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Emergency Response Team Leader

Emergency Response Team Leader (Home-based with 60% deployment to the field)
The Emergency Response Team Leader will be a key member of the RRT within the CARE Emergency Group (CEG). The position will provide support, assistance and advice to CARE International country offices, national members and CEG in assessment and team leader aspects of emergency response and preparedness. S/he will be available to respond at short notice to emergencies and Country Office requirements.  Requests for emergency deployment take precedence over other assignments.   The Emergency Response Team Leader is intended to spend the majority of her/his time in the field ‘roving’ between emergency locations.  Non-deployment time will be spent at home with responsibility for report writing, document review, response follow-up, training/coaching/mentoring and preparedness planning. Minimum of 8 years senior management experience in complex and natural disasters required; both slow and rapid onset. Application deadline: December 23, 2012. To apply please download the full job description here.