Deadline: 17 September, 2024

Location: Sudan

War Child Alliance (WCA) has opened applications for the role of the Emergency Response Manager in Sudan.

War Child Alliance is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organisation, investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict.

Responsibilities

• Overall emergency response planning and management
• Develop and deliver WCA’s response plan for Sudan, ensuring relevance, strategic alignment, ambition and forward positioning
• Deploy an agile operating platform in Sudan, in coordination with peer agencies and the head of humanitarian
• Develop, launch and monitor initial interventions with new national and international partners, in line with WCA’s partnership management procedures, localisation framework and sectoral standards
• Maintain updated conflict and humanitarian analysis, sharing information internally on forecast developments, implications and opportunities
• Anticipate, assess and manage risks in coordination with South Sudan CMT, Africa regional director, global security advisor and head of humanitarian, regularly assessing changes in the operating landscape and adjusting mitigations as required
• Identify, establish and represent WCA in relevant coordination forums, ensuring the response is aligned with wider sectoral priorities and approaches
• Center resources and efforts to expand and enable WCA’s partner network inside Sudan, focusing on strengthening operational capabilities and partner duty of care
• Develop and maintain relationships with peer agencies, identifying strategic alignments and developing consortiums
• Lead joint planning with WCA global programmes, ensuring a joint approach and complementary efforts
• Focal point with global communications team on content needs for internal and external communications, e.g. updating regularly on programme and partner interventions through sitreps, and case studies
• Act as media spokesperson when required
• Actively position WCA and partners with current and prospective institutional donors, developing donor relationships and complementary consortiums
• Lead the development of funding proposals in coordination with country, regional and global colleagues
• Establish and embed necessary scalable structures and staff capabilities to effectively grant manage donor funds, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, with quality and compliance
• Develop comprehensive implementation plans that guide all staff and partners involved in the response and ensure timely completion of core activities and grant commitments
• Ensure donor risks and challenges are identified promptly and coordinated with relevant donors and fundraising members
• Coordinate with South Sudan CMT on planning, budgeting and forecasting processes
• Closely monitor and track expenditure and course-correct where necessary to ensure adherence to project budgets and spending plans
• Oversight of all administrative, financial, and budgetary aspects of relevant grant agreements in line with donor rules and regulations
• Report to the South Sudan country director, with dotted lines to the Africa regional director and head of humanitarian
• The ERM collaborates closely with the country and regional management teams, works directly with local partners and actors in Sudan as appropriate.

Requirements

• Eight years, minimum, of hands-on experience in leading and supporting humanitarian responses
• Experience establishing new programmes and operations
• Experience in managing multiple projects in complex environments, preferably portfolios focusing on child protection/MHPSS/education
• Experience and willingness to operate in high-risk environments
• Previous experience delivering grants funded by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Humanitarian Fund (OCHA HF), and other institutional donors
• Ability to understand and manage the information needs and expectations of multiple internal and external stakeholders and provide information management, reporting, and decision making in changeable emergencies
• Demonstrated experience in working with multiple partners
• Demonstrated experience of managing complex budgets
• Knowledge and experience with monitoring systems and risk management processes
• Pragmatic driver with a flexible approach and an ability to get things done while demonstrating cultural sensitivity, empathy, effectiveness and creativity
• Strong communication and coordination skills
• Strong spoken and written English skills
• Knowledge of Arabic (spoken) preferred
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Ability to travel flexibly in the region
• Team-oriented, with the ability to work efficiently and independently
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, etc)
• Experience working in Sudan an advantage

To apply or for more information, click here.

Photo source: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid