Members of the (ERT) Emergency Response Team are deployed to either support existing country programs in their emergency response, or to initiate a new program in the crisis zone. The overall responsibility of the team is to rapidly and effectively design, develop and manage the IRC’s on-site humanitarian response to meet the immediate needs of the affected population. The ERT is also responsible for supporting the transfer of responsibilities and knowledge to the long-term staff to ensure the continuity of IRC programming and operations.
The IRC ERT staff is expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for up to 65% of the time and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification.
The ERT Safeguarding Coordinator is responsible for mainstreaming IRC’s safeguarding approach for emergency preparedness and response, and deploying as needed to ensure safeguarding is integrated at all stages and points in our emergency responses. The ERT Safeguarding Coordinator will be working under the direct supervision of the Director of Strategic Initiatives in EHAU, with a technical link to the Director of Safeguarding, and in close collaboration with ERT country directors, Senior Technical Advisors, and program coordinators.
