Innovative Humanitarian Financing Manager (3544)

 

·        Division: Global Programmes

·        Department: Humanitarian

·        Team: START Network

·        Location: Farringdon, London

·        Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

·        Full / Part Time: Full-time

·        Salary: £48,000 pa

·        Contract Duration: 7 months from January 2018

·        Closing Date: 6 November 2017

We are seeking an innovative individual with experience of humanitarian financing mechanisms to join us as Innovative humanitarian Financing Manager to oversee the piloting of new innovative financial solutions that will enable NGOs to respond earlier, faster and more effectively to people in crisis.

Currently hosted by Save the Children, the Start Network is planning to become a fully independent entity. It has a vision that the humanitarian sector can change to become more diverse, decentralised and collaborative, and as such is currently working on four key areas: Start Fund (for financing emergency responses), Start Engage (for strengthening civil society capacity), Start Labs (for experimentation, rapid prototyping and learning) and Start Response (for more adaptive, decentralised and collaborative humanitarian responses). Comprising of thousands of partner agencies and with a staff of a quarter of a million working in 200 countries and territories, the Network’s reach is huge.

Start Labs is developing a layered menu of financial products that will enable NGOs to respond effectively to different kinds of crisis events. The Labs team have spent several years scoping, building partnerships and designing products in the disaster risk financing space. In this role, you will oversee the development and piloting of new prototype financial products for humanitarian action. Your responsibilities will include:

·        Applying cross-sectoral concepts and partnerships to design, iterate and operationalise disaster risk financing solutions

·        Engaging in high-level influencing and advocacy to create space for the legitimacy of NGOs in the risk financing space and mobilise resources for experimentation

·        Mobilising resources to actively experiment with disaster risk financing

·        Overseeing the launch of two disaster risk financing pilots; the ARC Replica Programme and the Drought Financing Facility (subject to funding)

·        Negotiating the development and maintenance of commercial relationships between Start Network and risk modelling providers and/or insurance underwriters, following transparent and credible procurement processes

·        Building a constructive relationship with SCUK (as Start Network’s host agency), to gain buy-in and acceptance of risk financing schemes.

To be successful you will be passionate about improving the humanitarian aid system and will have extensive experience of humanitarian financing mechanisms, particularly risk financing such as forecast based financing, insurance or early action funds. You will have a creative and open-minded approach that can rapidly assimilate new concepts and apply them to humanitarian challenges. You will be a strong communicator, able to engage in high level advocacy forums as well as negotiate donor contracts. In addition you will have:

·        Proven experience in a humanitarian context using programming tools

·        The ability to develop effective external communications

·        High level influencing and advocacy experience

·        Successful experience creating and implementing strategy, as well as engaging a variety of stakeholders to deliver against this strategy

·        A proven track record of identifying and initiating new partnerships

·        Proven analytical and problem solving skills in order to fully understand humanitarian financial needs and identify practical solutions to operational challenges.

A second language and a good understanding of the international humanitarian system and relevant networks would be an advantage.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Length of the contracts (7 months FTC, maternity cover)

We will consider internal applicants for a secondment. Please discuss with your existing line manager before applying.

Closing date: 6th November 2017

Interview expenses: candidatesshould note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based. 

Pre-employment Checks: Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

·        a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)

·        receipt of satisfactory references

·        proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

Documents

·        SCUK Competencies.pdf (17.11 KB)

·        JD_Innovative Humanitarian Financing Manager (Maternity cover)_October17.pdf (242.45 KB)

·        Save the Children - Aspire.pdf (130.51 KB)

 

Para mais informações consulte: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/vacancy/business-development-manager-start-labs-3544/3570/description/

 

Fonte: Observatório Vulcanológico e Geotérmico dos Açores