Sudan Regional Response Coordinator

Sudan Regional Response Coordinator Founded in 1956, The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations ? refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and host communities ? in more than 40 countries around the world. The EAGL Regional Office covers the following country operations: Burundi, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Overall purpose of the role: The Sudan Regional Response Coordinator acts as the primary point of coordination for DRC; liaising with country teams, regional office and HQ, leading in the development, strengthening and monitoring of emergency response plans related to the ongoing Sudan crisis through the provision of technical support, operational guidance, trouble-shooting and quality assurance to all emergency programming within affected countries (Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Chad). This position will mainly cover the following countries in which DRC is responding to the needs caused by the Sudan crisis: Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Chad. This role will also be responsible for monitoring context in neighbouring countries in which DRC is not currently responding to this crisis (e.g. Egypt, CAR). The position can be based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kampala (Uganda) or Nairobi (Kenya), is open for national and international applicants and is Non-accompanied. Responsibilities : The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role. Emergency Response Plan Development and Capacity Building for field teams: ? Support all relevant countries to ensure they have up-to-date Emergency Response Plans; ? Support all relevant countries to develop Emergency Preparedness Plans in areas relevant to future response actions, linked to scenario planning; ? Support all countries to conduct Integrated Emergency Response Needs Assessments and ad-hoc Rapid Needs Assessments where required; ? Provide emergency response training to affected field teams as required/identified; ? Support new area operations in emergency response ? assist in staff recruitment, staff training, setting up systems, and planning and starting activities; and ? Support in emergency proposal development/review related to the Sudan crisis. This will require close engagement and coordination with the Regional Business Development Coordinator; ? Support scenario planning and analysis on the Sudan crisis and develop contingency planning based on this forecasting. Information Management, Advocacy and External Engagement/Coordination: ? Co-lead on the development of an advocacy and external engagement strategy with the Regional Advocacy Coordinator and country teams; ? Develop templates, tools, key messages and external dissemination products related to the Sudan crisis and DRC?s op