Position Title:
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Southern African Region (SAR) Humanitarian Emergency
Affairs Director
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Application Deadline Date:
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05 Jun 2015
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Position Location:
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South Africa
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Position Start Date
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01 Jul 2015
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Region:
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Africa\Southern Africa
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Position End Date:
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30 Jun 2018
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Requisition Category:
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International
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Recruitment Priority:
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Need Immediately
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Country Name:
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South Africa
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Program/Office Name:
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Southern Africa Regional Office
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City/Province:
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South Africa
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Employee Type:
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Contract
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Job Grade Level:
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19
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Recruitment Status:
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Advertising in Progress
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Is this a family post?
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Family - Spouse with Children
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Requisition Num:
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2015AFSMNAE-9TNH9T
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PURPOSE OF POSITION:
- To
provide strategic, innovative and operational leadership for the
implementation of World Vision’s (WV) disaster management (early warning,
mitigation, response and recovery) in Southern Africa, to contribute to
the Regional and National office strategies.
- To
ensure the quality of WV emergency response engagement including
appropriate structures, standards (internal and external), policies,
staffing and resources.
- Provide
leadership to the DM2020 (Disaster Management 2020) process working across
all sectors and functions to ensure WV’s disaster management work is
cutting edge, and effectively supporting children in all types of
emergencies, with particular focus on conflicts and urban.
- To
build relationships internally and externally to increase and promote integrated
disaster management and resource development, and be an authoritative
voice for policy change and learning.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategy and Leadership:
- Position
World Visions as a competent, innovative and effective humanitarian agency
by ensuring that the Southern Africa Region (SAR) responds professionally
to all Categories of emergencies, under takes effective disaster
management.
- Develop
SAR HEA contribution to the SAR strategic direction and the Partnerships
vision for DM2020, using innovative and cutting edge programming and
processes.
- Work
across sectors and functions to support strategy and ensure effective
disaster management in all areas of WV’s work
- Assess
pending disasters through scenario analysis and design and develop preparedness,
advocacy and resourcing action plans,
- Facilitate
the establishment and functioning of emergency preparedness and response
strategies on the basis of sub-regional country groupings.
- Work
with the resource development unit and the Support offices to ensure
effective resourcing of all aspects of disaster management, including
innovative new funding opportunities with non-traditional donors.
- Working
with National offices, assess, adopt and operationalise WV’s engagement
with a range of contemporary humanitarian principles or issues such as
IHL, international humanitarian standards, conventions, codes of conduct,
vulnerable populations, contextual & humanitarian analysis, conflict
issues, at a national level.
- Work
closely with other teams for appropriate integration in East Africa
Region.
- Working
closely with National Directors (ND), the Regional Security Adviser and
Office of Corporate Security (OCS), promote appropriate measures to ensure
risks are objectively assessed, mitigated and communicated to staff
especially in medium to high risk locations.
- Coordinate
and supervise the Southern Africa Region HEA team in areas of policy
analysis, communications and programming.
Operational Support:
- Support
and advise the Southern Africa Region Senior Director of Operations in the
event of Category II and Category III declarations and in the matrix
management of Cat III responses.
- Ensure
National offices have the technical and managerial capacity to respond to
Cat 2 and 3 responses, by using response registers or by provide short
term leadership of emergencies.
- In
the event of a Global or National Office Response declaration, fulfill all
duties of the RHEAD (Regional HEA Director) Terms of Reference (ToR) as
outlined in the Emergency Management System manual.
- Monitor
all Southern Africa HEA projects on a regular basis, noting policy
implications, and offering appropriate support to ensure projects are
managed according to WVI and international standards.
Technical Support/Capacity Building:
- Support
capacity building of HEA units at National Office (NO) level, including
technical staff and Learning Centres to build understanding and engagement
in disaster management to support ensuring clear goals and accountabilities
are established and achieved.
- Lead
the Southern Africa Region HEA team in ensuring that national offices have
the knowledge, skills, resources tools and capacity to maximise
mitigation, preparedness, response and transition at a community level.
- Ensure
individuals’ performance and development needs are met, and employees are
high performing and engaged.
- Engage
in NO HEA staff hiring processes.
- Assure
that National Offices have a functioning National Emergency Preparedness
and Response Fund (NEPRF) in place as per the NEPRF policy guidelines.
- Ensure
that Regional Rapid Response Team (RRRT) capacity is recruited, built and
developed.
- Promote
and ensure high standards of programmatic quality in such areas as
emergency programming and Design Monitoring and Evaluation (DME).
- Facilitate
transition strategies so that relief programs are integrated into national
offices and regional entities where feasible.
- Ensure
that ICRC/NGO Code of Conduct including SPHERE and other humanitarian
minimum standards are maintained in responses.
- Ensure
that the NOs, National and Community Disaster Preparedness Plans (DPPs)
are updated as frequently as necessary.
- Assist
in establishing Early Warning systems and strengthening Early Warning and
Early Action implementation.
- Participate
in, and facilitate lessons learned processes, program evaluations and
audits (operational as well as financial) of National Office/ Partnership
Office (NO/PO) programs, and contribute to post-audit monitoring and
remedial activities.
Collaboration and Learning: - At a
strategic and policy level, represent WV with Government agencies, UN,
INGO and Church bodies, in collaboration with National Offices (if
present), dealing with macro and local issues regarding humanitarian
principles including advocating on key issues which affect the most
vulnerable.
- Enhance
constructive collaboration with Global Center (GC), SAR departments,
Learning Centers (LCs), Support Offices (SOs), Global capitals, NO’s,
regional networks, institutional donors and organizations at regional and
country level to ensure effective and efficient disaster management.
- Promote
continuous learning in the field of HEA at regional level and ensuring
that NOs take up good practices. Share learning, innovations and better
practices across the region and HEA Community of Practice (CoP).
- Ensure
HEA is contributing to Child Well-Being (CWB) reporting and breaking silos
between development and relief.
- Active
engagement with HEA CoPs.
- Working
with the External Relations director, represent WVSAR in strategic forums
that could enhance WVs profile.
- In
line with NO and RO strategy, build consortium and relationships with
other agencies for disaster management.
Others:
- Carry
out additional responsibilities as assigned by the Regional SDO Director.
- Attend
and participate in devotional meetings.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Required:
- Masters-level
degree in management or similar.
- A
Minimum of 10 years in operational humanitarian experience with minimum of
five years in a leadership role, preferably in Africa.
- Strong
empirical knowledge of the humanitarian sector including humanitarian
charters, laws and standards.
- Strong
commitment to WV’s vision, mission and core values.
- Strong
ability and commitment in critical networking, relationship building, and
partnerships, especially those outside of WV itself.
- Understanding
of management and integration in a cross functional management matrix
model.
- Strong
skills in strategy development, prioritisation and implementation.
- Understanding
of and comfort with providing leadership in an increasingly globalised
organization in an increasingly complex industry environment.
- Proven
ability to manage large numbers of staff, efficiently and effectively,
whether in a live or virtual environment.
- Demonstrates
Christ-centred life and work.
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
- High
degree of negotiation and persuasion skills.
- Ability
to travel internationally as needed.
- Ability
to work with a reasonably level of comfort in high tension and high
security risk situations.
- Ability
to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts,
psychologically stressful environments and physical hardships.
- Strong
written and verbal skills in English and preferably another language such
as French.
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