Focus Humanitarian Assistance

The Programme Officer, Response is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing emergency preparedness and response operations at the regional level, under the supervision of the Regional Manager, Emergency Management. The position ensures SOP‑compliant management of Search and Rescue Teams (SART), Disaster Assessment and Response Teams (DART), and of the Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), while strengthening institutional response systems through Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) readiness, Incident Command System (ICS) application, drills, simulations, and mass awareness initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure emergency response activities are coordinated with institutions and implemented with high-quality standards.
• Assist the programme team in initiating, implementing, and institutionalizing Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan’s interventions at the regional level.
• Partner in developing a database for volunteers, communities at risk, and vulnerable groups, and designing training and capacity enhancement programmes for the communities
• Assist in designing training manuals and modules and conducting sessions, workshops, and seminars at the regional level.
• Assist in planning and ensuring effective implementation of the programme activities, particularly CBDRM, SART, and DART in the region.
• Assist in disaster needs identification and relief provision as per organizational requirements.
• Assist in developing databases for volunteers, communities at risk, and vulnerable groups, and design training and capacity enhancement programmes for them.
• Supervise the SART and DART activities in the region.
• Assist the EM/ RoPM Manager and other management staff in monitoring & evaluation of programme activities in the region.
• Ensure smooth functioning and provide operational consultation and direction to field staff if required.
• In coordination with the Manager EM, prepare and update the Emergency Response Strategy.
• Ensure funds are spent for the purposes they were approved for and properly accounted for.
• Develop follow-up training reports. Prepare written reports when required and maintain records of various documents.
• Play a lead role in managing the AKDN shakeout programme in the region.
• Help develop working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, PHF, AKDN agencies, and Councils.
• Maintain data of all community and regional stockpiles, CERTs, SART, and DART members.
• Help ensure the safety of the workplace by keeping updates on the structural and non-structural safety and conducting hazard assessments of the office premises on a need basis.

• Education: Master’s degree in social sciences, disaster management, or related discipline.
• Experience: At least four years of experience in Emergency Response and Relief Operations.

Other competencies:

• Commitment to helping people in the most challenging circumstances.
• Ability to show initiative, multitask, and provide consistently high output.
• Management and leadership skills, as well as being able to work collaboratively.
• Willingness and ability to travel to conflict zones and disaster areas with little notice,
• Good to have proficiency in Sphere Standards and other international humanitarian standards and guidelines.

The position is based in the main Chitral town but will require extensive travelling across the region concerning the programme area.

This is a local posting only.

Social Development

Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is an international crisis response and disaster risk management agency dedicated to saving lives, alleviating suffering, and strengthening resilience in vulnerable communities affected by natural and man-made disasters. Through emergency relief, recovery, resettlement, and disaster risk reduction programmes, FOCUS supports communities in rebuilding safer lives and transitioning from dependence on humanitarian aid to sustainable, disaster-resilient futures. Working in close collaboration with its affiliates in Canada, the USA, and Europe, FOCUS delivers timely and effective humanitarian assistance while promoting long-term resilience and improved quality of life. As an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, FOCUS partners with sister agencies, like-minded organizations, and donor partners to enhance living conditions and expand opportunities for people of all faiths and backgrounds in the regions where it operates.

South Asia

Pakistan

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

04-May-2026