Community Mobilization Expert, Disaster Risk Management Programme (Project Staff)

Job Description

Title: Community Mobilization Expert, Disaster Risk Management Programme (Project Staff)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor/Honors

• Bachelor degree from any relevant discipline.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Minimum 05 years of work experience in relevant field.

• Additional Job Requirements:

• Sound Knowledge on national and international policies and practices of DRR.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and facilitation skills.

• Willingness to work in harsh environment.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world; we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Position: Community Mobilization Expert, Disaster Risk Management Programme (Project Staff)

Job Purpose:

The Community Mobilization Expert position will facilitate the active engagement, participation, and empowerment of communities in the implementation of Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) initiatives. This expert plays a critical role in ensuring that community members are aware of, involved in, and take ownership of disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness activities. Their key responsibilities include stakeholder mapping, strategy development, awareness campaigns, hazard and vulnerability assessments, and the creation of community guidelines and engagement plans.

Job Description:

• Conduct in stakeholder mapping of communities and existing key stakeholders and networks vital for CBDRM at the community, school, and local government levels. Based on the stakeholder mapping and institutional assessment, further work on the formation of new community groups (i.e., Disaster Management Committee) or building on appropriate existing community groups to carry out the CBDRM activities can be undertaken.

• Assist in the development of strategy and work plan for systematic communication with all relevant stakeholders in local, upazila, and districts throughout the project period for dissemination and systematic familiarization of the communities and selected stakeholders with the project interventions.

• Participate in the conduction of awareness campaigns on disasters for wide dissemination and building knowledge on disaster vulnerabilities in the surrounding areas, existing practices, accessibility of disaster information, major issues in times of disasters, etc. through interactive exercises and approaches.

• Responsible to conduct Hazard, Vulnerability, and Capacity Assessment (HVCA) utilizing available toolkits and diagnostics, including a Participatory Rural Approach, and develop Community risk maps with each community (or communities depending on the size and local context) through workshops and consultations conducted in an inclusive manner.

• Align in systematic familiarization of the project, project interventions, environmental and social perspectives, GRM and GRC process continued throughout the project to ensure the involvement and ownership of the communities.

• Develop community O&M guidelines for the shelters with actions, financing, roles and responsibilities, and community O&M guidelines for all the community infrastructures.

• Evaluate the types of engagement approaches that would be suitable for achieving the targets, such as focused group discussions and community sensitization and engagement.

• Any other task assigned by the project Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader and the project focal of BRAC for efficient, effective, and timely implementation of the project.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

• Festival Bonus and others as per policy