Director, Emergency Response Delivery NGO Job GiveDirectly
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About this role
The Director, Emergency Response Delivery will lead the delivery of GiveDirectly’s emergency response programming globally, ensuring we deliver rapid, dignified, and evidence-based cash relief to people affected by crises. You’ll oversee end-to-end program delivery across diverse contexts — from conflict displacement to climate disasters — ensuring our systems and teams can scale quickly while upholding GiveDirectly’s core principles of transparency and respect. You’ll partner closely with other directors and leads reporting to the Senior Product Director: Emergency Response to design and operationalize the organization’s emergency response strategy, translating vision into action through world-class execution, preparedness, and continuous improvement in the field.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-moving, complex settings and wants to help redefine how humanitarian aid is delivered.
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Reports to: Senior Product Director, Emergency Response
Level: Director
Travel Requirement: Up to 60% international travel for emergency response, field visits and partner engagement
What you’ll bring
- Deep commitment to GiveDirectly’s values and belief in the dignity and autonomy of people living in poverty.
- 10+ years of experience in humanitarian programming, with significant time spent in field-based roles managing multi-country or large-scale operations.
- Significant experience working in challenging humanitarian contexts and overseeing security and risk management frameworks.
- Excellent judgement in fast-paced crisis settings.
- Strong understanding of humanitarian systems, including coordination mechanisms (UN clusters, INGO networks), donor engagement, and response frameworks.
- Proven experience designing and managing cash and voucher assistance (CVA) or similar direct aid programs.
- Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking in high-pressure, uncertain environments.
- A willingness to reimagine humanitarian and emergency response assistance approaches and technologies.
- Excellent cross-cultural communication and ability to lead diverse, distributed teams.
- Commitment to fostering inclusivity and equity, both internally and externally.
- Fluency in English (required), additional languages such as French preferred.
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