Emergency Response Experts

We help to respond to major disasters and emergencies around the world.  Our Emergency Response Experts help when emergency response organisations rapidly scale up their operations in order to help those in desperate need.

Working in disaster-affected regions presents special challenges for all MzN | International Emergency Response Experts.  The working conditions are rarely optimal, the local infrastructure often severely disrupted, information may be scarce and personal comfort limited.

All MzN | International  Emergency Response Experts need to travel to remote areas on short notice.  They face the challenge of having to quickly collect and analyse available information about the nature and effects of the disaster as well as familiarising themselves with the specific instruction of their assignment and their client.

On location, they must quickly assemble their working environment and accept and deal with new circumstances as they develop.

MzN | International Emergency Response Finance Experts help clients save, manage, track and raise funds in the disaster-affected region.

The specific objectives of each assignment depend on the nature of the disasters and the clients existing infrastructure as well as their specific mission. However, key objectives of any assignment are:

• Take the lead of the local financial management and/or grant management function in the context of rapidly deployed funds
  
•  Safeguard and rapidly develop existing financial management infrastructure to ensure compliance with all internal and donor guidance and regulations.
  
• Deal with the insufficient infrastructure and lack of personal comfort in a constructive manner (a sense of humour helps).
  
• Proactively communicate with local staff as well as the clients HQ. 
  
• Foresee and plan for capacity increases as the disaster assistance develops
  

Emergency Response assignments are usually short-term assignments, normally lasting from a few weeks to up to three months. However, it is not uncommon though for Emergency Response assignments to become longer interim management assignments.

The expected Expert profile is a mix of finance professional skills and a robust personal attitude. 

• Upmost respect for victim of natural disaster and the people living in developing countries
  
• Ability to be deployed within 24 to 72 hours
  
• Experience in finance roles in an emergency context
  
• University degree, preferably to postgraduate level
  
• A professional accountancy qualification is a plus
  
• Substantial experience with NGO finance and grant operations
  
• Substantial experience with donor reporting and proposal guidelines and procedures, particularly with the EU and DFID
  
• Excellent communication skills
  
• Excellent management and representation competencies
  
• Robust health and personal attitude and a firm commitment to deliver quality work under difficult circumstances.
  

Want to join us? Then please apply here