Humanitarian Operations Advisor WCA at Save The Children
Save the Children invests in childhood - every day, in times of crisis and for our future.
- In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours.
Role purpose
- To ensure coordinated and effective humanitarian responses across the allocated country office portfolio, support the delivery of critical alerts and prioritisation documents, and provide operational advice and gap-fill support during response initiatives, including potential deployment.
Reports To: Lead Advisor, Programme Operations
Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
Contract: Permanent on a national contract
Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location, within WCA.
Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Africa
- Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess existing unrestricted right to work in one of our approved WCA locations, for the duration of their employment
Language Requirements: Fluency in English & French
International Travel Requirements: up to 40%
Principal Accountabilities
Coordinate support to humanitarian operations across the allocated country office portfolio, ensuring seamless collaboration and high-quality service delivery.
- Manage the process and documentation of Alerts, Categorization/Recategorization, and Prioritization, in adherence to relevant procedures and frameworks.
- Advise and support country offices in implementing the Response Management Plan (RMP) and other relevant protocols, tailoring guidance to specific response needs.
- Analyse and interpret humanitarian operations performance data, presenting evidence-based recommendations to inform continuous improvement and global humanitarian priorities.
- Facilitate the implementation of Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) by providing comprehensive support to country offices, fostering readiness and resilience.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Regional and Country Directors on emergency preparedness and humanitarian operational risk management.
- Provide structured coaching and mentoring to senior humanitarian operations staff, building long-term humanitarian capacity across multiple country offices.
- Be available to fill gaps or backstop essential operational roles within response teams, ensuring continuity and robust operational capacity during crucial periods.
- Deploy, either remotely or in person, as needed, to reinforce humanitarian response efforts, maintaining flexibility and readiness to act in diverse and dynamic situations.
Represent SCI in high-level inter-agency humanitarian coordination forums, influencing sector-wide standards and approaches.
Experience and Skills
Essential
Humanitarian Operations: Considerable experience in managing and supporting humanitarian operations, including emergency response, recovery, and development programmes, both directly and remotely.
- Emergency Response Planning & Management: Proficient experience in developing and implementing Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) and supporting countries in delivering Response Management Plans (RMP).
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor’s Degree: Preferably in International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Management, or related risk management or social sciences fields is essential
Desirable
- Relevant advanced degrees such as a Master's in related fields would be advantageous.
Location: All 36 State's
Deadline: March 30
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
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