Manager – Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery (HDRR) at Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity International seeks a Manager – Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery (HDRR). One of the objectives under the Build More and Better Homes component of Habitat for Humanity’s global strategy is to strengthen the organization’s position in disaster resilience and recovery. To this end, the Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery - International Program Support Manager will provide technical and operational support to disaster resilience and recovery initiatives and projects at the Area Office (AO) and National Office (NO) levels. More specifically, this includes providing support and follow up of grants funded internally and externally, the promotion of subject matter expertise in Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter and Settlements Awareness methodology (PASSA) and other resilience-related project initiatives. The position also supports writing of grant proposals and provides oversight to operational aspects of strategic partnerships related to disaster response/recovery and resilience such as with ShelterBox, IFRC, Rotary Club, Cemex and others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deploys virtually or physically after a disaster event, in the recovery phase or before a disaster hit during the
• preparedness phase, providing subject matter expertise, technical support and training to AO, NOs and partners.
• Oversee the allocations of resources and reports of the International Disaster Fund (IDF), internal funding, in support of international resilience, readiness and recovery work, including management of the call for applications, selection, contracting, monitoring, reporting and dissemination on how the IDF fund is used.
• Supports Disaster Resilience Initiatives at the AO/NO level, with a leadership role in the promotion and dissemination of methodologies such as PASSA and PASSA Youth, among others.
• Manage operational and programmatic elements of the relationship with key partners and strategic donors engaged in Disaster Resilience and Recovery initiatives.
• Manage, empower, and support in the achievement of performance and developmental goals of work teams in which this position gets involved.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-7 years of experience in implementing shelter and settlements programs and disaster risk reduction interventions

Qualifications:

• Disaster Risk Management knowledge and experience
• Capacity to integrate disaster recovery and resilience concepts into long-term development projects
• Knowledge of community participatory approaches for resilience-building, especially on PASSA and PASSA Youth
• Knowledge of shelter, settlement and housing humanitarian and development frameworks and standards
• Experience working internationally in the Global South, and familiarity working with offices in the Global North for citizens of the Global South
• MEAL knowledge
• Strong project management capacity
• Written, oral, and graphic communication skills
• Research and analysis capacity
• Ability to generate fresh ideas
• Capacity to work cross-culturally in a federated organization
• Critical thinker; detail-oriented; self-starter; flexible; work with minimal supervision; ability to multi-task; excellent customer service outlook