Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

When catastrophe hits, Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) provides safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care; offers needs-based response according to the context and type of sudden onset disaster (SOD) and/or outbreak in the affected nation; adopts a human rights-based approach to its response; ensures it is accessible to all sections of the population affected by the SOD and/or outbreak, particularly the vulnerable; and treats patients in a medically ethical manner.

Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) is accountable to patients and communities, host governments and ministries of health, and its organization and donors. Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) commits to a coordinated response under the national health emergency management authorities. Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) collaborates with the national health system, the clusters and the humanitarian community.

Selected personnel are on standby to deploy to a crisis within 48 hours. Personnel may deploy to new areas of operation or lend support to Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) teams already on the ground. Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) maintains a roster of volunteers and staff who have completed pre-deployment paperwork, orientation and training. The roster is updated on a regular basis. Through this expression of interest, applicants maintain professional profiles with Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados), so that information is complete and readily available for an emergency response deployment.

This position will support Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’ emergency response delivering outpatient clinical care to disaster-affected populations.

**NOTE** Candidates applying to this position are indicating that they are interested in being considered for Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’ standby roster for emergency response. Roster members will be contacted only when there is an emergency-response need for which the responder is qualified. This position will not be compensated unless responders are deployed to an emergency response.

JOB SUMMARY: The primary responsibility of the Response Lead - Emergency Response Team is to support the implementation of services in an emergency setting. The Response Lead provides overall leadership in the field and is responsible for developing, coordinating and managing all emergency response activities. S/he coordinates liaison with the Response Management Team, and Country Director, and works towards developing, monitoring, and strengthening relationships with governmental and intergovernmental institutions, donors, other NGOs, key sub-recipients, and vendors, to implement Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’ response strategy. S/he is responsible for the health, well-being and safety of the emergency staff; program design planning and staffing; reporting and documentation; financial management and communication.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation:

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Code of Conduct
As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.

If this is a supervisory position, one must set an example of ethical behavior through one’s own conduct and oversight of the work of others; ensure that those who report to you have sufficient knowledge and resources to follow the standards outlined in the Code of Conduct & Ethics; monitor compliance of the people you supervise; enforce the Code of Conduct & Ethics and Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’ policies, including the Safeguarding Policy and the Protection from Harassment, Bullying and Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace Policy, consistently and fairly; support employees who in good faith raise questions or concerns.

Safeguarding
It is all staff shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, adults at risk, or LGBTI individuals; and any form of trafficking in persons. Staff are also responsible for preventing violations to our Code of Conduct and Ethics, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any violations to the Code of Conduct and Ethics or Safeguarding Policy, you have an obligation to report.

Equal Opportunities
Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Typically, a Master’s degree in in humanitarian affairs, international affairs, public health, management or other relevant studies. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Typically, 10+ years of relevant and progressive experience in development or humanitarian emergency response field, with increasing responsibilities including at least 5 years in a senior management position in an INGO environment, preferably in insecure environments, and minimum of 2 years of project management experience in a developing country or similar context including responsibility for budget control, strategy, human resources and planning
• Significant experience in emergency responses
• Significant experience and understanding of security management and insecure environments
• Experience in the health sector in a developing country or similar low resource environment
• Experience liaising with donors, securing donor funds, reporting and managing large budgets
• Competencies:
• Ability to travel at short notice for periods of up to three months at a time
• Fluent in use of the Microsoft Office suite and web-based files
• Experienced in the use of radio handsets, satellite phones, and other communications
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent IMC to a broad range of people and organizations
• Knowledge, practical understanding of and ability to work within both relief and development NGO contexts
• Understanding of health issues in developing countries
• Team working, flexibility and relationship building skills, ability to develop positive working relations across functions and cultures, quite often at a distance
• Problem solving skills in day to day and crisis situations
• Resilience and stress management skills for self and team
• Ability to identify and analyze opportunities that contribute to strategic aims, translate them into practical plans and implement them
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required; fluency in Spanish, French or, Arabic is desirable