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• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of a
  strategy to deliver key team objectives
• In partnership with the grants acquisition team, acquire grants to
  support humanitarian responses and DRR
• Coordinate the deployment of effective resources to emergencies
• Influence key internal and external stakeholders for country
  humanitarian action
• Ensure the National Office (NO) strategy and business plans
  demonstrate action to address common risks and hazards prevalent in
  country
• Work closely with Technical Advisors to ensure that all Technical
  Programs integrate DRR
• Ensure that the NO has maps and data, which are less than 18 months
  old, of community assets and hazards for each operational area
• Ensure that the NO has updated Disaster Management Plans and
  acceptable ratings on the Disaster Management Scorecard
• Ensure that the NO has clear deployment protocols, including
  back-filling of those deployed, and there are clear emergency staff care
  policies in place and known by surge capacity staff
• Preparedness and Early action (Early warning and Early Action)
  Management
• Support the Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience
  Coordinator to make follow-ups and Support clusters and Area Programs to
  use Early Warning information and implement timely early actions
  especially for slow onset emergencies.
• Using the World View system, regularly collect, analyze and
  disseminate the early warning information
• Following confirmation of early warning alerts, work with ERDM to
  develop appropriate disaster preparedness plans/contingency plan.
• Operational excellence in DRR, Emergency Response Management and Implementation
• Steer the implementation of Disaster Management activities for Cat I
  and Cat II Responses in the National office
• Assure standards of excellence in the management of human,
  financial, capital, and technical resources of the Portfolio.
• Regularly monitor KPIs and other performance metrics to ensure the
  team continuously contributes to achieving strategy objectives.
• Meet all reporting and other requirements of the National office
  including SitReps
• Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian
  emergency situation, adjust interventions and activities in line with WV
  values and policies
• Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency
  response and DRR activities in accordance with WV’s humanitarian
  accountability framework, SPHERE standards, and other essential standards.
• Ensure that different sectoral activities are implemented in a
  coordinated and integrated manner.
• Ensure all personnel understand and carry out their duties in
  accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct,
  Core Humanitarian Standards and SPHERE.
• Led the Documentation and sharing of the disaster preparedness
  processes and learning and share across the organisation to enhance
  learning.
• Develop and establish contextual systems for DRR and effective
  emergency responses
• Oversee all reporting in DRR, preparedness and during and after
  responses
• Develop collaborative internal and external relationships
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other
  departments within the National office
• Actively participate in the department leadership team, supporting
  the development and delivery of the strategy
• Collaborate with and support other senior leaders in the
  organisation
• Develop and maintain relationships with, the host government, donor
  agencies , UN agencies and other NGOs to influence these bodies and
  promote WV’s lead contribution in the humanitarian field

• Regular 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports
• Talent and Succession Plans in place for all direct reports and key
  roles
• Leadership of National Office National Disaster Management Team
• Individual and team behaviour reflect organisation values and
  culture
• Support the DRR and Community Resilience Coordinator to make
  follow-ups and Support clusters and Area Programs to use Early Warning
  information and implement timely early actions especially for slow onset
  emergencies.

• The applicant for the World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction and
  Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Manager job placement should preferably
  hold a Master’s in Business Administration, Economics, Humanitarian,
  Sociology, & related field is preferred.
• Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, International
  Development with experience of 8 years in Development and Humanitarian
  work
• Working knowledge and skills in the field of humanitarian Response
  such as refugees and disaster management through formal education and
  on-the-job training.
• Must have proficiency in conducting disaster vulnerability assessments
• Must be conversant with internationally accepted humanitarian relief
  standards, disaster management cycle and concept.
• Working knowledge of humanitarian codes, 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.
• Ability to facilitate appropriate information flow and coordination
  amongst a complex range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven leadership and staff supervision skills.
• Have the ability to analyses, problem-solve, persuade, network and
  negotiate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in working with International donor funds and report
  writing.
• Analytical and Innovative in qualitative and quantitative data
  management.
• Demonstrate practical command for implementing program design,
  management and evaluation principles.
• Have the ability to analyses, problem-solve, persuade, network and
  negotiate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in working with International donor funds and report
  writing.
• Analytical and Innovative in qualitative and quantitative data
  management.
• Demonstrate practical command for implementing program design,
  management and evaluation principles.

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