Christian Aid needs one Emergency Programme Officer to join our team to support our partners in the development and implementation of their works on fighting inequality and vulnerability of people in Haiti.

Christian Aid is looking for an Emergency Programme Officer that could support and manage the implementation by our partners of rehabilitation works like permanent houses construction, resilient livelihood intervention while using HAP and other keys accountability standards. The Emergency Programme Officer will work with at least 5 partners and could have to manage back donor funding, particularly USAID and/or EU rules and procedures. Reporting to the Programme Manager or Senior Programme Manager, you will be key in ensuring that the partner organizations have the appropriate support in order to be able to scale up and implement their much needed projects.

This is a great opportunity to join a fantastically committed team. You will need to have programme management experience; to be committed to working in partnership and to have a good grasp of monitoring and evaluation. It is also important that you have had experience in preparedness, emergency response, rehabilitation and have a good sense of how this is linked to development work. In order to work with the partner organizations and with the wider Christian Aid, you will need to have a good working knowledge of Creole, French and English.
More than half the world lives in poverty. We aim to put a stop to that. So we campaign against the structures and rules that keep people poor. And we work with local organizations to give people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion. If you’re as determined as we are to end poverty and injustice across the world, work with us to make change happen.

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Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers in the application form to the following questions: (Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers).

Realise potential
Please give us an example of when you shared your knowledge and skills to help other be more effective in their role.
• What was the situation? What knowledge or skills did you have to share?
• What was your particular task or responsibility?
• What action(s) did you take to help someone(s)?
• What were the results? Were you successful? How did you know?

Deliver results
Tell us about a time when you had to make recommendations or take decisions after analysing data, information and other evidence
• What was the background? What recommendations or decisions did you have to take?
• What was your particular task or responsibility?
• What actions did you take? How did analyse the information and data?
• What was the outcome? Were you successful?

Steward Resources
Tell us about a time when you had to estimate the resources you needed to achieve your own work objectives and then delivered them in an efficient and cost effective way
• What was the context? How had these circumstances arisen?
• What was your task or responsibility?
• What actions did you taking in first estimating what was needed and then delivering the work objectives?
• What was the outcome? Were you successful? If so, what was your evidence?


We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

International application form

Emergency Programme Officer, Haiti

Annual Gross Salary: US$ 33,969
Based: Petion-Ville, Haiti
Closing date: 9am, Monday 6 May 2013

To apply for this post, please email your completed International application form

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.