Overview
The Manager, Disaster, Climate and Crises role ensures the relevance, coherence, and timeliness of IFRC Triple R – Response to humanitarian crises, Resilience development and Respect for the people we serve. This position will play a key role in supporting National Societies in enhancing prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience in the face of disasters, migration and displacement, climate, and humanitarian crises.
Tasks Summary
- Lead overall emergency operations coordination and technical support within the Europe Region.
- Work closely with National Societies preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters and crises.
- Promote and contribute to the development of IFRC policies and positions.
- Build organizational culture, capacities and working modalities to support National Societies in all phases of the disaster response cycle.
- Consolidate quality information management, expanding access to real-time local data and enhancing data analysis.
- Lead IFRC secretariat readiness in the region and National Societies Preparedness.
- Steer institutionalizing and strengthening of Community Engagement and Accountability.
- Anchor delivery of IFRC strategic commitment on migration and displacement.
- Support National Societies in their climate action, management of environmental risks, and resilience-building.
- Advance National Societies Socio-Economic Empowerment services.
- Guide the team in leveraging IFRC membership knowledge and capacities.
- Identify risks within the DCC work area, monitor development, plan and implement mitigation measures.
- Manage, guide and motivate technical Disaster, Climate and Crises staff.
- Develop and set performance objectives for team members.
- Ensure coherence and a clearly articulated integration among relevant policies, strategies, frameworks, and tools.
- Contribute to a strengthened 24/7 IFRC global response model and cross-region learning.
- Facilitate continuous feedback loops by capturing country level challenges and good practices.
- Promote a service and solution-oriented approach within Disaster, Climate and Crises staff.
- Coordinate with PMER and Quality Assurance, National Society Development, Ethical Practices and Corporate Services functions.
- Collaborate closely with Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization and Humanitarian Diplomacy and Communications.
- Build synergies and complementary initiatives with RCEU Office in Brussels.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience working for a humanitarian organization in humanitarian response to disasters and crises and/or longer-term programming for lasting needs.
- Minimum 8 years of experience analysing, planning, and managing humanitarian or development programs and resources.
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing staff.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in building capacity of Red Cross Red Crescent-National Societies or NGO / civil society organization etc. on disaster management, resilience building, development activities etc.
- Strong experience working in a multicultural, international context
- Experience managing partners or partnership arrangements, donors and organizational leadership and government counterparts.
- Experience working with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement.
Qualification Requirements
- Master´s degree or equivalent in a relevant field or a first-level university degree combined with extensive relevant experience.
- Successful completion of the Basic IMPACT Course Qualification or Certification in Project Management
