Dec. 2020 - May 2021.

EMERGENCY MANAGER - Tigray Crisis

Key responsibilities/achievements:

Designed, set up, and led DRC's immediate emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Tigray, including all aspects of field operations/project management and technical oversight of the emergency relief (NFIs), WASH, and Protection sectors

In coordination with the DRC Country Direction, Head of Programme, and Grants Management Team, ensured funding and resource mobilisation of the Tigray response operation – transitioning the area office from a 500,000 USD to 5M USD programme in the six months

Conducted emergency preparedness and planning with national and area management teams, pivoted existing programmes and retrained staff to meet immediate humanitarian needs and deploy to the Tigray area office in Shire.

Designed and implemented all rapid and sectoral assessments, including extensive access negotiations at country and regional levels with humanitarian and military interlocutors

Represented DRC at key humanitarian coordination forums and with relevant government, line ministries, and local authorities

Following establishment of operations and initial emergency surge, ensured training and capacity development of senior national staff for effective handover of ongoing programme management functions