Senior Director of Humanitarian Response and Technical Services

Main Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership & Management:
• ·         Foster a culture of grounded, adaptive leadership across CORE’s humanitarian response portfolio, modeling decisiveness and clarity in high-pressure, ambiguous environments. Build and lead field teams that are agile, mission-driven, and equipped to respond effectively amid complexity and change.
• ·         Lead CORE’s emergency field operations, serving as the senior operational lead on the ground during crisis deployments. Ensure field activities align with CORE’s Emergency Response Playbook and uphold standards of speed, accountability, and quality.
• ·         Oversee the design and execution of CORE’s humanitarian response programs, with a focus on multi-sector response, including Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), and Health programming. Ensure that technical excellence is embedded throughout implementation—even when conditions are fluid or information is incomplete.
• ·         Manage a team of technical experts, including specialists in MEAL, CVA, Protection, and Health, to ensure high-quality, integrated support to both emergency response and longer-term recovery programming. Guide the production of learning briefs, after-action reviews, and other technical documentation to enhance CORE’s reputation, promote transparency, and inform future operations.
• ·         Act as CORE’s principal crisis strategist, rapidly assessing needs, coordinating field assessments, and iterating response strategies in volatile and resource-constrained settings. Translate analysis into programmatic actions that meet immediate needs while positioning communities for long-term recovery.
• ·         Lead the development of response budgets, ensuring financial plans are realistic, responsive to operational realities, and aligned with donor requirements and CORE’s internal systems.
• ·         Champion adaptive management practices, empowering teams to pivot as new information emerges, while maintaining fidelity to CORE’s mission, standards, and donor commitments.
• ·         Collaborate with the VP of Programs & Partnerships to transition from emergency relief to recovery and preparedness programming. Inform strategic investments that deliver sustainable impact in communities affected by crisis, even within uncertain and shifting funding landscapes.
• ·         Coordinate closely across CORE departments including Communication, Development, and Finance.
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• External Relationships:
•        Work with the Senior Management Team, and Partnerships department to build close relationships with key stakeholders, primarily, but not exclusively: UN agencies, FEMA, US Dept of State, and AMRC.
•      Support expansion of revenue generating and fundraising activities of existing and new programs; cultivate existing relationships and develop new donor relationships.
•        Manage relationships with partner organizations and networks, like InterAction and the VOAD system.
•        Build relationships with resourced partners for Heavy Equipment, Search and Rescue and other capacities as needed
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• Knowledge Management:
•       Advance CORE’s technical reputation as a leading voice in different sectors by advancing the production of technical documents, manuals, articles, and representing COR