Tearfund is seeking to recruit a Humanitarian Response Coordinator based in Zimbabwe

The holder of this position will provide technical support and humanitarian advice, to strengthen the disaster preparedness and response of Tearfund’s partner led programmes and facilitate local churches, partners and communities to deliver church and community resilience , humanitarian response and transformational initiatives that are environmentally and economically sustainable in line with the Zimbabwe country strategy and Tearfund corporate priorities.

As a Humanitarian Response Coordinator, you will ensure high quality coordination and management of Resilience, emergency response initiatives among Tearfund partners and with other like-minded partners. Support Programme fundraising efforts through partner programme management and accompaniment as well as ensuring Tearfund and donor compliance.

The role holder is also responsible for innovating on resilience and emergency response initiatives, ensuring appropriate information and communication management and learning for Tearfund, local partners, other local partnerships and donors.

The successful candidate will provide technical support for resilience initiatives and humanitarian response and ensure partners and communities are prepared for any humanitarian shocks. Strengthen the capacity of Tearfund’s partners to respond to disasters in Zimbabwe by providing comprehensive oversight on programme implementation.

He/She will lead the coordination of Tearfund resilience and emergency response work with and among Tearfund like-minded partners and among Tearfund local partner

The successful candidate will advise, support and train partners on humanitarian standards, emergency response standard and Disaster Risk Reduction and support resource mobilisation through networking with integral partners and Tearfund partnerships team in Teddington.

Support coordination efforts of relief and emergency work with the government of Zimbabwe and UN agencies in-country and in situations where regional coordination responses are called for.

Do you have?

• Substantial International INGO field experience ideally in programme management, proposal development (narrative and budgets) and/or donor reporting
• At least 5 years’ experience of livelihoods, Resilience, emergency and/or cash approaches.
• Proven experience in humanitarian environments with successful examples of project implementation.
• Understanding and application of relevant international standards.
• Proven ability to develop winning proposals for public and/or private-sector donors
• Experience in log frame development and Project Cycle
• Management, ideally in a complex environment
• Training and partner capacity building
• Monitoring & evaluation experience
• Strategic planning/Project planning and Implementation
• Excellent oral and written communication incl.: Proposal and report writing, presentation skills
• A vision for Tearfunds’ work