Overview
Seeking a motivated and experienced Anticipatory Action (AA) Project Manager to lead and coordinate anticipatory action programming in Somalia, providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership for high-quality implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the national technical focal point for Anticipatory Action (AA).
- Coordinate with national, regional, and global AA teams.
- Facilitate awareness and uptake of AA approaches among stakeholders.
- Engage in AA coordination platforms and technical working groups.
- Ensure visibility of DRC’s AA portfolio within humanitarian coordination platforms.
- Serve as the field focal point for AA activities in Mogadishu, Belet-Hawa, and Jalalaqsi.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of anticipatory action plans.
- Oversee anticipatory action systems strengthening.
- Provide technical leadership and operational oversight for all AA project activities.
- Supervise the rollout of anticipatory and protection activities.
- Coordinate with emergency response and preparedness teams.
- Lead or support operational oversight of AA implementation in the event of trigger activation.
- Consolidate, triangulate, and analyse information on shocks.
- Provide technical assistance and capacity strengthening to DRC country teams and local partners on AA concepts.
- Work closely with the Evidence, Knowledge, and Learning (EKL) team.
- Support global and regional analysts to monitor and analyse disaster risk and displacement data.
- Capture, document, and disseminate lessons learned and best practices from AA implementation.
- Contribute to the development of funding proposals and concept notes.
- Represent DRC in national and regional AA forums.
- Work closely with advocacy and policy teams to influence national policies.
- Secure further financing for the pooled anticipatory action fund.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality reporting on AA activities.
- Maintain strong communication with field and country focal points.
- Provide regular technical guidance and support to field teams and partners.
- Monitor expenditures against approved budgets for assigned projects.
- Liaise with support functions to ensure timely availability of information.
- Hold overall responsibility and accountability for quality delivery of AA project outputs.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of international experience in disaster risk management or anticipatory action programming, preferably in conflict-affected regions.
- Proven track record of designing and implementing anticipatory action projects, including the development of triggers and anticipatory action planning.
- Strong understanding of data-driven decision-making, with experience with displacement forecasting models and early warning systems being a strong asset.
- Excellent stakeholder coordination skills.
- Familiarity with conflict-sensitive programming and the impacts of displacement on vulnerable populations.
- Ability and willingness to travel, including to remote or conflict-affected areas, up to 35% of the time.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and coordination skills.
- Travel to remote and isolated rural communities will be required.
- Experience with programming related to climate resilience, preparedness, and conflict sensitivity.
- Demonstrated ability to innovate and take a flexible, problem-solving approach in complex humanitarian environments.
- Strong project management skills and experience with donor reporting and proposal writing.
- Familiarity with humanitarian coordination mechanisms and key international standards.
Qualifications
• Minimum bachelor degree in development studies, social sciences, international development, or relevant degree qualifications.
