Emergency Programme Manager

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Description

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About the job:

• Develop and manage DRC East mobile emergency response team, provide vision, leadership and direction to DRC humanitarian team
• Manage provision of direct humanitarian assistance and strengthening of partners, for DRC response in Hard-to-Reach areas in the East of Ukraine
• Represent DRC in relevant humanitarian coordination for a in the East, engaging with UN, INGO and LNGOs counterparts and proactively seeking to shape agendas in line with DRC and humanitarian priorities. In addition representation of the programme to partners and authorities will boost DRC’s profile and portfolio.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Management of DRC humanitarian portfolio

• Oversee programme quality of current and proposed projects
• Ensure compliance of current & proposed projects within scope of DRC programme department
• Ensure positions are staffed and projects are on track
• Develop clear lines of communication between project staff and partners
• Develop tools and processes to capture, share and incorporate lessons learned and best practices to inform and enhance quality of programming 

Strategy and funding development and resource mobilization 

• Lead and coordinate emergency assessments for DRC
• Update and maintain a DRC narrative based on the evolving context
• Update global humanitarian proposals with integrated contingency plans

Advocacy, coordination and representation 

• Represent DRC to relevant national authorities

As Manager the post-holder is responsible for the following:

• Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility
• Accountable for making significant decisions on what the unit does: its purpose, functions and role, and for making commitments and decisions that require the expenditure of significant unit resources.
• Accountable for people management of direct reports, generally at least 3 employees. This includes hiring & firing, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc.
• Accountable for making sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards, and the advice of technical experts in DRC

Roles reporting to this position: Emergency response team, CVA team

Reports to: Area Programme Manager East

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 3 years’ experience in a project/ program management role involving responsibility for developing new and successful proposals and at least 3 years’ experience with people management. Moreover, we also expect the following:

• Skills and experience in project/program planning, delivery, monitoring, reporting, review and evaluation
• Skills in fundraising, budget management and donor reporting/ accountability/ compliance
• Experience in working in complex emergencies or challenging security settings and within security management frameworks. Calm and diplomatic in nature.
• Experience in capacity building of staff and local partners
• Ability to produce timely project proposals and high quality reports
• Full professional proficiency in English

Source: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1036&ProjectId=171020&DepartmentId=19100&MediaId=5

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