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Emergency Response Director - SET

About Us
GOAL has responded to the world’s major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 15 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of 3,500 personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.

Job Purpose
The GOAL Global Surge Emergency Team (SET) is a roster of highly qualified humanitarian professionals who deploy on short notice to non-emergency and emergency contexts to support the GOAL’s mission. Members of the SET provide specialist support where talent is most needed for short-term deployments of up to three months.

GOAL is currently seeking experienced humanitarian professionals to join our SET team on a flexible employment basis, requiring members to be available for deployments 100 days of the year (with opportunities for additional deployments if incumbent is interested).

We currently have a requirement for Emergency Response Directors to join our roster. You’ll be part of GOAL’s Emergency Response Unit (ERU) led by the Humanitarian Director. The ERU provides overall leadership and guidance to increase GOAL’s capacity to respond to rapid onset disasters and support with the ongoing complex emergencies and fragile settings.

The ERSD primary function is to provide systems support to GOAL’s emergency programming and SET capacity to crisis responses in new and existing GOAL country programmes. The Systems department comprises Logistics, Finance, Procurement, Facilities management, HR, Administration, IT and Security.

You may also function as Country/Response director in the initial stages (up to 3 Months) of an emergency response. This role will also provide Systems Director cover in non-emergency GOAL countries as requested for up to 3 months. This position is deployable to emergency responses on short notice (24-72 hours, for up to 3 months)

The Person
Proven experience in a humanitarian systems role at a management level.
Notable experience of deploying in response to sudden onset emergencies, including in a programme lead role.
Experience in developing security protocols and in contingency planning
Excellent knowledge of best practice in emergency response, strategic and operational planning, coordination, and control methodologies
Experience in building strong collaborative partnerships with internal and external (international organisations, UN organisations, corporate, government and military) stakeholders.
Working in and leading teams in chaotic, challenging, insecure / high threat and unstable and extreme temperate environments for up to 3 months at a time

 

GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling GOAL’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and equal treatment. GOAL does not discriminate against any employee or volunteer; or any applicant for employment or volunteering on the basis of age, gender identity, ancestry, political opinion, civil status, medical condition, ethnic background, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

 

Accountability within GOAL
A commitment to GOAL values and GOAL’s integrity framework is critical to working with GOAL. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability: 1) Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols; 2) Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area; 3) Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

Safeguarding
Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with GOAL as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

General Terms and Conditions

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document