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Emergency officer, Accountability and Emergency officer, Preparedness

Conflict and natural disasters devastate lives. All too often it’s the lives of the world’s poorest people. You’ll help us and our partners around the world to deliver and ultimately save lives and reduce human suffering.

When disaster strikes we’re quick to respond, working with our partners to deliver vital emergency relief. But to do so we need to be well prepared. You’ll be part of our humanitarian team, working with and supporting partners on the ground. Together you will develop innovative and effective relief, rehabilitation, recovery and mitigation programmes and help vulnerable communities become more resilient to disasters. You will also provide the necessary support to Christian Aid and partners so that they understand and follow the principles of accountability towards beneficiaries in accordance with our certification with HAP (Humanitarian Accountability Partnership). You will work with international donors to develop and deliver humanitarian relief programmes, ensuring accountability and maximum benefit to disaster affected communities. You will help our country teams and partners be better prepared to respond to emergencies. You may have to travel at short notice and for up to three months but usually the assignments are between two and six weeks.

It’s essential that you have plenty of experience of coordinating and managing emergency programmes and relief work and an excellent understanding and experience of humanitarian accountability or emergency preparedness. You will have worked in at least three overseas humanitarian crises and be the kind of person who knows just what’s required to deliver in the world’s toughest environments. You will have a track record of developing projects and securing donor funding and will be familiar with international humanitarian standards and promoting accountability or a knowledge and understanding of emergency preparedness strategies in an emergency context. You are likely to have worked in the NGO sector or with an international organisation. Whatever your background you’ll be able to interact with a wide cross section of people including disaster affected people and senior government officials. Your ability to work in French or Spanish, in addition to excellent English, will be an advantage in this role.

More than half the world lives in poverty. We aim to put a stop to that. So we campaign against the inequalities that keep people poor and we work with local organisations to give people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion. If you’re as determined as we are to end poverty and injustice across the world, work with us to make change happen.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Innovation and creativity

Tell us about a time you have developed a new and innovative project in a humanitarian setting.

Effectiveness and accountability

Tell us about an emergency you have effectively managed and explain how you included accountability to beneficiaries.

Initiative

Tell us about an initiative you have taken forward which you are particularly proud of?

Communication and interaction: Communicating and sharing ideas/information

Tell us about how you successfully communicated and interacted with different stakeholders to improve accountability to beneficiaries, or with different partners to improve emergency preparedness.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, an interest-free season ticket loan and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

As these posts are UK based, non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

Download the role profile (Both 70 KB pdf)

Emergency officer, Accountability

Emergency officer, Preparedness

To apply for either, or both, of these posts, please download an application pack and email your completed UK & Ireland application form to: recruitment@christian-aid.org (quoting the reference number). Alternatively, your completed application form can be printed out and posted to us at:

Christian Aid
35 Lower Marsh
Waterloo
London SE1 7RT

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

Please indicate on your application if you would like to be considered for both posts or one or other post. The core competencies for both posts are the same, but there are some differences in the scope and knowledge required for the different posts. Please address this in your application. You only need to submit one application if applying for both posts.

Job references
Emergency officer, Accountability: 235/MA
Emergency officer, Preparedness: 241/MA

Closing date: 9am, Monday 9 January 2012

Interview dates: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 January 2012

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race,colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.