The DRC Regional Office in Nairobi is seeking a qualified
candidate for the following position:
Regional Emergency Advisor
The overall responsibility of the Regional Emergency Advisor (REA) is, on the one hand, to provide regional oversight; strategic and operational leadership; support and quality insurance of DRC Integrated Emergency Response (IER) Programme and, on the other hand, direct operational support on a need and request basis to existing or new emergency operations within the region.
When seconded to a specific programme/task, the REA represents the Regional Office, but reports to the individual Country Director.
Requirements:Regional Emergency Advisor
The overall responsibility of the Regional Emergency Advisor (REA) is, on the one hand, to provide regional oversight; strategic and operational leadership; support and quality insurance of DRC Integrated Emergency Response (IER) Programme and, on the other hand, direct operational support on a need and request basis to existing or new emergency operations within the region.
When seconded to a specific programme/task, the REA represents the Regional Office, but reports to the individual Country Director.
- Masters’
degree with at least 5 years management experience in humanitarian assistance
programmes at senior level, preferably in complex humanitarian
environments.
- Strong
project management experience, including proposal writing, M&E
frameworks, quality assurance systems, budget management and humanitarian
accountability
- Good
communication skills and ability to forge working relationships at all
levels.
- Extensive
programming experience, particularly in emergency response and oversight
of emergency operations, including experience in set-up of new operations.
- Experience
in conducting needs assessments for new operations including drafting of
emergency proposals.
- Work
experience in insecure environments or similar complex displacement
situations.
For a complete job description with full description of requirements and application procedure, please visit www.drc.dk under Vacancies/Current vacancies/Regional Emergency Advisor-Horn of Africa.
Please note that we will only receive applications sent via the online application system at www.drc.dk.
The closing date for receiving applications is 30 November, 2011.
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