Associate Director, Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery at Habitat for Humanity International

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  • Kenya
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Habitat for Humanity International, generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is an international, non-governmental, and nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1976.Associate Director, Housing Disaster Resilience and RecoveryEssential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Collaboratively work with Area Offices and National Offices specific prioritized project or technical support. (35%)
  • Provide surge capacity on programmatic and technical support as needed during the inception, technical staff onboarding and implementation of complex new projects as assigned by supervisor.
  • Support situation update/report creation & distribution with all relevant teams.
  • Collaboratively work with Area Offices and National Offices on overall HDRR strengthening initiatives. (30%)
  • Support the work with Area Offices in the implementation of HDRR capacity assessments and/or training with Habitat National Offices, informing the allocation and follow up of disaster readiness grants.
  • Support other prioritized HDRR strengthening initiatives on request.
  • Travel to and operate in diverse settings to support Habitat and partner teams with disaster readiness, resilience and recovery programming. In case of an emergency response: deploy to provide surge capacity to the emergency project in potentially hazardous environments. (15%)
  • Support HDRR team knowledge management, research and learning (10%)
  • Summarize and disseminate new and existing research for advocacy and knowledge exchange. This involves direct coordination with Communications and the Learning and Research community of practice.
  • Contribute to knowledge content management as required to HDRR themes and contents in the International Knowledge Center (IKC).
  • Contribute to the ongoing update of the HDRR databases.
  • Oversee After Action Review process, evaluation and documentation as assigned.
  • Contribute to and manage other related projects. (10%)
Minimum RequirementsEducation
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
Years of Related Experience
  • 7+ years of disaster response or risk reduction experience, including field experience.
  • Formal training or equivalent experience in disaster risk reduction and emergency response management.
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