REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN DIRECTOR – SOUTH AFRICA REGION
JOB DETAIL
Work Location : Zimbabwe – Harare
Other Possible Location : Any country where CARE USA operates
Expected Travel :
Language Requirement :
Employee Duration : Full-Time
JOB SUMMARY
The Regional Humanitarian Director (RHD) plays a key role in CARE’s preparedness and response to humanitarian crises in the region. They report to the Regional Director (RD) with a dotted line to the Humanitarian Affairs Senior Director for Emergency Response and Coordination. Under the guidance of the Regional Director, they represent CARE in regional humanitarian fora and to key humanitarian donors. The RHD provides coordination and support to Country Presences (CPs) responding to humanitarian crises, linking internal and external stakeholders to best support the response. They will be expected to be the first rapid response staff to deploy from outside the CP to support initial response start-up. They work to strengthen the capacity of CP’s and CARE’s partners to prepare for humanitarian responses in the region ensuring that program quality aspects of CARE’s locally led, globally connected and gender equal approach are integrated into our humanitarian programming.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Humanitarian Response – Support to Country Presences (CPs)
- Deploy as Team Leader or any other role to support the CP response to a humanitarian crisis or deploy for the initial assessment in a new Presence Response.
- Coordinate the CARE Confederation response by leading CCG Type 1/2 calls and supporting calls led by HQ for Type 3/4.
Drive Humanitarian Program Quality
- Provide vision and strategic direction to all of CARE’s humanitarian work across all CPs working in the region, feeding into the Regional Road Map and CP’s program strategies.
Enable Country Presence Preparedness and Capacity
- Support and advise County Presences and CARE Partners on emergency preparedness planning (EPP) and minimum preparedness action.
Ensure Humanitarian Representation and Information Sharing
- Represent and build CARE’s humanitarian profile in regional forums and meetings in the with regional entities, UN humanitarian agencies, other NGOs, partners, region-based emergency donors, inter-agency working groups.
QUALIFICATIONS
1.Master’s degree, or relevant combination of qualifications and experience, in a relevant field.
2.Minimum 10 years’ experience in humanitarian preparedness, risk reduction and response.
3.Proven experience and competencies in external representation to key external stakeholders such as Donors, UN Agencies, and I/INGOs.
4.Experience in programme design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including the CORE Humanitarian Standards, SPHERE standards, Grand Bargain, gender, donor relations, security and protection considerations.
5.Experience in scale-up emergency response, Gender in Emergencies; women’s empowerment programming and humanitarian accountability.
6.Excellent training, coaching and mentoring skills.
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