Chief Emergency

Lead the Country Office’s emergency preparedness and humanitarian response coordination, providing authoritative advice on humanitarian risks and response priorities. Support UNICEF’s humanitarian coordination responsibilities and ensure integration of emergency preparedness and response into programme planning and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-hazard risk analysis, preparedness planning and coordination of integrated humanitarian response planning
• Maintain a consolidated overview of humanitarian needs, response progress, critical gaps and preparedness requirements
• Facilitate timely action through responsible managers
• Ensure humanitarian coordination priorities and response commitments are connected to programme planning, implementation and review processes
• Provide strategic and functional oversight of UNICEF’s support to clusters, sectors and Areas of Responsibility under its leadership or co-leadership
• Provide specialized leadership and advice on disaster risk reduction, anticipatory action, emergency preparedness and recovery transitions
• Support integration of emergency preparedness and response into the Country Programme
• Strengthen national and local preparedness and response capacities
• Resource mobilisation and inter-agency coordination
• Manage emergency projects and country early warning systems

Requirements

• Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, international law, public health, nutrition, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration, and relevant technical fields
• Minimum Ten years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in all aspects of programme/project management and administration
• Developing country work experience (for IP)
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian) is desirable
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts
• Specialized training/experience in emergency response management is highly desirable
• Skills in team management, emergency strategies, disaster prevention, response-gap analysis, early Warning/Early Action system, IASC Early Warning system

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Emergency Response
• Disaster Prevention
• Response-gap Analysis
• Early Warning Systems
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Team Management
• Emergency Preparedness
• Humanitarian Response
• Experience in Fragile Settings
• Country Level Experience
• International Law
• Public Health
• Nutrition
• Public Administration
• International Relations
• Business Administration

Languages

English, Spanish