Preparedness Technical Advisor (Disaster)

Compassion International, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

403(b) retirement plan (10%)

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

Compassion International, Inc. is seeking a career specialist to join a technical advising team, providing expert consultation and implementation support for global program designs, standards and tools.

The role involves independent work on complex issues, coaching others and aligning with child-protection policies across the ministry. In addition to technical duties, the position emphasizes mission-driven work, collaboration with National Offices, and providing data-driven insights to improve

Qualifications

• Disaster Risk Reduction expertise in assessing hazards, vulnerabilities and threats.
• Preparedness and resilience planning to strengthen systems before disasters.
• Experience strengthening local systems and coaching partners toward sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and serves as a consistent witness.
• Champions global program designs, standards and training tools for National Offices.
• Provides engagement with cross-functional teams to support program implementation.
• Collaborates with Regional staff to design program models, indicators and resources.
• Analyzes data to identify improvement opportunities and measures outcomes.
• Prepares supporting documentation such as presentations and business requirements.

Skills

DRR expertise

Preparedness planning

Systems & capacity building

Job description

The expected salary range for this position is $92,330.00 - $108,476.00. Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. Compassion International is not responsible for third parties who omit this information when copying and re-posting job openings. *this fixed term role is supported by grant funding that is approved for a one-year period.

This career specialist serves on a technical advising team to consult and provide implementation support for global program designs, initiatives and tools. The specialist provides competent knowledge in a given sub specialty in their field. At this career level, the incumbent works independently on moderate to highly complex issues. He or she may coach and/or oversee the work other specialists.

What will you do?

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion's ministry in prayer.
• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children.
• Understands Christ's mandate to protect children.
• Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry.
• Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion's Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
• Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion's internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
• Champions and implements global program designs, standards and training tools in alignment with the ministry's objectives.
• Serves as a key contributor among cross-functional teams to equip National Offices to provide holistic development to caregivers, children and youth.
• Partners with Regional staff and stakeholders in order to provide strategically designed program implementation support and learning strategies of moderate complexity.
• Focusing on Compassion's overall theory of change and outcomes framework, provides consulting in individual area(s) of specialization to National Offices.
• Supports the design and development of Compassion's program models to be implemented globally, including theory, standards, activities, tools and resources and indicators.
• Collaborates and partners with National Office staff and stakeholders and provides subject matter expertise within area of specialty.
• Supports program data and provides ongoing subject matter expertise in using high quality data to measure program inputs, outputs, outcomes on a global scale.
• Aids Regional staff by providing coaching and knowledge for measurement usage and interpretation.
• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding metric creation, collection and usage.
• Independently conducts special training and initiatives and consults with others regarding industry standards, national policies and best practices.
• Identifies and analyzes moderately complex global program process problems and defines the scope of activities required to address the issues, including requirement definition, process review, impact assessment and operational streamlining where appropriate to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Prepare supporting documentation such as presentations, future state maps, success metrics, business requirements and related impact analyses.
• Participates in the creation of new processes.
• Defines relevant metrics and develops reports utilized to track overall program development and implementation success.
• Analyzes data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provides expertise and coaching to other program support and partnership staff in Regional and national offices as requested.

What do you bring?

• Disaster Risk Reduction Expertise: Strong experience in disaster risk reduction (DRR), including assessing hazards, vulnerabilities, and threats such as earthquakes, storms, drought, and other climate- or context-related risks.
• Preparedness & Resilience Planning: Ability to develop and strengthen systems, processes, and preparedness plans that reduce risk and improve the resilience of communities and local organizations before disasters occur.
• Systems & Capacity Building: Experience strengthening local systems and market-based approaches to improve disaster preparedness and resilience, with the ability to analyze gaps, identify investments, and coach partners toward sustainable solutions.

Why work here?

The mission: Join a team that is motivated to release children from poverty in Jesus' name.

Our benefits

Receive generous paid time off, 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary, excellent healthcare coverage, free short-term professional counseling, and more.

Spiritual growth

Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.

#LI-SP1 #LI-REMOTE Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name It's a mission that drives us because the need is desperate. Ten percent of the world lives on $1.90 a day or less. Our hearts break for the millions of children who suffer from lack of resources, but we rejoice because there is hope. We at Compassion know that the transformative power of Christ's love is not bound by nationality or economic status. Unified by this conviction, our increasingly diverse staff uses our talents and experience to serve more than two million children in 25 countries. We're excited for you to join our ministry!