RESPONSE DIRECTOR – STC

Following the intense conflict between Israel and Palestine, the situation in Gaza and West Bank is quickly deteriorating with an estimated 2.7 million people in needs of immediate assistance. CARE Palestine is scaling up its response to support 1 million people in the next 12 months. CARE Response Director is responsible for the quality and effectiveness of CARE’s emergency response. They are the leader of the Response Team, responsible and accountable for developing, coordinating and managing all emergency activities in alignment with CARE’s technical and program quality standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Assessment, Program Design and Planning:

· Ensure gender-sensitive emergency assessments are executed and an integrated emergency response, implementation and exit strategies are developed.

· Lead development and regular review of CARE’s Emergency Response Strategy, incorporating contextual changes and findings of a Gender Analysis.

· Coordinate the development of all project implementation plans and budgets within the framework of the agreed emergency response program and strategy.

· Oversee project design and proposal preparations for institutional and public funding.

· Ensure sufficient reach into areas of recurrent humanitarian vulnerability.

· Ensure all project designs are at a minimum gender sensitive, as per CARE’s Gender Marker.

· In close collaboration with the Gender Advisor, ensure that CARE has started building a track record of GBV prevention, integration and response

· Emergency Project Management and Implementation:

· Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian situation and adjust activities accordingly, including through project and budget realignments.

· Oversee delivery of emergency projects throughout the project cycle, ensuring that commitments to donors and beneficiaries are met

· Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and feedback mechanisms of emergency response activities in accordance with CARE’s humanitarian accountability framework, relevant humanitarian quality standards, and essential environmental mitigation measures.

· Ensure that different sectoral activities are implemented in a coordinated and integrated manner.

· Ensure PSEA safeguards are fully integrated in all emergency project activities and throughout the project cycle.

· Ensure with the Finance Manager the establishment and maintenance of CARE financial management and accounting systems for all assessment and response activities and assets.

· Review and ensure timely submission of projects programmatic and financial reports.

· General Management, Leadership and coordination:

· Supervise the emergency team in accordance with CARE’s HR guidelines.

· Ensure that human resources implications for both existing and anticipated emergency response are fully assessed, identified, described and communicated.

· Ensure deployed staff members receive thorough briefings and information, as well as thorough debriefings and handovers upon conclusion of deployment.

· In liaison with the HR staff make sure staff have suitable rest, relaxation and that wellbeing is addressed.

· Ensure all emergency staff are fully briefed on all aspects of security, social and cultural norms and local conditions and behavior.

· Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with other NGO’s, UN agencies, host government, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other principle stakeholders including the military where present and if necessary.

· Recommend changes to the emergency team composition and functioning with Country Office and partners to maximize emergency program quality and effectiveness.

· Conduct performance appraisals of emergency staff if and as required, ensure regular feedback and mentoring on individual performance.

· All staff members understand and abide by the CARE Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) / Child Protection (CP) Policy.

· Responsible for creating a culture of reporting any suspicions of sexual exploitation and abuse.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 8 years humanitarian aid experience in complex and natural disasters in a senior leadership role.
• Proven knowledge of WASH, Health, Nutrition, Food Security and Protection programming.
• Proven experience in ensuring gender sensitivity in humanitarian programs
• Proven experience in the development of program strategies and project proposals
• Experience with key institutional donors, including BHA, ECHO, GAC, SHF, UNHCR and other UN agencies
• High level experience in aspects of management, including managing multi-million dollar budgets.
• Experience in complex decision making and leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-national team under difficult circumstances.
• The highest level of expertise in representation and negotiation with governments, donors, partners, and the UN cluster system.
• Strong understanding of the humanitarian emergency operating context, including Sphere, the humanitarian system, humanitarian principles donors, security, civil military liaison and program management.
• Relevant language skills for the country of deployment.
• Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE’s core values and humanitarian principles.