Spain: Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist

Organization: Educo
Country: Spain
Closing date: 30 Jun 2017

Position Summary/Mandate:

The Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist (DRR Specialist) is responsible for all facets of comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) including humanitarian emergency response and preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery. The DRR Specialist provides leadership to the DRR portfolio including implementation guidelines, policy and strategy formulation, and technical oversight of human and financial resources.

This position provides technical support in the development of disaster/emergency related project proposals for grant acquisition and revenue generation. The DRR Specialist will be an in-house resource for building the capacity of Educo Head Office (including the regional staff) and the Country Offices.

The DRR Specialist is also responsible for networking with and representing Educo to other agencies such as the ChildFund Alliance Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, CHS Alliance, UN agencies, donors, humanitarian agencies, partners, NGOs, other emergency and humanitarian aid task forces.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum undergraduate degree in Disaster Risk/Humanitarian Response or related discipline; Graduate degree preferred;

• 5 -7 years’ experience in comprehensive humanitarian assistance, risk management/mitigation, disaster preparedness, emergency relief and recovery;

• Proven experience coordinating comprehensive disaster risk/humanitarian assistance and emergency response operations in developing countries;

• Strong understanding of the impact of different types of disasters and good knowledge of the child protection in emergency;

• High level of interpersonal skills including the ability to network, collaborate, and negotiate effectively;

• Good knowledge of security management for humanitarian and chid focused organizations combined with current political and social knowledge of countries of operation;

• Work experience in an international relief/development organization or in a developing country;

• Proven ability to train trainers and build human resource capacity in the areas of Emergency Response and Disaster Risk Reduction;

• Business management skills, including project management and financial management, essential;

• Experience in youth-led/child centred DRR is a plus.

• Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, electronic); ability to communicate complex, technical information; ability to communicate/present to a variety of audiences

• Proficient computer skills using Microsoft Office (Advanced Word; Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

• Ability to work with diversity and demonstrate cross-cultural sensitivity

• Ability to speak and write in English, Spanish and French

• A demonstrated commitment to Educo’s Vision, Mission and Values

  Attributes, Behaviours, Traits:

• Collaborative; Relationship Builder; Excellent inter-personal skills

• Flexible and Adaptive

• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement

• Accountability for Results

• Excellent problem solving skills;

• A motivated self-starter with multitasking abilities

• Sound Judgement and Decision Making ability

Key responsibilities:

1. Disaster Risk Reduction (30%):

   1. Develop and oversee implementation of, and compliance with, policies, procedures and tools for effective preparation for and management of comprehensive humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness plans;

   2. Working closely with country offices, develop Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies and build the capacity of the field staff and partners;

   3. Ensure that Educo’s response to emergencies is in line to the Alliance led initiative of Child Protection in Emergency and youth engagement/leadership in DRR;

   4. Identify needs and opportunities in Educo’s programs for establishing new humanitarian assistance programs and formulate recommendations;

   5. In collaboration with the Ops team, provide guidance and the necessary tools for the development of country annual operating plans and ensure disaster risk reduction interventions are integrated and complementary to sectoral programs.

2. Implementation (30%):

   1. Support Educo Country Directors to coordinate Educo’s response to emergencies within Educo’s countries of operation; liaise with counterparts in Alliance members to ascertain how Educo can support their emergency response; initiate contact with other organizations when required.;

   2. Coordinate training of staff on humanitarian standards, including Sphere Standards and Protection of Children in Emergencies;

   3. Function as a technical resource and subject matter expert on DRR/EPP/ER by keeping abreast of humanitarian assistance and disaster risk management issues and share information and knowledge with both Head Office and country office staff;

   4. Ensure continuous quality improvement in emergency preparedness and response through the documentation and sharing of best practices and ensuring that past experiences guide future decisions, testing systems, sharing lessons learned and capacity building activities.

3. Coordination and communication (20%):

   1. Ensure effective communications between Head Office, affected Country Office(s) and ChildFund Alliance members, ascertaining that all external donor reporting and accountability requirements are met;

   2. Work collaboratively with Resource Mobilisation and Communications in support of developing media and donor communications and appeals;

4. Networking and Acquisition (10%)

   1. Lead the development of high quality concept papers and proposals for funding emergency response in collaboration with the New Business Development and Grants Manager;

   2. Ensure all humanitarian grant compliance;

   3. Represent Educo in the ChildFund Alliance DRR technical working group;

   Other (10%):

5. Comply with all Educo’s policies and procedures.

6. Other related duties as assigned.

   Decisions/Impact of Errors

   Decisions have impact on the ability of the organization to respond to humanitarian emergencies in a timely and effective manner. It will also impact on the organization’s ability to procure relief and emergency supplies as well as identification and response to funding opportunities.

Errors related to humanitarian response could impact the confidence of donors, partners and government agencies and affect the organization’s ability to achieve strategic goals and revenue targets.

Communications

Internal: ; Country Offices; Resource Mobilisation; Policy and Accountability; Finance;

External: International fora and task groups related to disaster risk reduction and humanitarian aid including ChildFund Alliance, Core Humanitarian Alliance

Job Conditions

Salary

Salary is negotiable subject to candidate’s experience

Location

Barcelona

Duration of the assignment

Indetermined

How to apply:

How to apply

Individuals satisfying the requisites and interested in the offer should send their CV to cv@educo.org with DRR in the subject line, no later than 30th June 2017.