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.