Deputy regional coordinator LATAM (M/W) (New window)

Expertise France; Colombia; Remote; COP 284,765,000 - 411,327,000; Full time

Job summary

Expertise France is recruiting a Country Representative to engage with governments and partners across LATAM regions, driving strategic implementation and regional cooperation. The role focuses on coordinating with the Project Director, senior officials, and regional stakeholders to advance MARCO3 activities and IORIS adoption.

The position requires diplomatic acumen, extensive maritime security experience, and the ability to operate remotely with occasional travel within the region.

Qualifications

• Master degree in maritime security or related field.
• Operational experience in navy or coast guard or equivalent.
• Experience in capacity building and administrative reforms in maritime security.
• Experience in organizing Table-Top and Field Training Exercises at national/regional level.
• Ability to engage at high level with diplomatic skills.
• Willingness to work in multicultural environment; international mobility essential; Latin America experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Project Director with countries and international fora.
• Advise the Project Director on political/strategic matters relevant to the project.
• Engage regional beneficiaries to identify potential activities after consultation.
• Mentor and advise counterparts on safety, security and IORIS-based operations.
• Develop interrelated activities and a cohesive workplan for region-wide uptake of IORIS.

Skills

Maritime security

Diplomatic skills

Multicultural teamwork

Fluent English

International mobility

Education

Master degree in maritime security

Job description

The Country Representative will serve as the primary representative of the Project Director within his/her assigned countries in the region. In this capacity, he/she will be tasked with developing with implementing tailored strategies to engage with States and organizations, in accordance with the intervention logic, ensuring a context-specific and effective approach to regional cooperation and project implementation.

After consulting the LATAM Regional Representative, he/she is to organise high-level engagement with senior officials in his/her countries of responsibility, particularly in relation to MARCO3 courses and exercises (formulation and scope), in close coordination with the Exercise and Training Managers.

The Country Representative will propose activities for validation, encouraging new initiatives in accordance with available budget, engaging directly with beneficiary organisations on behalf of the Project Director. He/she will then implement courses and exercises.

Part of his/her responsibility is to promote the use of the IORIS information-exchange system, and with guidance from the Project Director, the SHARE.IT interoperability framework throughout the region, in alignment with strategic guidance.

Finally, he/she is to ensure that the project's logical framework is implemented as specified, supporting the Executive Coordinator by contributing to the M&E process, whilst also supporting the project's capitalisation process.

Tasks to foresee:

• Represent the Project Director with countries, and international fora, as directed.
• Advise the Project Director on matters which may be of political/strategic value to the project.
• Engage with regional beneficiaries and partners on behalf of the Project Director after due consultation with latter, with a view to identifying potential activities.
• Mentor, advise and support counterparts conducting real-time safety, security and/or IUU IORIS-based operations, upon the invitation of the beneficiary partners, in accordance with guidance provided by the Project Director.
• Propose and update a series of interconnected activities spanning the duration of the project to the Project Management Team, through a cohesive workplan, with a view to ensuring for the long-term uptake of IORIS, in a sustainable manner, including with industry, after due consultation with Deputy Representatives/country representatives.
• Conduct MDA training courses and coordinate exercises in his/her region as directed;
• Coordinate and monitor trainings and exercises activities implemented by the Deputy Representative and/or country representatives and other team members within its region, in close coordination with the Maritime Exercises Manager, the Training Manager, and thematic experts, with/through the Executive Coordinator.
• Promote the use of the IORIS information-exchange systems across his/her region in accordance with guidance provided, but especially by motivating organisations to self-teach new IORIS users within their respective organisations and others.
• Mentor and advise those countries which have fully integrated, or are in the process of integrating, IORIS into their information-exchange SOPs.
• Supervise other MEAL data collection in his/her region;
• Ensure that the Communications Manager is kept abreast of ongoing CRIMARIO activities with his/her countries of responsibility

Qualification and skills

• Master degree or equivalent qualification in maritime security/safety
• Operational experience in navy, CG or equivalent or in operations centre
• Experience in capacity building and administrative reforms the area of maritime security
• Experience in organising Table-Top Exercises and Field Training Exercises, including appropriate design, scenarios and injects, of a national and regional level
• Capacity to engage at the high level using acquired diplomatic skills
• Capacity to work in multicultural environment
• Fluent in English
• International mobility is viewed as essential in the completion of the expected tasks
• Working experience in the Latin America region would be considered an asset

Special provisions

• Service contract – individual expertise
• Remote assignment with occasional travel to the areas of intervention