Do you have experience designing and implementing humanitarian capacity strengthening programmes for local and national humanitarian actors?

At Tearfund, we believe that local humanitarian actors should be enabled to take the lead in managing disaster risk and response in their communities wherever possible. The Localisation Programmes Manager plays a key role in implementing Tearfund's localisation vision and objectives, including oversight of Tearfund's flagship disaster management capacity assessment (DMCA) programme, as well as supporting broader humanitarian capacity strengthening, advocacy, and internal systems change.

This global role contributes towards Tearfund's 'Crisis to Resilience' (C2R) corporate priority and will work across regional, country, and global teams to achieve key objectives.

The successful candidate will focus on several key areas, including:

1. Developing, coordinating, and supporting disaster risk management capacity strengthening initiatives.
2. Managing Tearfund's ongoing Disaster Management Capacity Assessment (DMCA) Programme and developing plans to transition DMCA to regional leadership.
3. Supporting the review and implementation of Tearfund's localisation roadmap, including monitoring organizational progress against targets.
4. Promoting good practices in humanitarian capacity strengthening internally and externally.
5. Supporting the application of Tearfund's commitment to localisation (e.g., country-level localisation initiatives and the application of Tearfund's localisation roadmap) and engaging with external networks and organizations on this issue.
6. Providing support for developing an adapted approach for working with churches in emergencies.

You will be highly organized, self-motivated, and able to multitask under competing deadlines. Excellent written and spoken English skills are essential.

The candidate should have proven experience in:

1. Substantial experience in partner-led humanitarian programming.
2. Mentoring and accompaniment.
3. Advising on and managing capacity strengthening programmes for NGOs.
4. Supporting local and national actors in assurance processes, including compliance.
5. Collaborating with peer organizations in emergency response and disaster risk management.
6. Project and budget management experience.
7. Working cross-culturally.

Are you the person we are looking for?

Location: This is a full-time, 1-year fixed-term contract. The role is global and can be based in any country where Tearfund is registered and legally able to employ staff.

Travel: Applicants must be willing to travel up to 8 weeks per year.

Hybrid working in the UK: This role is eligible for hybrid working in the UK, requiring work from the Teddington Tearfund office and from home by agreement with the line manager.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce), as these groups are currently underrepresented at Tearfund.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include safeguarding checks. Additionally, personal identification information will be checked against a Watchlist database for criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

International Relief & Development (UK Based), Global Influencing & Programmes