DRR Trainer

About Welthungerhilfe(WHH)

Job Summary

The task of the Disaster Risk Reduction Trainer is to work closely with the communities and to establish disaster risk reduction measures in the villages.

Duties & Responsibilities

The DRR Trainers will raise awareness on, train the communities in disaster risk reduction, and assist the communities with risk and vulnerability analyses and the preparation of emergency and action plans. Together with CDC committee members the DRR Trainers for the project will prepare concrete emergency plans on the basis of the threats that were analyzed. The Trainers will supervise external trainers. The trainers will anchor the DRR approach in the CDC committees (capacity development) The trainer will assist CDC to link communities with relevant DRR actors and networks and establish sound emergency communication infrastructure. The trainers will facilitate the participatory development of context specific emergency plans for the entire community with focus on rehearsals of various scenarios with the affected parties using practical examples. Establish and maintain close coordination with the agencies in charge and the relevant stakeholders at the district level. The trainers will be responsible for organizing the distribution of first aid kits and other DRR materials, accounting, and reporting on the distributions. The trainers will develop the capacity of village DRR activists that will be responsible for the monitoring and updating of the emergency plans at the community level. Selection of training participants in consultation with the CDC based on jointly developed criteria. Provision of separate teaching plans and handbooks to be developed for the participants. Comprehensive and participative risk analyses will be carried out in each selected community. These analyses include, among other things, hazard mapping. Formulation of emergency plans and further development of early warning systems. Establishment of and implementation of meetings of the Disaster Management Committees (DMCs). DRR Development plans will be prepared. Carrying out disaster drills during the course of the project. Maintain an excellent working relation with local communities; Adjust current implementing strategy of DRR related activities upon needs of beneficiaries and/or request of the management team. Ensure cross-Programme integration, learning, sharing and adoption of best practices from other WHH projects. Develop a format for weekly reporting on DRR progress updates and techniques. Actively participate in the project’s quality implementation, notably in systematically identifying weaknesses and strengths in WHH Disaster Risk Reduction expertise and report findings to the coordination team and management team. Provide accurate information in a timely manner to the management team on topics and developments related to the project’s DRR related activities, including press reviews and security related information. Provide documents/ data/ reports upon request of the management team. Provide input to the weekly/monthly schedule of DRR related activities. Report systematically on a daily basis on field activities to the Operational Manager. Participate in maintaining a well-ordered and transparent filing system. Cooperate and represent Welthungerhilfe in government institutions and NGO meetings as well as other relevant stakeholders. Perform other tasks as required

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Education Requirement University degree in Social Science or any other relevant field proffered At least 3 – 4 years of working experience in a similar position in a national or international NGO. Excellent understanding of local context needs and challenges of the local communities. Strong communicator with gravitas and the ability to articulate complex subjects in “lay-man” terms in the local context; Ability to facilitate workshops and gatherings to reach its required outputs; engender a sense of belonging and ownership to the decisions made; Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Working knowledge of English; strong knowledge of local languages. Organized, team player, proactive attitude and ability to multi-task; Ability to meet deadlines and cope with pressing timelines, willingness to work overtime if needed; Ability to work and be comfortable in complex situations with incomplete information; work and be comfortable in complex situations with incomplete information;

Submission Guideline

The applicants should complete & submit only the WHH Recruitment Form to the following email address (Candidate can download form from http://www.acbar.org/applicationform) and HR Database will not accept the resume of applicant.

Note: Only application send to below address will be considered. Applications send to any other address even within the organization cannot be considered.

Please put the vacancy number in your email title or otherwise your email will reject from resume database.

Functional Area

Training

Countries

Submission Email

afg.kab.hr@welthungerhilfe.de

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