Humanitarian Lead - Latin America & Caribbean region
Quick answer
Christian Aid is hiring a full-time, hybrid-working Humanitarian Lead for the Latin America and Caribbean region in Bogota, Colombia, paying 181,256,397 Colombian Pesos per year.
- Role
- Humanitarian Lead - Latin America & Caribbean region
- Organization
- Christian Aid
- Location
- Bogota, Colombia
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Compensation
- 181,256,397 Colombian Pesos per year
- Category
- Programs & Operations
The role
The Humanitarian Lead for the Latin America and Caribbean region will play a lead role in setting up new emergency programmes as well as managing existing emergency response programmes across Christian Aid programmes globally but with a primary focus on an agreed set of countries to maximise impact.
What you'll do
- Manage and collaborate on new and existing humanitarian and emergency response programmes internally and externally to maximise impact.
- Manage staff and ensure they perform to a high standard, meeting their objectives with activities integrated with the Country Teams, aligning with organisational values and goals.
- Active engagement in Country Leadership Teams ensuring Christian Aid’s humanitarian mandate is integrated within the wider country strategies in line with “Standing Together”.
- Manage response strategies to ensure plans are in place, funding secured for humanitarian work with budget planning, monitoring and reporting in place ensuring the effective use of these funds and ensure they are high-impact initiatives to maximising impact.
- Deliver humanitarian programmes in a timely and accountable manner meeting the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), safeguarding, inclusion and other minimum standards, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and resilience work, and ensuring high quality and maximising impact.
What it takes
- University graduate or equivalent qualification
- Significant experience leading both rapid response and chronic emergencies or managing programmes to build resilient communities
- Significant multi-country humanitarian programme support experience
- Detailed understanding of the CHS, SPHERE and other humanitarian standards
- Developed ability to equip and encourage staff to take responsibility and promote an empowered working
- Highly developed communication skills in writing and oral, with a fluency in English
What you'll bring
Frequently asked questions
Where is the job located?
The job is located in Bogota, Colombia.
What is the compensation?
The compensation is 181,256,397 Colombian Pesos per year.
What are the key qualifications required?
Key qualifications include fluency in both Spanish and English, significant experience in humanitarian action, and a university graduate or equivalent qualification.
How can I apply?
To apply, please go to the Christian Aid careers page through this LINK.
Is the job remote?
The job is hybrid-working, with 2 days per week in the office.
How to apply
Apply directly on Christian Aid's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.
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