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Director Systems and Policy Review for Emergency Response - Global Emergency Response Team - US, UK, Africa, MENA

United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Sept 2024

💰 $114,000/yr($90,000/yr – $114,000/yr)

About the role

Location: US, UK/Europe, Africa, MENAValid unrestricted work authorization in the country in which you will be based is required at the time of application for this position.Position Status: Full-time, Regular, Exempt (Temporary: 12 months, the assignment can be extended, depending on business needs)Salary:

US Starting Salary for this role will be USD $90,000 to $114,000 commensurate on experience.
Based on local benchmark for candidates outside the United States.

About Mercy CorpsMercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse, and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. The TeamMercy Corps works to achieve real and lasting impact in the world’s toughest humanitarian emergencies. We save lives and help people live with dignity in crises of all kinds. At the same time, we create the conditions to pivot to recovery quickly and effectively. We work wherever local capacity is overwhelmed, connecting people to the opportunities they need to strengthen their community in recovery. Whether it is a sudden shock or a slowly emerging crisis, whether the threat is natural or man-made, Mercy Corps is committed to rapid, needs-driven assistance. Mercy Corps supports a response that is market-driven and leverages the capacities of both traditional and non-traditional aid partners—and ultimately gives people the ability to make their own decisions and secure their own lives and livelihoods.  The Global Emergency Response Team (ERT) provides the agency with timely and effective leadership to prepare for, respond to, and learn from humanitarian emergencies, develops sharp, well-timed and influential humanitarian analysis to inform program design and implementation, and supports agency leadership and regional and country teams with safety and security expertise. The PositionThe Director, Systems and Policy Review for Emergency Response (SPR-ER) is a critical new position on the Global Emergency Response Team and will provide oversight and leadership to lead a global systems and policy review process to ensure Mercy Corps core policies are adapted appropriately for emergency and humanitarian response. Reporting to the Vice President of Emergency Response, the Director will be responsible for developing the review methodology, workplans, working group and stakeholder consultations for the systems/policy review process - generally overseeing efforts related to the streamlining of our top-level systems and policies to make us more efficient and effective in emergency response. They will collaborate and coordinate with key actors and stakeholders across the agency (global, regional and country level) to ensure that this workstream, which is an important action as part of the organization’s FY25 priorities, is adapted to the needs of our teams on the ground. This role will interact heavily with members of the senior leadership team. The Director will need to successfully build strong working relationships with the working group members and stakeholders and drive the working group forward and stay on task in order to undertake the necessary policy reviews and adjustments that span multiple domains. This role also directly contributes to the strengthening of Mercy Corps’ global policies and systems and ultimately enabling more effective emergency and humanitarian response in order to support people impacted by crises.

Essential ResponsibilitiesPROJECT MANAGEMENT

Provide leadership and vision, assuming full responsibility as the Project Management Lead for the systems/policy review project for Emergency Response, taking on full ownership of leading the review initiative.
Lead the development of the project vision, TORs, workplan, coordination mechanisms and stakeholder consultation/feedback process.
Approach the initiative from a practical and streamlining perspective, ensuring that policy revisions are reflective of the feedback from our country and regional practitioners who have supported emergency/humanitarian responses.
Establish and lead a cross-functional working group to lead the systems/policy review initiative including the prioritization of which policies to review, review timelines, consultative processes for obtaining stakeholder input on the policy adaptations/revisions, making the necessary revisions, and developing a socialization plan for any updated policies.
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