Humanitarian Aid Expert

“We strive for lasting change for those who live in poverty, are excluded, or are caught in a crisis!” Together with hundreds of colleagues from the Netherlands and abroad and with tens of thousands of volunteers, we are committed to this mission every day.

Are you a humanitarian aid professional and enthusiastic about designing programme concepts, guidelines and online training (tools)? Do you want to be involved in humanitarian aid & recovery projects by leading and writing project proposals? We are currently recruiting an experienced

Humanitarian Aid Expert

(Almere, 32-40 hours a week)

Your job

As our new Humanitarian Aid Expert you become part of our Programme & Knowledge Support (P&KS) team that consists of 20 colleagues. Together we assess contexts and opportunities, attract resources, develop partnerships, design theories of change, support monitoring & evaluation, and develop integrated programmes. In the P&KS team you work closely together with our 5 other Humanitarian Aid Experts forming the humanitarian aid team. You report to the manager P&KS.

You are responsible for:

• Contributing to the development of humanitarian aid & recovery expertise, programme concepts and policies, and for writing the relating policy and guidance documents.
• Initiating, describing and/or facilitating best practices and innovative methods to support Dorcas’ humanitarian aid & recovery programme concepts.
• Providing support and technical advice to country offices in one or more intervention areas and/or in a number of specific and generic approaches related to the programme concepts for humanitarian aid & recovery.
• Contributing to the development of new, high-quality programme proposals for institutional donors in humanitarian aid & recovery.
• Participating in the humanitarian aid team to support rapid responses and developing rapid response capacity and disaster preparedness of country offices and local partners.
• Participating in monitoring Dorcas’ humanitarian aid contracts and for responding to developments in the sector.
• Contributing to multidisciplinary teams as a humanitarian aid expert.

Your Profile

Becoming successful as Humanitarian Aid Expert means you have:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in the field of Humanitarian Aid.
• Experience working in humanitarian aid or international development cooperation, preferably in a rapid response context.

Preferably experience with institutional humanitarian aid donors.

• Experience writing policy documents, developing, and presenting tools and designing and delivering training.
• Knowledge and expertise in leading, developing and writing project proposals for humanitarian aid donors, sometimes in cooperation with multiple partners.
• Excellent command of English and preferably Dutch, both verbally and written.
• A hands-on mentality, networking skills and experience leading a (complex) cooperation of multiple partners.
• The following competences: taking initiative, flexibility, problem-solving, cultural sensitivity, planning and organizing.
• As a Christian you fully agree with our mission, vision and core values ​​and you are willing to sign our code of conduct*.

What’s in it for you?

This challenging job offers you the opportunity to become part of a growing international NGO. You work together in a dynamic, diverse, and informal work environment, with room for your input and ideas. You will receive a salary of €3.020,- to €4.272,- gross per month (on a fulltime basis, 40 hours) and good secondary employment conditions, including a non-contributory pension plan, flexible working hours and an attractive work from home policy.