Senior HEA Manager

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With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: The Senior Manager, HEA provides strategic leadership in World Vision's work in the humanitarian field, specifically in crisis response, DRR/Preparedness, and contribute to key sector areas, influencing host governments and donors in key policy areas. Additionally, the role will support the ADPs and non-ADPs areas on context monitoring, preparedness, disaster reduction and assessments analysis that will contribute to building an agile and responsive policy and disaster management framework. The post-holder will also contribute to the GAM unit in raising funds through strong assessments and situation analysis. Being the Senior HEA manager means that no day is the same and you never know what tomorrow will bring simply by the sheer nature of emergencies. This creates a fast-paced role where decisions have to be made quickly in the knowledge that they will have direct impact on the number of children, families and communities who will be assisted in humanitarian emergency contexts. While high stress and requiring extreme levels of personal resilience, it is also rewarding and challenging to know you are truly making a difference. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES List statements describing the final results of this position and method of accomplishments, and how results/performance are reviewed and measured. Begin with the most important accountabilities. I. Provide leadership in HEA contribution to the development and implementation of Country Humanitarian strategy to deliver key team objectives (20% Time) Provide humanitarian context and situation analysis to inform WVDRC Country Humanitarian Strategy Technical Programme and technical projects designs and implementation include DM components Lead in key technical areas, including Design, Monitoring & Evaluation Influencing key internal and external stakeholders for country humanitarian action Ensure streamlined and adherence to humanitarian standards in the area of work II. Support to HEA Resources acquisition (20% Time) Contribute in project development for donor opportunities to support humanitarian responses and DRR Lead in key assessments including rapid and in-dept assessment and preparedness Ensure HEA contribution to WVDRC Grant acquisition and management Business plan Ensure HEA contribution to donor engagement plans Influencing key internal and external stakeholders for country humanitarian action Lead in Start Fund The National Emergency Preparedness and Response Funds (NEPRF) is established, replenished and managed per policy III. Operational excellence in DRR, Emergency Response Management and Implementation (30% Time) Leading the set up and functioning of WVDRC National Office Disaster Management Team (NDMT) Active membership in the RDMT Prepare and carry out NDMT training Prepare and carry out NO Score Card Implement and monitor HEA early warning buster in all WV DRC Programs Carry out relevant preparedness training for Programs Meeting all reporting and other requirements of the National office 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 all personnel understand and carry out their duties in accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct and SPHERE. Lead the Documentation and sharing of the disaster preparedness processes and learning and share across the organization 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 IV. Develop collaborative internal and external relationships (10% Time) Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other departments within the National office Actively participate in Humanitarian and clusters meetings Actively engage sponsorship team on disaster management and mitigation Actively participate in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings and share minutes with humanitarian team. Develop and maintain relationships with, the host government, donor agencies , UN agencies and other NGOs to influence these bodies and promote WV DRC humanitarian mandate V. Demonstrates spiritual maturity in modelling Christian leadership (10% Time) Demonstrate, reflect and explain the theology that under

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