Associate Director, Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Associate Director, Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Posting Description
Job Summary
The Associate Director for Housing Disaster Resilience and Recovery Coordination will provide leadership and support to the Area Offices and Habitat for Humanity International teams related to resilience, recovery and disaster readiness activities, as well as to focused response activities aligned with the new global strategy. This position will support key ongoing projects in close coordination between headquarters and the global network, and will oversee strategic HFHI grants where assigned.
This position is highly collaborative and cross-functional as is necessary to consistently reinforce team structures related to resilience, recovery and disaster readiness and response. This role requires relationship-building within internal and external networks to create partnerships that support, aid, and enhance Habitat for Humanity work and enterprise-wide collaboration.
Position duration: This is a one year, 40 hours/week position.
Location: Kenya, Slovakia, U.K., or Spain
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Collaboratively work with Area Offices and National Offices specific prioritized project or technical support. (35%)
• Provide surge capacity on programmatic and technical support as needed during the inception, technical staff onboarding and implementation of complex new projects as assigned by supervisor.
• Support situation update/report creation & distribution with all relevant teams.
Collaboratively work with Area Offices and National Offices on overall HDRR strengthening initiatives. (30%)
• Support the work with Area Offices in the implementation of HDRR capacity assessments and/or training with Habitat National Offices, informing the allocation and follow up of disaster readiness grants.
• Support other prioritized HDRR strengthening initiatives on request.
Travel to and operate in diverse settings to support Habitat and partner teams with disaster readiness, resilience and recovery programming. In case of an emergency response: deploy to provide surge capacity to the emergency project in potentially hazardous environments. (15%)
Support HDRR team knowledge management, research and learning (10%)
• Summarize and disseminate new and existing research for advocacy and knowledge exchange. This involves direct coordination with Communications and the Learning and Research community of practice.
• Contribute to knowledge content management as required to HDRR themes and contents in the International Knowledge Center (IKC).
• Contribute to the ongoing update of the HDRR databases.
• Oversee After Action Review process, evaluation and documentation as assigned.
Contribute to and manage other related projects. (10%)
Minimum Requirements
Education
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
Years of Related Experience
• 7+ years of disaster response or risk reduction experience, including field experience.
• Formal training or equivalent experience in disaster risk reduction and emergency response management.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Detail orientation with ability to analyze, problem solve, organize, and manage multiple/ competing priorities.
• Grant management experience.
• High degree of resourcefulness to lead projects that may not be clearly defined and ability to work independently with follow through and minimal direction.
• Ability to work as a member of a team and cross-functionally.
• Significant programmatic, engineering/technical and training expertise, as well as climate adaptation interventions knowledge.
• Strong written, presentation, and oral communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated skills in gathering and analyzing information to form actionable insights.
Preferred Requirements
• Habitat for Humanity network or direct service experience strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Smartsheet, Power Point, Excel.
• Knowledgeable in working with databases.
• Able to work effectively with multiple priorities.
• Cultural awareness and proficiency in another major spoken language is a plus.
• Field Experience in Africa and the Middle East
Active support of HFHI Values:
Humility - We are part of something bigger than ourselves
Courage - We do what's right, even when it is difficult or unpopular
Accountability - We take personal responsibility for Habitat's mission
Safeguarding
HFHI requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of Habitat for Humanity’s code of conduct.
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026.
About
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. The purpose and goal of Habitat for Humanity International is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses in partnership with families in need. HFHI has an Administrative Headquarters based in Atlanta, Georgia, an Operational Headquarters based in Americus, Georgia and Area Office bases of operations in Manila, Philippines for our Asia and the Pacific work, San Jose, Costa Rica for our Latin American and the Caribbean work, and Bratislava, Slovakia, for our Europe, the Middle East and Africa work.
HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Function
Disaster Response
Auto req ID
10737BR
Position Category
In-Country National
Position Type
International Employment
Geographic Location
Europe & Middle East
Location
Kenya, Slovakia, U.K., and Spain
Position Number
2479
Required Travel
20%