Shelter and Housing Technical Advisor

Description

Technical excellence

·     Provide technical backstopping to relevant CORE shelter, housing, and rebuild programs domestically and internationally.

·     Develop, roll out, and maintain shelter and housing technical guidelines, tools, and SOPs.

·     Build out and maintain full spectrum of shelter and housing options for rapid response.

·     Build the capacity of staff and partners in shelter and housing, through training, mentoring, and guidance materials.

·     Represent CORE externally in working groups and technical forums, increasing CORE’s visibility in the shelter and climate space.

·     Capture lessons learned and promote best practices across programs and markets, supporting continuous improvement to the quality and impact of CORE’s shelter and housing work 

·     Contribute to relevant evaluations, needs assessments, learning reviews, and innovation initiatives

·     Advance CORE’s technical reputation as a leading voice in shelter and climate by advancing the production of technical documents, manuals, articles.

·     Be up to date with domestic and international minimum standards, best practices, and innovations in shelter and climate.

New business development

·     In close coordination with the partnership and development teams, develop and implement a growth strategy for the shelter and housing technical areas.

·     Support new business development efforts, including program design and technical writing

·     Cultivate relationships with institutional donors, peer organizations, corporate and private sector partnerships.

Other

·     Deploy to support emergency responses as needed

·     Other tasks as assigned

Requirements

·        Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Engineering, Construction Management or related field

·        Significant experience in humanitarian response or disaster recovery.

·        Demonstrated experience engaging institutional donors and strategic partners.

·        Experience working with U.S. Federal, State and County governments.

·        5-10 years of experience working on shelter and/or climate work internationally and/or domestically

·        Experience working with institutional donors such USDoS, ARC, and CDP

·        Experience in US domestic construction standards, including Fortified Construction Method is highly desired

·        Familiarity with financial products and construction loans highly desirable

·      Ability to travel to respond to emergencies at a moment’s notice

Ability to represent CORE externally to a wide variety of donors and partners.