Disaster Risk Management Specialist

1 day ago


Washington DC USA, United States Save the Children Full time
Job Summary

Save the Children is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Anticipatory Action (AA) Specialist. The successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting our organization's efforts to scale locally led and data/technology enabled Disaster Risk Management practices, and to prevent and reduce the impact of predictable crises on children.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical guidance on DRM and AA strategies, policies, and practices to support Save the Children's development and humanitarian efforts.
  • Collaborate with external partners to bring in complementary expertise, particularly related to the use of technology for early warning systems and/or risk mitigating financing.
  • Stay up-to-date on trends and developments in AA, early warning systems, emergency preparedness planning, and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
  • Provide expert advice to country and regional offices in the design, implementation, and monitoring of AA programs.
  • Support the development and implementation of a global DRM and AA learning agenda, in partnership with professionals across Save the Children and the global movement.
Requirements
  • Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Business development or proposal writing experience.
  • Strong data analysis and visualization skills.
  • Excellent strategic communication skills.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience of AA, emergency preparedness and disaster risk management and reduction, including a solid understanding of AA's key components.
  • Experience with projects that are focused on food security, information sharing/dissemination, poverty mapping, natural disaster and/or famine risk assessment, early warning, and disaster relief.
  • Track record of securing funding from donors interested in DRM/AA programming.
  • Experience designing and facilitating emergency preparedness, DRM and AA trainings or capacity building initiatives.
  • Ability to convene a range of experts and stakeholders to plan for DRM and AA.
  • Credibility to lobby, influence and represent Save the Children at all levels.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with interpreting and visualizing qualitative and quantitative research findings.
  • Professional proficiency in French, Spanish, and/or Arabic.
  • Prior experience with USAID-funded programs, including contracts, is a desirable advantage.
Compensation

Save the Children is offering a competitive salary range for this position, dependent on candidate location. The target salary for this position is $84,150 - $94,050 base salary for Geo 1 locations, $76,500 - $85,500 base salary for Geo 2 locations, and $68,850 - $76,950 base salary for Geo 3 locations.

The salary ranges listed above are for US-based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, paid vacation leave, safety & wellness leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, caregiver leave, and much more.



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