Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, the Regional Operations Manager (ROM) provides overall leadership and coordination and facilitates strategic support to ensure optimal coordination and management of resources required, mobilized, and allocated for the effective and efficient implementation of IFRC-supported operations related to Ukraine and impacted countries in the Europe Region. The role holder will be the Appeal Manager for the Ukraine and Impacted Countries.
Emergency Appeal and will also lead the regional Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) team that is predominantly supporting the Appeal operations. The position is supported by a Deputy Regional Operations Manager (focusing on operational and programmatic leadership and delivery), and by a Regional Membership Coordinator. Further, the ROM will coordinate closely with the Regional Management Team and the extended management team in the Europe Region and relevant Directors in Geneva, ensuring full cooperation and coordination on the use of expertise in the operation, which will be fully integrated into country-level and existing Regional Office structures.
Required:
- University degree in relevant area or equivalent experience required.
- Training in advanced disaster management.
- Demonstrated experience of successfully leading and coordinating large-scale humanitarian emergency response operations in a variety of contexts, preferably with the RC/RC Movement.
- 10 years of experience in disaster management, including managing staff.
- Experience working in a RC/RC National Society and/or Federation/ICRC.
- Minimum of five years working experience in project management, including proposal development, budgeting, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
- Experience in working with, or alongside, non-RC/RC humanitarian organisations in emergency situations.
- Experience in successful institutional fundraising and managing donor relations.
- Sound knowledge of, and commitment to, a holistic approach to disaster and crisis management, with a particular understanding of cash-based programming.
- Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically and under pressure, without access to complete information.
- Excellent political, diplomatic, communication and negotiating skills.
- Proven skills in strategic and operational planning, budgeting, and reporting.
- Ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations.
- Knowledge of grant and appeal management, risk management strategies and resource mobilization.
- Ability to scan and analyse an organisation’s strength of management, vision, and adaptive capacity.
- Results-oriented and demand-driven.
- Professional credibility, ability to work effectively across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.
- Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality.
- Fluent spoken and written English.
How to apply
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