DRR Specialist

Job Description

Title: DRR Specialist

Company Name: Adventist Development and Relief Agency

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Disaster Managemnet, Master of Development Studies (MDS) in Disaster management
∎ A Master Degree in disaster risk management or Diploma or certified training relevant to DRR theory/practice will be considered as an advantage. Educational qualification may be relaxed for highly experienced candidate
∎ Skills Required: Environment/ Disaster Management

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Advocacy, Field or Project Organizer, Monitoring, Program Officer/ Manager, Supervision
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 1: Effective management of the Disaster Risk Reduction
∎ Design, formulate & implement Disaster Risk Reduction activities around and inside the Rohingya Refugee camps
∎ • Coordinate program implementation with the executing/implementing agencies and monitor project progress, delivery and results
∎ Develop ADRA's disaster response plan for Rohingya refugee and support in the event of emergencies and disasters and coordinate resource mobilization
∎ Identify and promote linkages of DRR with the early recovery framework which can reduce the chance of disaster in refugee camps.
∎ Liaise regularly with the Government and other counterparts and keep management informed on the strategic direction of the Disaster Risk Reduction in the Rohingya camps
∎ Provide technical guidance to the project field personnel for effective day-today program implementation
∎ Regular coordinate with team leader for the smooth implementation of DRR activities.
∎ Regular field visit for ensuring the implementation of DRR activities in Rohingya camps
∎ Coordinate with CIC for preparation and execution of DRR related activities.
∎ 2: Develop strategic partnerships an implement resource mobilization strategy
∎ Develop strategic partnerships with donors, UN and non-UN system organizations, NGOs and Government organization to ensure effective management and implementation of the Disaster Management activities.
∎ Prepare briefing documents for donors, organize donor briefings for resource mobilization
∎ Comply with the donor reports both physical and financial as per the reporting requirements
∎ Coordinate with the Government counterpart and various stakeholders for effective coordination and policy dialogue in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction
∎ Develop cyclone, flood, land slide and earthquake contingency plan for better disaster risk reduction.
∎ 3: Provide quality advisory services and facilitate Knowledge Building and Management
∎ Identify and document best practices and lessons learned linked to the Disaster Risk Reduction
∎ Advocate for the role of Disaster Risk Reduction in all programmatic fields and promote mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction programming within Rohingya Refugee Camp.
∎ Liaise with regional and local institutions and organizations specialized in Disaster Risk Reduction in support of ' best practices' for experience sharing and replication
∎ Organize training for the key stakeholders on the Disaster Risk Reduction
∎ Sensitize Rohingya refugee about the impacts of disaster and aware them about early recovery.
∎ 4: Monitoring and Progress Controls
∎ Monitor the EPRO and the local personnel engaged with DRR activities in the Camps.
∎ Timely and accurate submission of monthly quantitative and qualitative progress report on regional portfolio.
∎ Regular field visits and submission of field monitoring reports on project.
∎ 5: Budgetary Activities:
∎ Prepare the budgets of DRR activities which will be implemented around the Rohingya camps
∎ Oversee the expenditure of allocated budgets
∎ 6: Others:
∎ Any other task assigned by supervisor/ Management

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 32 to 50 years
∎ Fluency in written and spoken English is required
∎ Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, multi-task and meet deadlines.
∎ Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
∎ Excellent ability to quickly grasp and synthesize inputs from a range of disciplines related to disaster management and development

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays

Application Deadline: August 26, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Adventist Development and Relief Agency
∎ Address : 149, Shah Ali Bagh, Mirpur-1, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : http://www.adrabangladesh.org/
∎ Business : The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization that is present in more than 130 countries. ADRA delivers relief and development assistance to individuals in more than 130 countries—regardless of their ethnicity, political affiliation, or religious association. ADRA has been working for more than 45 years in Bangladesh.

Category: NGO/Development