Regional Lead Africa at Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction

Main purpose of the role

The regional lead, as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and wider secretariat team is responsible for all activities in the designated region, including: oversight of membership support; supporting the election and strengthening of the Board and Regional Advisory Groups; design of donor proposals; implementation and monitoring of projects and activities with members and project; advocacy and influencing initiatives; and ensuring operational capacity of GNDR in the region and compliance to GNDRs policies and procedures.

The main responsibilities are:

• Membership mobilisation and engagement
• Project management
• Advocacy and influencing
• Fundraising
• Finance/compliance (systems, policy, audit, statutory)
• Global lead for a “risk driver”
• Line management

Candidate requirements

We are ideally looking for candidates that have the following attributes and skills:

• Substantial experience of working internationally in development or humanitarian response
• Experience in disaster risk management activities
• Experience of working in civil society organisations
• Proficiency, written and spoken, in English
• Networking and influencing skills
• Strong project cycle management knowledge and skills
• Good people management skills
• Strong financial management skills
• Appreciation of individual and organisational learning and development tools
• Strong team player with good people management skills