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Job Title:   Disaster Management Manager

Organisation: World Vision International

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Programmes Director

About US:

World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness.  Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”

Job Summary:  The role of Disaster Management Manager provides overall strategic leadership, oversight and implementation of the World Visions Disaster management (DM) Standards for Category I and II National Office Responses and for selected Category III Responses.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Programme and People Management (Operational excellence in DRR, Emergency Response people and programme management) -30%

• Lead the implementation of Disaster Management activities for CAT I and CAT II Responses in the National office
• Assure standards of excellence in the management of human, financial, capital, and technical resources of the Portfolio.
• Regularly monitor KPIs and other performance metrics to ensure the team continuously contributes to achieving strategy objectives.
• Meet all reporting and other requirements of the National office including Situation Reports (SitReps).
• Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian emergency situation, adjust interventions and activities in line with WV values and policies
• Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and execution of emergency response and DRR activities in accordance with WV’s humanitarian accountability framework, SPHERE standards, and other essential standards.
• Ensure that different sectoral activities are implemented in a coordinated and integrated manner.
• Ensure all personnel understand and carry out their duties in accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct, Core Humanitarian Standards and SPHERE.
• Led the Documentation and sharing of the disaster preparedness processes and learning and share across the organisation to enhance learning.
• Provide leadership in the implementation of all projects and programs under Disaster Management
• In close collaboration with People and Culture (P&C), ensure right staff are timely recruited, retained, and provided with intentional opportunities, mentoring and coaching for development.
• Work in close collaboration with Supply Chain department, ensure timely procurement of response commodities
• Ensure that the Program staff based in remote locations receive care and support.
• Review and approve all the project and program reports prepared.
• Develop operating business plan for the projects and programs in collaboration with the other technical leads and departments.
• Work closely with the DME team to ensure that the child wellbeing report is done to meet the standards.
• Ensure development and Implementation of Disaster Response and Management Strategy
• Regular one on one meetings with direct reports
• Talent and Succession Plans in place for all direct reports and key roles
• Leadership of National Office National Disaster Management Team
• Individual and team behaviour reflect organisation values and culture
• Support the DRR and Community Resilience Coordinator to make follow-ups and Support clusters and Area Programs to use Early Warning information and implement timely early actions especially for slow onset emergencies.

Program Development and Grants acquisition-20%

• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of a strategy to deliver key team objectives
• In partnership with the grants acquisition team, acquire grants to support humanitarian responses and DRR
• Coordinate the deployment of effective resources to emergencies
• Influence key internal and external stakeholders for country humanitarian action
• Ensure the National Office (NO) strategy and business plans demonstrate action to address common risks and hazards prevalent in country
• Work with Technical Advisors to ensure that all Technical Programs integrate DRR
• Ensure that the NO has maps and data, which are less than 18 months old, of community assets and hazards for each operational area
• Ensure that the NO has updated Disaster Management Plans and acceptable ratings on the Disaster Management Scorecard
• Ensure that the NO has clear deployment protocols, including back-filling of those deployed, and there are clear emergency staff care policies in place and known by surge capacity staff
• Develop and execute in collaboration with grants team, a strategy to increase funding portfolio for Disaster Management projects and programs
• Provide support to Resource Acquisition Team including pre-positioning of World Vision with in-country donor representatives, responding to appropriate request for applications for bilateral and multilateral sources in coordination with relevant SOs and management of grant funded program
• Manage donor concerns (government/private donors and support offices) ensuring proper resolutions for both parties have been reached

Networking and Coordination (Develop collaborative internal and external relationships)- 20%

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with other departments within the National office
• Actively participate in the department leadership team, supporting the development and delivery of the strategy
• Collaborate with and support other senior leaders in the organization
• Develop and maintain relationships with, the host government, donor agencies, UN agencies and other NGOs to influence these bodies and promote WV’s lead contribution in the humanitarian field.
• Ensure that advocacy is integrated in the Disaster Management projects and programs

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning, Reporting and innovation-20%

• Ensure quality preparation of program reports/documents for dissemination to various stakeholders.
• Ensure monitoring and evaluation of all DM projects.
• Ensure that findings and recommendations from various accountability mechanisms such as Peer Review, Operational and Finance Audits, Programme evaluations, Programme Capability Review, Monitoring/Evaluation reports, Complaints & Response Mechanism reports are acted upon in a timely and effective manner.
• Create an environment for innovations that will lead to operational efficiencies
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaborative learning through internal avenues such as community of practice
• Preparedness and Early action (Early warning and Early Action) Management-10%
• Support the Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience Coordinator to make follow-ups and Support clusters and Area Programs to use Early Warning information and implement timely early actions especially for slow onset emergencies.
• Using the World View system, regularly collect, analyze and disseminate the early warning information
• Following confirmation of early warning alerts, work with ERDM to develop appropriate disaster preparedness plans/contingency plan.
• Develop and establish contextual systems for DRR and effective emergency responses
• Oversee all reporting in DRR, preparedness and during and after responses

Others-5%

• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor or designee from time to time which may include but not limited to:
• Participate and contribute in teams,
• Active participation in committees and task forces appointed to including Senior Management Team, National Disaster Management Committee, Risk Committee, National Resource Development Team among others

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the World Vision Disaster Management Manager job must hold a Master’s in Business Administration, Economics, Humanitarian, Sociology, Disaster Management, Agriculture & related field. P
• Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, International Development or any other related course.
• Training or certification in Portfolio and/or Program Management with accredited institutions.
• Experience of at least 10 years in Development and Humanitarian work and 3 of which must have been in Management
• Working knowledge and skills in the field of humanitarian Response such as refugees and disaster management through formal education and on-the-job training.
• Must have proficiency in conducting disaster vulnerability assessments
• Must be conversant with internationally accepted humanitarian relief standards, disaster management cycle and concept.
• Working knowledge of humanitarian codes, standards, principals, and ability to mainstream leading cross-cutting themes.
• Empirical knowledge of emergency response DM&E processes.
• Proven track record for multi-sector program design and implementation in large and complex emergencies.
• Ability to facilitate appropriate information flow and coordination amongst a complex range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven leadership and staff supervision skills.
• Have the ability to analyses, problem-solve, persuade, network and negotiate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in working with International donor funds and report writing.
• Analytical and Innovative in qualitative and quantitative data management.
• Demonstrate practical command for implementing program design, management and evaluation principles.
• Have the ability to analyses, problem-solve, persuade, network and negotiate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in working with International donor funds and report writing.
• Analytical and Innovative in qualitative and quantitative data management.
• Demonstrate practical command for implementing program design, management and evaluation principles.
• Ability to lead a multi-cultural team with an empowering and outcome oriented approach.
• Strong budgetary and financial management skills.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• The person must be results oriented, able to handle public relations, able to satisfy donors and a team player.
• Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
• Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment.
• Computer literate.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae by applying online through visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.

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Deadline: 5^th August 2022

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