Responsibilities :

Management and Coordination

• Assume responsibility as the technical focal point for all AA activities in the region supporting countries with project delivery across the AA portfolio and coordinating between countries;
• Contribute to technical working groups both internal and external, and participate in partner discussions and forums.

Implementation and technical support

• Support the country programmes in direct delivery of anticipatory action projects, including the development of conflict and protection analyses and contingency plans with communities, preparedness activities, trigger development and trigger release actions.
• Work with country teams in the development of frameworks and policy-level discussions at local and national government levels to ensure AA planning is part of the country humanitarian preparedness plan;
• Work with the Global Lead on AA to develop programmatic guidance and policies on AA in response to conflict- and climate hazards;
• Work with DRC’s broader Evidence, Knowledge and Learning team regarding the use of data and displacement forecasting models in AA and support the team in capturing evidence, lessons learned and formulating recommendations for other humanitarian actors and policy makers.

Business development and Advocacy

• Contribute to external advocacy and representation of DRC in relation to AA;
• Work closely with the DRC’s advocacy team on policy engagement related to expanding uptake of AA in humanitarian sector;
• Support the EAGL region with business development activities to expand the AA portfolio working with countries to develop proposals and engage with prospective donors.

Reporting and communication

Establish and maintain clear lines of communication with AA project staff at the country levels;

• Support the project’s grants staff or focal points to ensure AA project staff are submitting quality and timely technical AA reports in line with donor and DRC requirements.

About you

• To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 5 years of experience in a similar senior technical role overseeing AA projects or initiatives, coordinating across countries and engaging with external stakeholder.
• In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:
• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
• Experience and Technical comptencies (included year of experience)

Required

• At least 5 years’ experience with anticipatory, early action or rapid response programming/projects in conflict setting;
• Alternatively, at least 5 years’ experience with conducting (rapid) conflict analysis, peacebuilding in emergency work, setting up/modifying emergency interventions in conflicts or similar relevant experiences will be considered;
• Experience directly implementing AA projects, preferably in east Africa contexts;
• Experience with conflict situations and an understanding of conflict, protection and emergency programming in displacement contexts;
• University Degree in Peace, Conflict, Security, Development Studies, War Studies, Political Sciences, Data Science, Environmental Science/Climate Change;
• Able and willing to travel for up to 35%  of time and operate in a physically demanding working environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Demonstrated abilities in problem solving as well as taking a flexible and innovative approach to working;
• Experience with anticipatory action for conflict impacts (e.g. displacement);
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as part of a team and to form close working relationships with colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds;
• Strong understanding of using, analytics in programming and response;
• Highly motivated and hard working with strong attention to detail;
• Experience with programming related to peacebuilding, preparedness, emergency and/or resilience-building.