Shelter & Settlements Advisor - Venezuela Earthquakes Home

Join CORE as a Shelter & Settlements Advisor to lead shelter responses in Venezuela post-earthquake, with potential for extended engagement.

• Minimum 5–7 years' humanitarian experience, with at least 4 years in shelter, including earthquake/seismic recovery, in a seismic urban/coastal setting.
• A built-environment or technical qualification (structural or civil engineering, architecture, construction management, or housing/land/property rights) is strongly preferred; equivalent experience can substitute for qualifications, but not vice-versa.
• Commitment to CORE's mission, values, and humanitarian principles.
• Proven ability to design and deliver earthquake shelter and recovery programs: structural safety assessment/tagging, build-back-safer and seismic-informed repair, and quality assurance of works.
• Experience overseeing home repairs and partial/full demolition with quality assurance and worker safety, and coordinating debris/rubble removal and site clearance (heavy-equipment coordination, cash-for-work a plus, hazardous materials including asbestos).
• Experience with host-family and cash-based/cash-for-rent housing support, and knowledge of transitional/emergency shelter and settlement options (host family, collective centers) and support modalities (cash/CVA, NFIs, construction, technical assistance).
• Skilled in needs assessments, shelter strategy development, and concept notes/proposals to donor standards (including IOM).
• Applies gender-sensitive programming and protection minimum standards in shelter; familiarity with Sphere and the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct.
• Strong people skills: works independently and as a team player; leads, supports, and trains local and international staff; engages affected communities sensitively and participatively.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; negotiates and represents CORE clearly with internal and external stakeholders.
• Integrity, resilience, and adaptability under stress and in harsh conditions; culturally and self-aware.
• Abides by CORE's Code of Conduct and zero-tolerance PSEA policy; reports safeguarding concerns via established mechanisms.
• Professional working Spanish strongly preferred (for field and government engagement); strong English required.