CBDRR & EP senior project officer

Job purpose:

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction & Emergency Preparedness Project Sr. Officer. The central role of this position is to implement at, district and community level OFDA DRR & EP Grant The primary focus of this position is to ensure that district component of this project is implemented, monitored and compliant with the grant agreement.

Background:

Save the Children is an international independent non-governmental, non-profit, organisation founded in 1919. We work in over 120 countries worldwide. We are the world’s leading independent organization for Children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children has worked in Afghanistan since 1976. We employ 700 staff. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide support and coordination to the field staff and other colleagues to ensure that disaster risk reduction project(s) is implemented effectively with high impact according to agreement with donor and state-of-the-art technical quality standards.
• Coordinate and support in preparation, review, and periodic revision of detailed implementation plans for DRR project(s).
• Participate in the ANDMA, government and cluster meeting in the region.
• Prepare project progress reports for the Program/Provincial Manager
• Develop case studies of successes, challenges, and other DRR project experiences to assist organizational learning.
• Contribute in developing provincial and country office emergency preparedness and contingency plans
• Build a productive working relationship with relevant regional government bodies, primarily the branch of ANDMA.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness capacity building activities with other organizations within region.
• Liaise with other departments such Logistics, security, HR and Finance

Child protection policy:

read, understand and comply with the child protection policy of the Save the Children

Other duties as required in line with your skills, experience and role

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Previous experience working on disaster response or disaster risk reduction projects
• Good oral and written english skills
• Proven computer skills in Word, Excel and other MS Office software
• Proven administration skills
• Ability to travel within province & to Kabul.
• Proven project implementation and oversight
• Experience training and facilitation
• Community facilitation skills

Desirable:

• Ability to undertake HVAC’s
• Ability to train on CERT