East Africa Emergency Response - Surge Coordinator at Trócaire

Background to the role

The East Africa Emergency Response Coordinator will work as a member of Trócaire’s Humanitarian Team to provide surge support to Trócaire’s response to the current crisis in East Africa in the countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda.

Managed by the Humanitarian Manager - Operational, s/he will have a specific mandate to support the response across the countries involved – providing surge capacity to teams on request – particularly in the areas of reporting and compliance. S/he will also ensure that information requirements of HQ are met and that the documentation for the response is kept up to date on both financial and management information systems.

In particular, the role will be responsible for providing high quality technical support to Trócaire humanitarian staff and partner organisations (if requested). In particular, performance will be judged against the ability to deliver on Trócaire’s Core Accountability Commitments.

The Person Specification

· Third level qualification in humanitarianism, development or related area.

· At least 4 years’ experience in the humanitarian sector in a programmatic role

· Experience of working with, and a demonstrated understanding of, humanitarian standards and principles of good practice

· Experience of working with a range of institutional donors

· Experience in producing timely, detailed, accurate and informative reports to meet organisational and donor requirements