Crisis management lead

The Crisis Management Lead will be responsible to lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Qatar Foundation's crisis management framework to strengthen organizational resilience. Key Result AreasOwn and lead the enterprise-wide crisis management strategy for Qatar Foundation and its entities including development, review, refinement and embedding of Crisis Management Plans and Protocols ensuring consistency and alignment with international best practices.Guide and safeguard QF's operations and reputation through effective crisis handling, by addressing operational and reputational threats.Establish and Govern the Crisis Management Framework, including crisis plans and protocols ensuring crisis preparedness mechanisms across QF.Plan, direct and facilitate organization-wide crisis management training and exercise sessions; for CMT, CLTs and other crisis teams ensuring capabilities are tested and enhanced.Guide the QF Crisis Management Team in delivering their roles as effectively as possible with the necessary support in the event of a crisis, enabling them to respond in as effective and efficient a manner as possible.Collaborate with key external partners to ensure coordinated response efforts and timely communication during crises.Ensure organizational crisis readiness through capability assessments, maturity evaluations and continuous improvement initiativesEstablish post-crisis review governance, ensuring lessons learned are translated into structural, procedural and capability improvements.Drive integration of crisis-related risks into enterprise risk management systems, ensuring alignment with risk appetite, business continuity and resilience objectives.Represent crisis management at senior governance forums, providing assurance reporting, dashboards and performance metrics to senior leadershipLead collaborations with external consultants, vendors and partners on specialized crisis services if needed, aligned with approved objectivesDevelop and oversee alignment frameworks with cross-functional crisis teams (CCT, CHCT, EMT etc.) to ensure alignment of crisis readiness effortsMentor and guide crisis management specialists, coordinators and entity focal points to build internal capacity and ensure continuity of expertise.Supervise crisis management annual planning, KPIs, budget formulation and performance scorecards, ensuring measurable impact.Oversee the activities of Crisis Management Coordinators and Crisis Management Team (CMT) coordinators as necessary.Other reasonable tasks as assigned by the DirectorBachelor's degree in a relevant field & 6-8 years of relevant full-time work experience.Excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationshipsSolid understanding of QF's large, complex multi-faceted centers and organizational designExcellent writing skills - the ability to draft / edit a variety of written reports and communications and articulate ideas clearly and concisely.