Position: Project Officer
No. of vacancies: 1 (One)
Date of Announcement: May 26, 2018
Duration: One Year (Extendable if funding and need permits)
Location: Banke
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Field Visits: Extensive travel to project areas
General information:
Massive flooding triggered by continuous rains that started second week of August in Nepal affected in response to the severe flooding in the Eastern and Western regions of Nepal, Habitat for Humanity Nepal is working to provide families with emergency support to address immediate shelter needs and to help families recover. Habitat Nepal through our local NGO partners According to reports as of 13 September, 160 people died due to flood and landslides in different parts of the country. In response to the severe flooding in the Eastern and Western regions of Nepal, Habitat for Humanity Nepal is working to provide families with emergency support to address immediate shelter needs and to help families recover Habitat Nepal through our local NGO partners.
Core Function:
The Project Officer is responsible for management of specific projects assigned. The Project Officer has a monitoring role of the partner organization technical staff with support from the project team including a Monitoring Community Mobilizer. The Project Officer will work within the project team while his/her direct line manager is the Project Coordinator/Program Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Other responsibilities when required:
Knowledge and Skills:
Education Qualification and Professional Experience:
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with an application letter and updated resume by June 10, 2018 addressed to: National Director, Habitat for Humanity International, Nepal. E-mail: vacancy@habitatnepal.org.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Habitat for Humanity started working in Nepal since 1997. In the eight years till 2005, Habitat for Humanity Nepal has helped 830 families to build decent homes in the districts of Kailali, Surkhet, Kaski, Chitwan and Jhapa. To increase its impact, HFH Nepal began to leverage on partnerships with non-governmental organizations, microfinance institutions, and village lending and saving groups. Driven by the overall vision of the organization, the Meaningful Life through Housing Campaign was launched in July 2011. Through the campaign, HFH Nepal aims to develop a people-driven and community-owned methodology to address the need for decent housing in a sustainable and viable way. Programs are largely focused on rural housing in eastern and western Nepal.
In June 2011, HFH Nepal celebrated its 10,000th family served and by the fiscal year ended 30 June 2014 more than 54,000 families were helped. The momentum continued until Nepal was hit by two major earthquakes on 25 April and 12 May, 2015.
The earthquakes, in April and May of 2015, destroyed and damaged more than 880,000 houses killing over 8,000 people. HFH Nepal’s disaster response included rubble removal with the help of local volunteers, distribution of temporary shelter kits and water backpacks for the affected families to enable survivors’ to fetch and store water. Through generous funding, HFH Nepal is helping affected families by providing technical assistance in conducting safety assessment of the damaged houses and distribution of winterization kits to the affected families to protect against the cold weather.
Through the Build Nepal strategy, Habitat Nepal is committed to building homes and hope in both disaster-affected and non-affected areas across the country.