World Concern Development Organization wishes to recruit a Disaster Program Manager to be based in Dadaab.
Primary Responsibilities
Under the direction and guidance of the DRM, Manage the disaster response operations and activities in Dadaab - Garissa County and Dhobley in South Somalia, covering the key tasks and responsibilities set out below.
The Project manager will also work in a wide range of response preparedness activities, support the strengthening and coordination of the Disaster response team capacity with the specific aim of minimizing the vulnerability of the affected population.
He /she will maintain relationships with local partners and organizations
working in the area and report to and maintain contacts specifically with the
disaster response team.Primary Responsibilities
Under the direction and guidance of the DRM, Manage the disaster response operations and activities in Dadaab - Garissa County and Dhobley in South Somalia, covering the key tasks and responsibilities set out below.
The Project manager will also work in a wide range of response preparedness activities, support the strengthening and coordination of the Disaster response team capacity with the specific aim of minimizing the vulnerability of the affected population.
Essential Functions
- Confirm
needs in different sites/villages from the proposals
- In
collaboration with the DRM design plan of activities with project officers
for different villages/sites
- Establish
coordination and networking relationships and seek collaborative work and
partnerships with other humanitarian/development agencies involved in
disaster response
- Write
and submit required project and progress reports, both narrative and
financial, to the DRM and donors, including the weekly, bi-weekly and
monthly reports.
- Support
disaster response projects in field locations, including travel to
current/proposed project areas to perform rapid assessments, project
formulation and inception, training and capacity-building, collaborating
with the Disaster Response team.
- Supervise
project activities and ensure that timeliness, deadlines and quality
control is met.
- Find
and assign appropriate resources including the human resource and
materials needed for efficient implementation of project activities. And
ensure that replacements are in place when the PO is on R&R.
- Facilitate
requests made by project officers of equipment and supplies needed in the
field
- Attend
coordination and technical meetings in Dadaab in collaboration with
Emergency Coordinator.
- Maintain
Protocol relationships with respective government officers and community
leaders
- Connect
logistics with program activities – proactively according to plans
- Coordinate
the DR activities in close collaboration with DRM, Security Officer and
Emergency oordinator.
- Any
other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in related field.
- At
least three years field experience in community development.
- Ability
to manage national and multi ethnic staff
- Previous
experience within the field of project management
- Excellent
English written and verbal language skills as well as numeric skills.
- Ability
to function independently and take initiative as required in a constantly
changing environment.
- Good
interpersonal skills in relationship development.
- Tolerance
for stress related to working and living in a cross-cultural, sometimes
unstable, environment.
- Above
average ability using MS Office package
- Fluent
in Oral and Written English
Working Conditions/Environment
- Based
in Dadaab with Periodic travel to more remote field locations.
- Multi-ethnic
and multi-cultural environment
- Periods
of unsocial working hours requiring flexibility
- Basic
office environment with periodic disruption of power, water, internet etc.
- Living
arrangements are in a team house or guest house with basic accommodations.
- Working
and living in a cross-cultural, sometimes unstable or insecure
environment.
- Apolitical,
gender sensitive office setting.
- Health
and hygiene standards are often poor.
- Drug
free environment including alcohol and tobacco
Those who will not have heard from us by 20th December, 2011 should consider themselves unsuccessful.
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