Officer- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Job Description

Title: Officer- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Company Name: FH Association

Vacancy: 03

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in a program-relevant field like Disaster Management, Social Science, or Development Studies.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ FH Association (a Christian, relief & development organization) wants to fill three (3) Officer- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) positions and therefore, inviting applications from eligible candidates
∎ The Officer- DRR is responsible for organizing and implementing the organization`s various DRR related activities to achieve goals and objectives in the DRR project in Ukhiya. S/he does the main nurturing work of basic groups and leaders of the community by following vision and values to help groups achieve their God given potential for self-reliance and capacity building.
∎ Type of Job : Contractual
∎ Report to : Manager- Area Program
∎ Location : Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Form, facilitate and develop various types of (community leaders, volunteers, youngsters, women and children);
∎ Facilitate various DRR awareness lessons and monitor literacy;
∎ Identify DRR gaps and increase understanding at the community level;
∎ Develop awareness building materials for DRR for different stakeholders;
∎ Share and initiate innovative ideas and encourage participants to break the poverty barrier;
∎ Help participants to build their capacity, identify local resources and use their own capital;
∎ Conduct DRR hazard mapping in the community;
∎ Train community women on gender based DRR program;
∎ Identify training gaps through participatory process;
∎ Participate in and support M&E staff conduct baseline study/quarterly survey for implementing new project or evaluation;
∎ Coordinate with Manager- DRR, Officer- M&E DRR and Animators to complete monthly/yearly reports on time;
∎ Carry out other tasks assigned by the MAP that are business critical to achieve Area Program goals related to DRR.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 2 years of experience in disaster management in an INGO/NGO context.
∎ A commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH's foundation and beliefs as expressed in The Heartbeat: our Values, Vision, and Purpose;
∎ Excellent people skills including warmth and sensitivity, conversational, able to relate to and effectively communicate with people from different cultures (at various levels within the organization);
∎ Strong technical skills related to disaster risk reduction and climate change;
∎ High integrity and a strong sense of professional ethics;
∎ Able to self-manage a diverse and dynamic set of responsibilities, proactively solve problems, and/or suggest viable solutions while advancing goals and objectives;
∎ Demonstrated computer operating skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office products, Google platform, and virtual technologies such as Skype and/or GoToMeeting;
∎ Excellent organizational skills; ability to plan and coordinate work, and ensure the efficient flow of projects and processes;
∎ Strong people management skills / interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, teach, and mentor staff and volunteers;
∎ Comfortable and persuasive when speaking before both large and small groups;
∎ Ability to interact positively with all levels of the organization and across organizational and cultural boundaries.
∎ Medical fitness to live and travel in rural and urban areas with extreme conditions and limited medical support;

Salary:
∎ As per the organizational pay scale.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per the organizational pay scale.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 May 2022

Company Information:
∎ 22 May 2022
∎ FH Association
∎ Address : House # 81, Road # 04, Block # B, Banani, Dhaka - 1213
∎ Web : www.fh.org
∎ Business : FH Association (formally known as Food for the Hungry) have been working in Bangladesh since 1972 to change the livelihood of the poorest of the poor. We provide life-changing resources such as clean water, medical aid, food, equal educational opportunities to girls and boys, vocational training and empowerment in the midst of unimaginable hardships. Our view of poverty is holistic and complex. We honor the people we serve by inviting them to contribute to the process. We are grateful to be invited into the communities we serve and work side-by-side with local leaders, responding to their needs with transformative solutions, which are both sustainable and implemented at the hands of the communities themselves.

Category: NGO/Development