Description
DEPUTY TEAM LEADER, RESET PROGRAMME โ DRC
ABOUT MERCY CORPS
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action โ helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
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The Program / Department / Team (Program / Department Summary)
Mercy Corps is present in the DRC since August 2007 with a current workforce of more than 300 national and expatriate employees and operational presence in Goma and Beni (North Kivu Province), in Bunia (Ituri Province), and in Tshikapa, Kalonda West and Ndjoko Punda (Kasai Province). As a leading NGO in DRC working with more than 40 partners in 2024, Mercy Corps reached 2.12 million people in North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Kasai with integrated programs that ensured equitable access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in humanitarian and development settings; supported a comprehensive, rapid response to ongoing humanitarian needs; promoted economic and livelihood development to strengthen food security and resilience; as well as institutional capacity strengthening and social cohesion to foster peace and good governance.
The Responsive Stabilisation Through Transition (RESET) programme is a three-year initiative that aims to strengthen peace and local stability funded by FCDO as part of its Programme for the Consolidation of Stability (PACS) in the DRC with complementary funding by the Government of Switzerland. RESET supports the stabilisation and reintegration of conflict-affected communities, aligned with national priorities and coordinated with other key stabilization actors. Mercy Corps leads a consortium with members IOM, Justice Plus, Action pour la Paix et Concorde (APC), CORACON and SOFEPADI, to implement the programme in the Ituri and North Kivu provinces of the DRC.
The Position (General Position Summary)
Working closely with the Team Leader and partners, the RESET Deputy Team Leader (DTL) will provide strategic, technical and operational management leadership of the programme and consortium to achieve its objectives and results in alignment with donor priorities and Mercy Corpsโ Pathways to Possibility strategy. As the second most senior leader in the RESET programme team, the DTL will also support the Team Leader to represent the programme and the consortium to