Regional Coordinator

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Working under the supervision of the Director of International Operations and coordinating the Regional Team, the Regional Coordinator (RC) manages International Medical Corps’ emergency relief and development activities and program design and development for the country programs within his/her regional portfolio, supports in-country teams and provides overall guidance to International Medical Corps field staff from its Washington, DC offices with frequent trips to the field. Additionally, s/he represents and advocates for International Medical Corps’ programs to partners in the international development community, donors and government representatives.

Major Responsibilities
A.Regional team leadership
• Provide day-to-day guidance and coordination of members to the Regional Team (RT) which incorporates members from a variety of International Medical Corps departments; provide associative financial, program development, fund raising, recruitment and technical oversight, input and supervision cognizant and respectful of individual RT member Department policy and direct technical / quality control oversight;
• Work as needed with members of other International Medical Corps Departments who are not assigned to the RT but who provide logistical, finance, security, human resource, legal, and communication oversight, input and/or supervision, including International Medical Corps-UK;
• Ensure communication and information sharing between different missions and dissemination of lessons learned;
• Create and maintain substantial relationships with donors and partners (governmental, NGO, and companies) both current and potential;

B.Manage regional programs
• Provide line management of Country Directors for International Medical Corps programs within the region;
• Ensure continuance of country programs through an ongoing analysis of and appropriate response to context changes, mission, program, and beneficiary needs, donor positioning, lessons learned, and best practices;
• Oversee new program and new mission start-up as appropriate;
• Provide program oversight to ensure that goals, objectives, benchmarks and program quality are achieved; ensure timely submission of reports on same; regularly employ International Medical Corps information technology standards and software to meet this responsibility;
• Oversee the development and implementation of annual and long-term strategies for each country mission that fits into the general International Medical Corps strategy and goals; periodically update the strategy as necessary to meet changing needs and context; report on same;
• Identify, design and implement regional and cross-border programs and approaches;
• Oversee the implementation of all direct-grant and sub-grant obligations relevant to the region; facilitate quality monitoring and evaluation as relevant.

C.Program design and development
•Ensure ongoing program development and design; this will include identification of needs; identification of donors, donor priorities, and donor opportunities; and program design;
•Oversee program design and proposal writing processes;
•Expand International Medical Corps horizons and ensure sustainability through the use of new funding mechanisms, new program concepts, and the adaptation of new program techniques using experts as necessary;
•Initiate and oversee exploratory missions/assessments within current country missions.