Project Officer, DRR, Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, DRR, Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Engineering in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Disaster Management, Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Development Studies
∎ Bachelor’s or Diploma in Civil Engineering/ Disaster Management/Development Studies/ or any other relevant subject from any reputed educational institutions.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Community Engagement

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Take part in and support on capacity building of Sectorial team, Partner NGO and Disaster Management Committee’s
∎ Coordinate and extend support on the requirement for the team involved in implementation of the “Resilience Data Matrix” impacting on Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation.
∎ Conducting Community Risk/Need assessment with JNA approaches to avoid overlapping.
∎ Staff Orientation regarding the complex and diverse situations in Cox’s Bazar and aid as and when necessary.
∎ Ensures engagement and involvement of affected populations taking into consideration protection, environmental aspects, and long term needs that are reflected in the program's technical design and implementation.
∎ Responsible for implementing project activities such as awareness-raising activities of the community, capacity building of the community volunteers, small scale mitigation measures as identified in community risk assessment and coordination with local DRR & Humanitarian actors;
∎ Work closely with partners at the community-level to proactively strengthen community-based awareness and early warning initiatives;
∎ Assist volunteer team to organize community level awareness session and preparedness campaign.
∎ Have the responsibility to ensure that volunteers teams provide regular updates/findings on the activity and provide recommendations of action in consultation with the operation team (technical staff),
∎ Maintain documentation of all ongoing and completed activities.
∎ Follow up with the Branch Level procurement officer on the on-time procurement and delivery of materials on site.
∎ Follow up Branch Level Finance and accounts for proper and on-time payment and billposting.
∎ Support in organizing donor's field visit including government officials maintain liaising and coordination with relevant Govt. and Non-Govt. local stakeholders.
∎ 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.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 2-3 years in Project Implementation/Community Engagement/Awareness Raising Campaign or any other relevant field in development sector of NGO/ INGO

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Health and Life insurance

Application Deadline: 25 Jan 2021

Company Information:
∎ 18 Jan 2021
∎ BRAC
∎ Address : BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka:1212
∎ Web : www.brac.net
∎ Business : BRAC’s vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. The organisation was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and acts as a catalyst, creating opportunities for people to transform their lives. BRAC believes in integrity, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and innovation in all areas of work. BRAC uses an integrated model to change systems of inequity, through social development programmes, humanitarian response, social enterprises, socially responsible investments and a university. It operates in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings in 12 countries across Asia and Africa.

BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes, and has been ranked the #1 NGO in the world for the last five years consecutively by NGO Advisor.

Category: NGO/Development