Project Officer - FBA Dessemination

Job Description

Title: Project Officer - FBA Dessemination

Company Name: Assistance for Social Organization and Development (ASOD)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Gaibandha

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters Degree in Social Science or related discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ SUPPORTING FLOOD FORECAST BASED ACTION AND LEARNING IN BANGLADESH (SUFAL) PROJECT
∎ ASOD is a reputed non-government national organization in Bangladesh working since 1985 and engaged in transforming the lives of community people significantly in selected areas of the country. The existence of ASOD was based on building upon active and spontaneous participation of the extreme poor, ensuring gender equality, social justice, disaster preparedness, flood resilience, productive and sustainable development and protection of the rights of the underprivileged by building a society free from all sorts of exploitation. The organization has implementing multi-dimensional programs like, agriculture, livestock, women empowerment, livelihood, disaster, health and nutrition, Water & Sanitation, non-formal education, resources mobilization, market development.
∎ With the support from Concern Worldwide and funded by ECHO, ASOD is going to implement a project named `Supporting Flood Forecast-based Action and Learning in Bangladesh` (SUFAL)` at Gaibandha district in Saghata Upazila. The project aims to strengthen the case for Early Actions (EAs) by implementing Forecast based Action (FbA) in three flood districts of Northern Bangladesh. ASOD will lunch this project at Gaibandha district and will work with local government DMCs to implement FbA to address the technical, economic, and institutional barriers to initiate early actions. The project will strengthen flood-forecasting early warning system at Gaibandha district by facilitating impact-based forecasting to contextualize forecasts and early action (EA) by developing an institutionalized mechanism to initiate FbA through Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). The project will facilitate national to local level dialogue and advocacy around FbA to address institutional mandate challenges. By increasing anticipatory capacity to take EA, this project will improve the Government of Bangladesh`s ability to respond rapidly to floods.
∎ Project Officer- FbA Dissemination
∎ Project Name: Supporting Flood Forecast-based Action and Learning in Bangladesh` (SUFAL)
∎ Job Location: Gaibandha district (the position will be based at Upazila level)
∎ Types of contract: Fixed terms
∎ Project Duration: 15 months(expected to join from 1st week of September)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Job Summary
∎ The responsibility of this position is to assist the Project Manager of the project to manage and oversee overall technical insight of development process of the FbA mechanism process and wider dissemination at Upazila and district level. In close cooperation with the Project Manager, S/he will facilitate the process to identify local level flood risks & vulnerabilities, support to RIMES to develop the threshold matrix and early actions for early response by engaging DMC members, relevant stakeholders and community people. The person will work closely with RIMES to assist to develop evidence based forecast bulletin and broadcast flood forecast messages at community level. S/he will maintain an effective relationship with local DMC members and WDB representatives to promote FbA mechanism at local level.
∎ Main Duties and Responsibilities
∎ Technical Responsibilities -FbA dissemination
∎ Collect local level flood inundation and risk information and support to develop the flood inundation map
∎ Identify possible forecast based actions at community and institutional level through consultations with vulnerable groups and DMCs and other stakeholders.
∎ Identify community level flood forecasting mechanism and develop the threshold for triggering FbA actions
∎ Provide active support to RIMES activities for developing digital map to generate location specific flood forecasting
∎ Facilitate the establishment of threshold action matrices through multiple stakeholder community consultations.
∎ Participate in the development and testing of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), particularly by identifying relevant and effective early actions and establishing flood monitoring system in collaboration with authorities and community members.
∎ Coordinate with local disaster management committees to collect Community Risk Assessments (CRA) and participate in developing vulnerability maps for unavailable areas.
∎ Promote local level advocacy forFbA, flood preparedness and early warning early action.
∎ Identify the capacities of local DMCs and other institutions to roll out FbA mechanism including the existing financing system in DRR activities.
∎ Guide the FbA piloting process and facilitate the simulation exercise on SoP at district and upazila level as well support to national level.
∎ Participate to organize and capture the learning from national level advocacy events
∎ Support to PM and Concern project focal point for taking opportunity on FbA dissemination and policy formulation to wider stakeholders.
∎ Monitoring and Impact Assessment:
∎ Maintain and update the overall SUFAL indicator tracker based on submissions from the PM
∎ Work closely with the PM to ensure that feedback from Concern, donor or consortium are addressed on time with quality;
∎ Develop M&E plans for the follow up during implementation. Support to Consortium M&E coordinator for quantitative regeneration from field
∎ Carry out data quality assessments/ audits regularly for MEAL data based on agreed indicators to guide decision making
∎ Provide alert to the respective programme on corrective actions required to avoid delays in implementation
∎ Review monthly progress reports and provide feedback to the respective staff
∎ Timely plan and initiate all pre and post intervention assessments
∎ Reporting & Communication:
∎ Develop reports for related FbA activities based on actual monthly plan that contributing to the project.
∎ Ensure that cross cutting issues such as participation, gender, age and disability are effectively integrated in FbA actions and develop the report accordingly.
∎ Maintain effective liaison with relevant government departments, DMC members at Upazila level and Union level and engage them in FbA actions.
∎ Participatesin local government regular events to advocate and disseminate FbA mechanism
∎ Capacity Building:
∎ Orient to the community peoples, DMC members and local stakeholders on flood risk & vulnerability assessment and identification the thresholds and FbA actions.
∎ Support to develop FbA training modules and SoP and organize relevant capacity building events for the DMC members
∎ Identify the recommendations from field visit and assessment and integrate to the project.
∎ Networking:
∎ Liaise with relevant government departments, relevant institutions, NGO networks as advised by the line manager.
∎ Participate in relevant Union/Upazilla and district level meetings/training and represent the project

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5-7 years' experience on CBDRR/ Flood Risk Management/ Climate Change / Resilience Building etc.
∎ Excellent analytical and influencing skills
∎ Excellent communication, facilitation and coordination skills

Salary: Tk. 38000 (Monthly)

Application Deadline: August 20, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Assistance for Social Organization and Development (ASOD)

Category: NGO/Development