Job Title: Emergency Director
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Terms: Full-time, Permanent contract at exec level (GBF10); Dublin, Ireland
Salary: Global Band 10 (€101,635 - €109,792)
Requirements: Willingness to be deployed to an emergency at short noticeWillingness and ability to travel to any of Concern existing or potential country programmes as deemed necessaryAbout Concern: Established in 1968, Concern is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Concern's vision, mission and work are all defined by the goal of ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes.
Role Purpose: The Emergency Director is responsible for promoting adherence to the organisation's commitment to the delivery of principled humanitarian responses, and for developing its capacity to respond efficiently and effectively to emergencies in new and existing countries of operation.
Responsibilities: Evolve and promote adherence to the organisation's commitment to the delivery of principled humanitarian responses in a manner consistent with good practice standards.Maintain a watching brief on emerging crises and ensure responses are established in a timely manner to crises in which we do not have a prior presence.Ensure a commitment to learning from our responses, including through the completion of regular evaluations of emergency responses.Develop and support emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities in existing country programmes through effective Disaster Risk Reduction programming.Ensure that Concern's security policy and guidance documents reflect good practice.Lead organisation Crisis Management Teams in response to critical incidents in any of our countries of operation.Work with the Director of Protection and Safeguarding to ensure that Concern is a safe organisation delivering safe programmes.With the Head of Emergency Operations, ensure that the Surge Team is fully staffed and deployed in an optimal way.Work with the International Supply and Logistics Manager to ensure the capacity and effective operation of the Supply and Logistics Unit.Support the advocacy team to influence relevant policy agendas and represent Concern in relevant fora.Engage effectively as a member of the Senior Management Team.Uphold and promote Concern's values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion.Actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.Role Holder Requirements: Essential: Significant proven and demonstrable experience of working in an overseas context, preferably with experience of both development and humanitarian contexts.At least five years' experience at a senior management level in an overseas humanitarian context.Desirable: Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams.Proven ability to develop security risk management policies and good practice.Proven ability to design and deliver training courses in security risk management, humanitarian policies and practice.To apply: CVs should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by the closing date.
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