Regional Emergency Advisor-(DRC Regional Office in Nairobi) -Job Vacancy in Kenya

The DRC Regional Office in Nairobi is seeking a qualified candidate for the following position:

Regional Emergency Advisor

The overall responsibility of the Regional Emergency Advisor (REA) is, on the one hand, to provide regional oversight; strategic and operational leadership; support and quality insurance of DRC Integrated Emergency Response (IER) Programme and, on the other hand, direct operational support on a need and request basis to existing or new emergency operations within the region.

When seconded to a specific programme/task, the REA represents the Regional Office, but reports to the individual Country Director.

Requirements:

• Masters’ degree with at least 5 years management experience in humanitarian assistance programmes at senior level, preferably in complex humanitarian environments.
• Strong project management experience, including proposal writing, M&E frameworks, quality assurance systems, budget management and humanitarian accountability
• Good communication skills and ability to forge working relationships at all levels.
• Extensive programming experience, particularly in emergency response and oversight of emergency operations, including experience in set-up of new operations.
• Experience in conducting needs assessments for new operations including drafting of emergency proposals.
• Work experience in insecure environments or similar complex displacement situations.

Application process

For a complete job description with full description of requirements and application procedure, please visit www.drc.dk under Vacancies/Current vacancies/Regional Emergency Advisor-Horn of Africa. 

Please note that we will only receive applications sent via the online application system at www.drc.dk.

The closing date for receiving applications is 30 November, 2011.