Regional Disaster Management-Institutional Preparedness and Surge Capacity Delegate at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Purpose

To be responsible for continuous monitoring of upcoming and ongoing disasters as well as the broader geographical context in which the IFRC operates.   This position will be responsible for coordinating IFRC’s disaster management Training, planning and deployment of surge support in close liaison with Country Offices and Country Cluster Support Teams and relevant units of the Geneva Secretariat, to ensure that the operations are timely and adequate based on the needs.  This position will participate in capacity-building activities in disaster response preparedness, including managing the regional disaster response team system.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for Africa National Societies to establish disaster response tools at national and local levels
• Support Africa National Societies develop contingency and response plans to be proactive in managing disaster and crisis in the region
• Ensure close contact with country and regional office that response modalities and service delivery plans are coordinated with host National Societies and Technical Departments
• Ensure close contact with country and regional office that National Societies mandate, roles and capacities are recognized and used effectively in Federation emergency response
• Support effective use of Federation surge capacity mechanism and capacities in disaster response such as FACT, RDRTs and ERUs
• Advise Operation manager, regional/country offices on programmatic aspects of the transition from relief to recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction
• Organize in collaboration with regional offices trainings, aiming at fast and effective mobilization of Federation response system and mechanism
• Monitor emergency/new partnering and resource opportunities in support of community-based safety and resilience programming
• Utilise appropriate information technology tools in disseminating Disaster Management information
• Work closely with shared leadership groups, including Africa Disaster Management Working Group (ADMAG) to advocate global policies/strategies and have disaster preparedness priorities reflected on its plan
• Support /facilitate RDRT induction and thematic RDRT and maintain the roster of qualified RDRTs for deployment
• Lead the development of the regional surge file (Regional Disaster Response Team system (RDRT) in Africa, including. All efforts will be aligned with Surge Optimization process and progress made under ADMAG related to regional surge:
  • Development of standard operational procedures for deployments in Africa in line with the global surge SOP
  • Support implementation of the Global Surge Optimisation process through active participation in relevant reference groups, dissemination of information and effective communications with region and country offices
  • Development of a training strategy for Africa, in coordination with the 5 IFRC Regional Offices and in alignment with initiatives under Surge Optimization and ADMAG
  • Development of standard toolbox for Africa RDRT including essential documents, guidelines and templates
  • Leading of the Africa RDRT working group and participation on the global task force for RDRT
  • Managing of RDRT toolbox shared through online tools (i.e. SharePoint, Dropbox)
  • Coordination and facilitation of regional surge trainings in Africa
  • Participation of participants selection for regional surge trainings
  • Support of alerts and regional surge deployments in Africa
  • Maintenance of the Africa regional surge roster
  • Managing of the RDRT database and performance appraisals of African regional surge
  • Technical support to RDRT members during deployments
  • Support for briefings and debriefings of RDRT members
  • Facilitation of cross-regional learning and exchanges between regional surge members in Africa
  • Update regional surge members about the latest IFRC tools, formats and training opportunities.

Duties applicable to all staff

• Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals
• Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles
• Perform any other work related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager

Education

• Relevant University degree
• IMPACT course or equivalent knowledge

Experience

Required:

• 5 years of experience in disaster management, including experience in institutional disaster preparedness
• Experience of working for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement
• Experience of conducting trainings

Preferred:

• Experience of setting up, managing and coordinating disaster response, including leading multi-national response teams

Knowledge, skills and languages

• Self-supporting in computers (word processing, spreadsheets etc.)
• Solid and tested operational management skills
• Analytical decision making capacity
• Fluently spoken and written English
• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic) (Preferred)

Competencies and values

• Accountability
• National Society Relations
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Communication