Emergency Programme Officer-WASH

About us
Christian Aid has a vision of a better world free from poverty. At the heart of this vision is tackling the root causes of poverty, empowering people to have a brighter future, and saving lives during emergencies.
In South Sudan, Christian Aid exists to bring lasting change for all the people of South Sudan, so they live in peaceful coexistence, with dignity and security, taking a full part in the society and the economy; irrespective of their identity.
Christian Aid is responding to the South Sudan humanitarian crisis in a way that will lay the foundations for a broad-based recovery, working with local and national actors to provide emergency and resilient livelihoods support to disaster-affected populations.
We are looking for a dynamic, highly skilled and motivated individual to play a key role in our humanitarian team and supporting our partners in South Sudan.

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As Emergency Programme Officer, you will support Christian Aid’s humanitarian, resilience and disaster risk reduction programme. You will play a key role in strengthening the capacity of Christian Aid and partner staff to prepare for, mitigate against and respond to crises, and in ensuring best practice in our humanitarian response.
You will be responsible for Christian Aid projects being implemented by partners in the field as well as assisting in humanitarian programme development, fundraising, implementation and monitoring. You will provide effective and timely support to partner organisations, enabling them to respond to emergencies, and ensuring that this is in line with Christian Aid’s country programme strategy.
You will have an external facing role, helping Christian Aid to engage with donors, representing the organisation at coordination / cluster meetings, and working collaboratively with Christian Aid humanitarian, fundraising, and communications and media colleagues in the region and headquarters.