RHA Global Lead at Food for the Hungry (FH Kenya)

Principal Responsibilities

• Leads FH’s humanitarian systems and operations liaising Country Office leadership, FH Affiliate offices, international and local partners ensuring FH is a cutting-edge leader in the field.
• Builds FH ‘s response capabilities and ensures that Country Offices are supported through standard setting, resource mobilization and deploying surge capabilities.
• Leads and directs FH’s external humanitarian operations relationships within the UN, US, and international aid community.
• Travel strategically and network accordingly.
• Leads the RHA team-members in accordance with their responsibilities and in support of strategy with special attention to ensuring resilience building is key in all rapid, life-saving interventions. (Systems supporting pre-disaster preparation such as CODRP, Risk Assessments, DRR).
• Responsible for  the build out of the global Country Office Disaster Response Plan (CODRP) steps and ensuring RHA has capacity to launch training and remote refresher courses.
• Develops the humanitarian partner identification, vetting and agreement process in coordination with internal stakeholders and in line with FH’s stance related to operationalizing localization and in support of dismantling negative systemic norms in support of decolonization of aid.
• Represents FH within the international humanitarian community (aka UN Clusters, Integral Alliance, Interaction, etc.) with the purpose to grow influence, engagement, and opportunity aka the primary representative to the Integral Alliance International Programs Group (IPG).
• Responsible for ensuring RHA is proactively engaged with all internal stakeholders related to all types of fund-raising efforts for the intended humanitarian actions including Marketing and Communications.
• Responsible for ensuring RHA is proactively engaged with key counterparts including, Program Quality, External Affairs, Public Development and Strategic Resources (PDSR), Finance, MEL, Strategy and Security.
• Deploys to disaster zones in humanitarian leadership capacity.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Level Specifications

• Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs expressed in The Heartbeat.
• Demonstrated computer operating skills, including proficiency in Google platforms, Microsoft Office products, and virtual technologies such as Skype and/or Zoom.
• Ability to sit/stand at a computer for up to 8 hours a day doing repetitive motions on a keyboard.
• Able to travel at short notice.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs. individually and up to 50 lbs. as a team lift.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time per year, including to insecure countries or locations.

Experience

• At least 10 years of Humanitarian Affairs and on-the-ground Disaster Response experience in a global organization.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the UN Cluster, the US Government emergency and disaster response systems and a strong global network of relief actors.
• Education/Certifications
• Master’s Degree in related fields such as Disaster and Risk Management, Humanitarian Action, Global Development, Peace and Conflict or real-world equivalent.