ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Pre-identify high priority VDCs and communities based on existing mapping and data at greatest risk of monsoonexacerbated disaster for immediate intervention.
• Develop and carry out VCAs in those VDCs and/or communities resulting in the creation of immediate impact disaster preparedness, management and response plans, including the identification of safe evacuation routes and safe places, along with communication channels for reporting of such events to the relevant authorities and agencies.
• Identify priority small- and medium-scale mitigation activities together with the DRR Project Manager for implementation during the monsoon, when possible, or post-monsoon.
• Coordinate small- and medium-scale mitigation activities together with the DRR Project Manager, MC District Coordinators and partner staff, ensuring high quality performance and program delivery focused on planned results.
• Contribute to any necessary revision or improvement of training curriculum, strategy and tools for small- and medium-scale mitigation activities.
• Develop site-specific needs assessment reports around risks and hazards faced by communities with recommendations for their resolution or mitigation.
• Develop or contribute to the development of site-specific technical designs for DRR interventions in target communities/VDCs together with the DRR Project Manager.
• Contribute to the development of technical design and implementation guidelines and train partner as necessary.
• Organize training for partner organizations and communities on different small- and medium-scale mitigation techniques.
• Develop detailed processes and procedures for the implementation of small- and medium-scale mitigation works and training of partner staff and communities.
• Identify and work with related government/non government agencies and facilitate community linkages to access resources and technical support.
• Work together with District Coordinators to develop and maintain relationships with district implementing partners.
• Prepare monthly progress reports and submit to DRR Project Manager. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Prepare monthly work plans, which adhere to the overall project objectives and activities and assist local partner staff in doing the same.
• Coordinate with DM&E team to develop tools and facilitate its implementation to collect feedback, capturing and documenting learning.
• Organize regular field visits to ensure implementation of mitigation work is being carried out with desired quality and within stipulated time and resources.
• Review the progress reports received from the local partner staff and provide feedback/ suggestions either independently or in conjunction with the PM. Other Support
• Ensure that MC operational policies and procedures are followed, while ensuring downward and upward project efficiency, transparency and accountability.
• Manage good relationships with project stakeholders, including local NGO partners, GoN officials, community officials, and colleague agency officials.
• Ensure that innovative approaches, good practices, particular challenges, or good results are documented to support agency learning.
• Participate and contribute to joint initiatives, training activities and media events organized collectively by the Mercy Corps country team and implementing partners countrywide or regionally, as required.
• Conduct him or herself in a manner so as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and so as not to jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: N/A
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: DRR Project Manager
WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: District Coordinators, M&E Officers, Partner Project Team, Disaster Management Committees, Project Support Unit, DM&E Unit.
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Country Director; Director of Programs; DRR Project Manager and DRR Team Leader; Mercy Corps policies and procedures; DRR and Emergency Response project teams in the field; Position Description; and DRR best practices.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
• Strong experience in community DRR programming, specifically around the carrying out of VCAs required.
• Minimum Bachelor degree in civil engineering strongly preferred.
• Experience of designing and implementing bioengineering intervention strongly preferred.
• Minimum three years’ experience with community-based programs.
• Experience working with local NGO, government officials and integrating them into program implementation.
• Experience building capacity of diverse team.
• Strong organization and communication skills.
• Strong writing/spoken English.
• Strong skill on training design and facilitation.
• Ability to search different resources to develop innovative approaches.
• Strong level of computer skills required.
• Willingness to travel frequently to remote areas.
• Competence riding a motorbike preferred.
Attn : Human Resource Manager
(Please mention the position applying for on subject line)
Via email to : jobs@np.mercycorps.org
or via post to : G.P.O Box : 24374 Kathmandu Nepal
Mercy Corps is an international, non-governmental humanitarian relief and development agency that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people to build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps was established in 1979, and has headquarters in the USA and UK. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has worked in over 100 countries. Mercy Corps currently works in 41 countries around the world and improving the lives of 19 million people. The agency focuses on countries in transition, where countries are in the midst of - or recovering from - conflict, economic collapse, or disaster; Mercy Corps sees these crisis situations as moments of opportunity to go beyond traditional boundaries of relief and catalyze lasting change. Globally, Mercy Corps implements programs in a range of sectors, including: agriculture & food security; market development; emergency response; disaster risk reduction; climate change; health; conflict management; youth engagement; and, community mobilization/ governance.
Mercy Corps Nepal works to build the absorptive, adaptive and transformative potential of vulnerable individuals and communities across Nepal. The goal is attained through a systems based approach to market development, financial services, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and youth engagement. Mercy Corps began its operation in Nepal in 2005, with projects focusing on the sectors of economic and food security; climate, natural resource and disaster risk management; youth engagement; with the inclusion of women and disadvantaged groups as important cross-cutting themes throughout each intervention area.