Global Resilience Lead (Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation)

Tearfund is looking for a UK-based Global Resilience Lead to further develop its capacity in Resilience within its international relief and development work.

To achieve this Tearfund needs to build organisational and partner capacity and effectiveness in Resilience, including the three areas of: Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation; building Social Capital; and ensuring that Resilience is a core foundation for all disaster response strategies.

The post holder will lead building the effectiveness of Tearfund staff, partners, local church based organisation and operations around the core competence of Resilience, with a focus on building evidence of effectiveness, and learning and impact.

The role will facilitate good practice and improvement to ensure Tearfund’s work builds the resilience of the most marginalised and vulnerable, assisting the organisation in identifying and replicating good practice, specifically in line with Tearfund’s own Quality Standards: http://tilz.tearfund.org/en/quality_standards/ .

This will enable Tearfund to build and report on the extent and effectiveness of its work. The post will be based in the Technical Competencies Unit, within Tearfund's Learning, Information, Advice and Support Team.

The candidate will have a graduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in a development related subject and proven experience in working in Resilience, DRR and/or Climate Change Adaptation, in a participatory community demand-led context.

There will be a requirement for up to 8 weeks overseas travel per year to directly engage with Tearfund’s field operations and partner organisations.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check..

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.