Shelter Advisor at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

This role is an exciting opportunity for an engaging leader who will provide strong technical direction, inspire innovations and develop new partnerships enabling Save the Children and its partners to support children affected by humanitarian crises. The postholder will drive improved impact for children affected by emergencies through strengthening Save the Children’s Shelter response, approaches and learning and contributing to an improved humanitarian sector for children. In this role, the post-holder will coordinate across a team of technical experts, driving the future of humanitarian programming, ensuring that programs are more localized, driven by partners, diverse, inclusive and led by those affected by crises.

The post holder will drive program quality and impact in humanitarian Shelter, within the overall sector strategy. Specifically, the post holder will be accountable for developing, implementing, and overseeing the global humanitarian plan and sector strategy; strategic portfolio management and resource mobilization; people management, capacity strengthening and professional development; and sector coordination and internal and external representation.

In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity building existing country programme staff. The role supports national advocacy and influencing, while driving strategic partnerships for new business development. It supports the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across our programmes, teams and partners. The role will also link with regional Shelter capacities where they exist, and contribute to regional learning, evidence generation and knowledge management where appropriate.

The role will work closely with operations colleagues and with partners, building their capacity and building ownership and agency of local organisations. This position will be expected to engage with the country shelter sector and coordination mechanisms, as well as represent the organisation with key stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health, UN agencies, and key INGO / CSO. The role is expected to support development, emergency preparedness, DRR and support the assessment, design and implementation of humanitarian responses with other Shelter staff in the country setting.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential :

• Extensive humanitarian Shelter programming experience with relevant degree/s (e.g. Architecture / Structural or Civil Engineering) or equivalent experience
• Significant experience in working in Leadership roles, for Save the Children Shelter programmes in humanitarian contexts, including a wide range of response types, including first phase of large -scale emergency response or fragile states is essential.
• Previous demonstrable experience in managing NFI and/or Cash distribution programmes.
• Minimum of 10 years experience working directly in humanitarian responses Shelter programming including in complex contexts to design, implement and evaluate programs
• Understanding of the context, strategies and policies within the Shelter Sector at the Regional and Country level, and the systems (coordination, humanitarian and cluster) to ensure inclusive and equitable Shelter delivery.
• Experience in assessing humanitarian Shelter needs and designing and implementing successful and impactful humanitarian Shleter responses.
• Understanding of the Shelter sector at global interagency level, and a sound knowledge of transitional shelter and settlements programme options including technical design, construction management, host family support, collective centres and camps.
• Strong understanding of public health issues in emergency shelter or settlements, with attention to specific needs of women and children.
• Knowledge of policy, research and evidence-based methodologies with regards to Shelter programming, and other relevant child focused programming.
• Experience of project management and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders for the implementation of projects.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children
• Experience of, and commitment to, working through systems of community participation and accountability.
• Demonstrated skills in needs assessment, program design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English and high level of English writing skills, and ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports.
• Ability to work both in an Advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity.
• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring
• Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Desirable:

• Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar drafting software