This is your opportunity to use your special talents to help improve the lives and futures of some of the world's most vulnerable children in the most challenging humanitarian context today.
You can do this by joining World Vision (WV)–a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being and protection of children everywhere by empowering them, their families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.
The Regional Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Director, WV EAR is to provide strategic, innovative and operational leadership for the implementation of World Visions disaster management (early warning, mitigation, response and recovery) in East Africa, to contribute to the Regional and National office strategies. To ensure the quality of WV emergency response engagement including appropriate structures, standards (internal and external), policies, staffing and resources. Provide leadership to the DM2020 process working across all sectors and functions to ensure WVs disaster management work is cutting edge, and effectively supporting children in all types of emergencies, with particular focus on conflicts and urban. To build relationships internally and externally to increase and promote integrated disaster management and resource development, and be an authoritative voice for policy change and learning.
We believe that every child is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Strategy and Leadership:
- Position World Visions as a competent, innovative and effective humanitarian agency by ensuring that the East Africa region responds professionally to all Categories of emergencies, under takes effective disaster management.
- Develop EAR HEA contribution to the EAR strategic direction and the Partnerships vision for DM2020, using innovative and cutting edge programming and processes.
- Work across sectors and functions to support strategy and ensure effective disaster management in all areas of WVs work.
- Assess pending disasters through scenario analysis and design and develop preparedness, advocacy and resourcing action plans.
- Facilitate the establishment and functioning of emergency preparedness and response strategies on the basis of sub-regional country groupings e.g. Horn of Africa.
Operational Support:
- Ensure National offices have the technical and managerial capacity to respond to Cat 2 and 3 responses, by using response registers or by provide short term leadership of emergencies.
- Monitor all East Africa HEA projects on a regular basis, noting policy implications, and offering appropriate support to ensure projects are managed according to WVI and international standards.
Technical Support/Capacity Building:
- Support capacity building of HEA units at NO level, including technical staff and Learning Centers to build understanding and engagement in disaster management to support ensuring clear goals and accountabilities are established and achieved.
- Lead the East Africa Region HEA team in ensuring that national offices have the knowledge, skills, resources tools and capacity to maximise mitigation, preparedness, response and transition at a community level.
- Ensure individuals performance and development needs are met, and employees are high performing and engaged. Engage in NO HEA staff hiring processes. Assure that National Offices have a functioning NEPRF in place as per the NEPRG policy guidelines.
Collaborations and Learning:
- At a strategic and policy level, represent WV with Government agencies, UN, INGO and Church bodies, in collaboration with National Offices (if present), dealing with macro and local issues regarding humanitarian principles including advocating on key issues which affect the most vulnerable.
- Enhance constructive collaboration with GC, EAR departments, LCs, SOs, Global capitals, NOs, regional networks, institutional donors and organizations at regional and country level to ensure effective and efficient disaster management.
Others:
- Carry out additional responsibilities as assigned by the SDO Director.
REQUIRED SKILLS INCLUDE:
- Masters-level degree in management or similar.
- A Minimum of 10 years in operational humanitarian experience with minimum of five years in a leadership role, preferably in Africa.
- Strong empirical knowledge of the humanitarian sector including humanitarian charters, laws and standards.
- Strong commitment to WVs vision, mission and core values.
- Strong ability and commitment in critical networking, relationship building, and partnerships, especially those outside of WV itself.
- Strong written and verbal skills in English and with another language such as French.
HOW TO APPLY:
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this vital and challenging role that will enhance the lives of vulnerable children in Kenya, we'd love to hear from you.
Find the full description and apply online by the closing date 29 Jan 2015. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website:www.wvi.org.
