Emergency Response Roster at Kenya Red Cross Society

World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision. This roster allows World Vision to more rapidly identify and hire for key positions in its humanitarian response offices.

If selected, eligible applicants will first be fully vetted and then approved for the Emergency Response Roster. As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.

If you have the required experience and would like to work with us helping protect lives, restore dignity, and renew hope, we’d love to hear from you.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements for all Emergency Response Roster Positions:

• 5+ years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.

• Minimum 2 years experience serving successfully in fragile or unstable environments.
• Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.
• Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.
• Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.
• Willing to serve unaccompanied; most likely in a team house setting.
• English proficiency; written and verbal.
• Grant Acquisition Management experience in your personalized expertise.
• Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

Below are the World Vision Emergency Response Roster positions that are currently open and accepting applications. If a position matching your background and interests is not listed, we encourage you to check back often as a more appropriate roster position may be listed and accepting applications at that time.

When submitting your application to World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster, please indicate in your cover letter / application which roster position you would like to be considered for.

Director positions currently accepting applications (must have 5-7+ years’ in response leadership role):

• Response Director
• Operations Director
• Programmes Strategy & Development Director

Manager/Specialist positions currently accepting applications (must have 5+ years’ related experience):

• Communication and External Engagement Manager
• Human Resources Manager
• Support Services Manager
• Finance Manager
• Information Management Manager
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Humanitarian Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager
• Grant Acquisition and Management Manager
• Cash Programming Manager/Specialist
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager/Specialist
• Health Manager/Specialist
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manager/Specialist
• Nutrition Manager/Specialist
• Education in Emergencies Manager/Specialist
• Livelihoods Manager/Specialist
• Protection Manager/Specialist
• Child Protection ManManager/Specialist