Senior Emergency Officer

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World Vision is a Christian charity and one of the world’s leading relief, development and advocacy organisations, currently helping more than 100 million people in nearly 100 countries in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice, irrespective of their religious beliefs. World Vision is built on Christian core values which are reflected in its ethos and practice.

Senior Emergency Officer
Milton Keynes with significant overseas travel
Salary £31,500 – £39,300

World Vision UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced humanitarian professional to provide leadership and support to World Vision International and World Vision UK Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs (HEA) teams in preparedness and response to humanitarian emergencies.

Reporting directly to the Head of HEA, you will have a leading role in World Vision UK’s HEA programmatic response to emergencies and to develop relations with DEC, DFID, UN, humanitarian NGOs, UK think tanks and World Vision Partners.
A requirement of the role is to be deployed, as a Programme Officer on behalf of World Vision International’s Global Rapid Response Team, to support their response to large-scale global emergencies where there is no senior relief management capacity.

To bring the leadership and expertise we are seeking for this role you are likely to:
 Have a degree in a relevant discipline, significant experience in the humanitarian industry and management experience.
 Have an excellent understanding of humanitarian & development theory and competence in assessment, design & project cycle management for multi sector programmes in large complex & rapid on set emergencies.
 Have knowledge and competence in assessment, design and project cycle management for multi sector programmes in large complex and rapid onset emergencies
 Have ability to see the ‘big picture’ while ensuring the detail is delivered to a high quality standard.
 Be effective in building relationships with internal & external stakeholders
 Be comfortable in operating in stressful, complex environments, and able to integrate effectively in diverse cultural contexts.

If you are ready for this challenge and passionate about bringing real change to children in developing countries, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out how you can start to use your skills and experience to really make a difference, log on to www.worldvision.org.uk/jobs to view a full job description and to apply online.

Closing date: 3rd February 2011

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