Regional Emergency Coordinator at Danish Refugee Council

About the job

The Regional Emergency Coordinator for East Africa facilitates the development and strengthening of emergency preparedness and declared emergency responses within the region through the provision of technical support, sectors guidance, troubleshooting and quality assurance to all emergency programmes within the East Africa sub-region as per DRC emergency systems. This position represents an excellent opportunity to provide technical leadership and capacity building in an exciting and challenging context, and to strategically develop the quality, impact and accountability of DRC’s emergency responses. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Ensure preparedness by facilitating quality and relevant Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) across East Africa;
• Lead the Regional Emergency Preparedness Working Group in order to prioritise and plan for timely and quality emergency responses and remain up to date on contextual and operational concerns across the region
• Support the delivery of declared emergency responses through the Emergency Task Force and DRC emergency processes

Quality Assurance

• Ensure countries are using and able to use correct emergency response tools in line with global guidance
• Support the development of new tools and processes with HQ emergency team where relevant
• Work with RO and CO technical staff to ensure integration of emergency response into Strategic Plans, promote sector integration in emergencies, and ensure response activities are appropriate and high quality across all sectors;
• Provide support and advice to strategies to transition emergency operations to recovery, resilience and Durable Solutions approaches;
• Ensure all emergency response actions are adhering to standards and best practices including HAP/CHS standards, relevant Minimum Standards and SPHERE etc.

Regional Leadership and Coordination

• Lead and coordinate regionally-led multi-country emergency responses as/where needed in EA, provide support in GL as relevant;
• Provide technical support and quality assurance for emergency response business development opportunities in EA countries where needed
• Participate as relevant in coordination mechanisms throughout the region and represent DRC as requested, including building relationships with other regional Emergency Coordinators (or equivalent) in NGOs, CSOs, donor agencies, UN etc.;
• Identification and prioritization (continuous) of geographical areas for assessment and response, both new and existing

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 5 years of INGO or other agency emergency response experience in insecure environments, including at least three years of management experience. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Experience working in relevant DRC sectors of humanitarian programming such as WASH, Food Security, CCCM or Protection.
• Strong analytical, organizational, leadership and coordination skills;
• Proven commitment to accountable practices and knowledge of quality assurance systems in an emergency response;
• Experience working in multi-cultural environments and extensive engagement with senior colleagues
• Excellent communicator and proven diplomacy with all types of stakeholders;
• Experience of overseeing or engaging with budgets and multiple donor contracts, particularly with BHA, OFDA, ECHO, SIDA and UN agencies;
• Experience in delivering training and other capacity development initiatives
• Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English
• Ability to work independently, but also coordinate effectively as part of a team;
• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point); and
• Ability and willingness to work in diverse, challenging and potentially unstable environments.

Desirable

• Relevant technical experience in delivering emergency response in complex conflict contexts
• Previous experience the East Africa and Great Lakes region or similar context with conflict and drought and flood responses