Head of Emergency

The Head of Emergency is a critical position for DRC charged with leading and representing DRC’s emergency response capability and global expertise. It is DRC’s leading expert on emergency response and champions the emergency area across the global organization.
The role leads DRC’s global emergency unit, consisting of a team of emergency and technical experts based in headquarters as well as a larger EMPACT team of globally roving emergency experts. It also technically manages and directs the regionally-based emergency coordinators.
The Head of Emergency leads on DRC’s approaches to emergency response, setting global direction for how DRC prepares for, responds to and learns from emergency response worldwide. Currently, this takes the form of an exciting organizational change project to strengthen emergency response capabilities across all of DRC.
The position also provides oversight and direction to the Hard to Reach/Access strategic initiative, a Global 2025 strategic initiative aimed at enhancing DRC’s ability to gain access to Hard-to-Reach Populations across its country operations.
The Head of Emergency is a core member of the Programme Division management team and helps set overall direction for the division. It also sits alongside Executive Directors as a core member of the newly formed DRC Emergency Steering Group, providing global, organizational oversight and support to large-scale emergencies.
Specifically, the Head of Emergency will:

Concretely, we expect the following:
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