper planning of project actions in all its components;
- Schedule periodic meetings to review the progress of the project with the members of the Consortium to ensure compliance with the expected results and objectives;
- Accompany and supervise the technical team of the Consortium, ensuring the correct implementation process of each component and ensuring a proactive and constant flow of communication.
Monitoring, monitoring and accountability
- Together with the COOPI MEAL manager and the Consortium’s MEAL team, design and implement the monitoring tools, accountability and strategies that allow unifying the intervention guidelines and following up on the project;
- Coordinate with the MEAL manager the monitoring of COOPI activities and the systematization of actions;
- Contribute to the adaptation and implementation of monitoring and accountability tools, facilitating their application in respect of the internal procedures of the organization and the consortium itself;
- Contribute to the production and dissemination of technical and informative materials, communication and accountability;
- Supervise the file of the documentation related to the execution of the interventions including the means of verification generated;
- Review and consolidate the periodic reports of the Consortium and ensure its timely delivery to the country’s coordination, regional coordination, headquarters and the donor;
- Carry out periodic field visits, facilitate and accompany the donor’s monitoring actions regarding the implementation of the project.
Complementary activities
- Participate and collaborate in the selection, induction and coordination processes of the project team;
- Coordinate with the team the participation in meetings of sector clusters and work tables;
- Contribute to the organization’s fundraising activities, participating in the identification of opportunities and in the elaboration of complementary proposals to the intervention to be carried out;
- Execute those tasks inherent to the position and that are requested by the country coordination, according to the context and needs of the intervention.
Desired profile
ESSENTIAL
- Professional studies (minimum degree, desirable postgraduate or master) in Cooperation, Political and Social Sciences, Education, Rights, Humanitarian Action, Project Management and / or related;
- Experience in project management (minimum 5 years) in the field of development and / or humanitarian action;
- Experience in leading consortia with international and local partners;
- Experience in design, implementation and monitoring of activities, with special emphasis on the Protection (GBV, VoT), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Food Safety sectors;
- Sensitivity to gender and diversity;
- Have experience and ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts showing culturally appropriate attitudes;
- Essential Spanish language and advanced level of English.
DESABLE
- Previous experiences with procedures for managing institutional donor funds (ECHO, European Union, UN and private sector agencies);
- Experience in project identification and formulation, including instruments such as logical framework, theory of change, etc.
How to apply
Those interested should send the application at the following link: https://coopi.org/en/job-position.html?id=5109&ln=