Regional Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA) Advisor, East Africa Region at World Vision Kenya

PURPOSE OF POSITION

To provide strategic and operational technical and advisory support to World Vision’s Disaster Management across East Africa region. The Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs (HEA) Advisor is expected to support to National Offices in emergency preparedness planning, response management, preparedness and response capacity assessments, compliance with internal and international standards, facilitate humanitarian learning across the region, and provide leadership to the region’s humanitarian knowledge management.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Position World Visions’ Disaster Management (DM) as a competent and preferred humanitarian agency among stakeholders.
• Support and advise senior leadership on Disaster Management policies, standards, processes and tools as they relate to Category I, II & III emergencies.
• Ensure timely information, early warning data and situation report is gathered, analyzed and reported by National Offices on a monthly basis at a minimum.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of national offices Disaster Preparedness/contingency plans.   
• Facilitate integrated programming models within the organization at the National Office level, most importantly within the framework of Capacity Building in Disaster Risk Management.
• Enable functional capacity of the National and Regional Disaster Management Teams (identification, reporting, training, growth).
• Support National Offices in capacity assessment and performance reviews (to complete annual disaster management scorecard, child wellbeing reports etc.)
• Facilitate the evaluation and/or documentation of best practices and approaches of disaster management and prepare reports for external consumption.
• Be actively involved and/or ensure NO involvement in major consortiums/Working Groups etc. and represent World Vision in regional humanitarian/disaster management forums.
• Assist in raising awareness within WVI (NO Level) and the Government of the various standards, DM tools, services and mechanisms available for emergency response and response preparedness.
• Actively participate and support resource mobilization efforts for humanitarian and disaster risk reduction interventions.
• Deploy as necessary to national, regional and global responses.
• Any other duties as required.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

• Minimum of a master’s degree in a related field of study, or a Bachelor’s degree with 2 years direct experience equivalent (experience in the Horn of Africa a distinct advantage).
• Requires at least 3 years work experience in humanitarian and or development context.
• Strong experience in project design and proposal writing .
• Strong empirical knowledge of the humanitarian sector including humanitarian charters, laws, standards principals, and ability to mainstream leading cross-cutting themes.
• Empirical knowledge of emergency response DM&E processes. Proven track record for multi-sector program design and implementation in large and complex emergencies.
• Requires cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity. 
• Strong ability to facilitate appropriate information flow and coordination amongst a complex range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Must have a clear understanding of major donors’ perspectives, requirements and standards and the ability to represent WV to major donors and other external stakeholders in a highly professional m manner. 
• Strong commitment to WV’s vision, mission and core values