Deployable Emergency Response Manager-MEESA

The Deployable Emergency Response Manager-MEESA leads humanitarian operations in Plan International's MEESA region, deploying to country offices to manage emergency programmes and ensure high-quality, child-focused humanitarian response. The role involves strategic planning, coordination with stakeholders, operational support, and fundraising for emergency responses.

Responsibilities

• Lead emergency programme implementation in compliance with organizational policies and procedures
• Develop humanitarian response strategies and define operational priorities
• Conduct rapid needs assessments and provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership
• Support identification and management of local partners for effective humanitarian delivery
• Ensure high-quality, child-focused programming with emphasis on girls' needs
• Maintain compliance with humanitarian standards including SPHERE, INEE, and CHS
• Oversee donor reporting and programme updates for internal and external stakeholders
• Represent the organization with government stakeholders advocating for children's rights
• Coordinate engagement in humanitarian forums and clusters ensuring timely information sharing and reporting
• Build and maintain relationships with institutional donors to support humanitarian programming
• Identify and develop strategic partnerships with humanitarian agencies to enhance response effectiveness
• Supervise finance, HR, and logistics operations to support programme delivery
• Ensure compliance with organizational systems, procedures, and legal requirements
• Monitor security risks and implement security guidelines and SOPs
• Manage administrative, procurement, logistics, and supply chain functions for emergency operations
• Coordinate emergency budgets, financial resource mobilization, and donor compliance
• Ensure efficient logistics infrastructure and operational support systems
• Lead emergency team structure defining roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines
• Ensure staff adherence to humanitarian principles, values, and operational standards
• Manage team performance through appraisals, coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback
• Oversee preparation, approval, and dissemination of emergency situation reports and recovery updates
• Ensure timely reporting and fundraising communications with headquarters and partner offices
• Manage internal information sharing and organizational knowledge updates
• Develop and manage emergency funding pipelines and grant opportunities
• Support donor proposal development, funding submissions, and appeal initiatives
• Identify and pursue in-country funding opportunities to resource emergency responses
• Embed Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion in area of responsibility

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent in management or related fields
• Over 8 years of field experience in managing emergency programmes in multiple humanitarian crises
• Demonstrated experience of key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS
• Significant knowledge of humanitarian response, child protection and disaster risk reduction
• Conversant with the international humanitarian architecture, particularly related to coordination and funding
• Prior experience engaging with the humanitarian coordination system at local, regional and global levels
• Significant programming experience in emergencies across several continents and diverse contexts
• Experience in designing and delivering training
• Ability to work in English; desirable to work in at least one other international language such as French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic
• Knowledge of humanitarian policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct
• General finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills
• Proficiency in information technology and computer skills

Skills

• Emergency Programme Management
• Humanitarian response standards
• SPHERE standards
• CHS Standards
• Child Protection
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Humanitarian Funding Management
• Emergency Programming
• Training Design
• Training Delivery
• Humanitarian Policies
• Red Cross Code of Conduct
• Finance Management
• Administration
• Information Management
• Communications Skills
• Information Technology
• Computer Skills

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic