Response Team Leader – Humanitarian Surge Team

Response Team Leader – Humanitarian Surge Team

Global Expertise and Humanitarian Surge Platform (GEHSP) is looking for a Response Team Leader – Humanitarian Surge Team to join our team.

The Team Leader will generally be deployed to manage a Category 1 or 2 response, and to provide response oversight and strategic direction to the country programme in collaboration with the Country Director and the Operations and/or Humanitarian Director. In rare occasions, the Team Leader will be deployed to out of area responses and will be reporting directly to the relevant regional office or SCI centre.

It is critical that a successful candidate has an experience leading or being part of a senior management team in first phase, rapid on set emergency response; and is fluent in French, Spanish, and/or Arabic, in addition to English.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role can be based anywhere and is offered on the basis of compliance hiring.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date comprehensive CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.