Specialist, disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness

The Specialist will provide technical support and direction to field offices in the expanding area of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Emergency Preparedness. Extensive travel is required, to provide capacity building for staff, support start up programs, and develop proposals. This role is designed to support the Emergency Preparedness process at the Country Office level.

Responsibilities

• Advocacy, policy and technical support: Provide technical support to both Home Office and country offices in the areas of public policy, and advocacy and support international humanitarian response team on issues related to DRR and CCA.
• Proposal development, Monitoring and Evaluation: Support country offices in proposal writing and design of DRR and CCA projects
• Knowledge management: Support the on-going knowledge management projects around DRR; Prepare reports and lessons learned documents
• Coordination and collaboration: Participate in working groups; Represent Save the Children at key external events and forums Internationally and within the USA
• Support finance and grants manager on DRR and CCA grants: Ensure accountability to donors, manage proposals; work with finance team on forecasting
• Emergency preparedness support: Support operational and administrative systems
• Emergency response: Respond to emergencies

Requirements

• 5- 7 years DRR or Emergency/Development related experience
• 3 years Policy and Advocacy experience
• 3 years in proposal development
• 5-7 years NGO experience
• Masters degree in Education, Livelihoods, International Relations, Risk audit
• Proven experience in training
• Cross cultural skills
• Working knowledge of international mechanisms on DRR and CCA
• Strong ability to absorb and contribute to theoretical models, and frameworks on DRR
• Excellent English writing skills
• Ability to travel 40% of the time and be away for up to 3 months at a time.
• Ability to speak French and Spanish preferred

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. It aims to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In 2010, the organization improves the lives of over 64 million children in need in the United States and around the world. The goal is to reach more than 74 million children annually by the year 2012. Join dedicated and diverse staff committed to improving the well-being of children.

Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more. It is an equal opportunity organization dedicated to their core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.