"Draw up a job advert for the post of the Disaster Preparedness and Mitgation Project Coordinator for ACRE Cambodia

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT

27TH FEBRUARY 2004

“Draw up  a job advert for the post of the Disaster Preparedness and Mitgation Project Coordinator for ACRE Cambodia

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Position Description

Background

The role of the Project Coordinator is to oversee manage & report on CARE's Disaster Preparedness Mitigation Project. The initial project is a 2 year USD$630K funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs & the Australian Agency for International Development.

It includes two main components;

a)       A focus on the specific districts of Peam Chor, Preah Sdech, Kampong Trabek and Baphnom in Prey Veng Province in Cambodia. To Increase the capacity of the most vulnerable people to cope with, and reduce their vulnerability to disasters.  This project builds on an established model for bottom-up action planning for community based disaster mitigation & preparedness, (CBDM) & will introduce a new element of Early Warning System, (EWS) to the flood prone local communities by drawing on the recent experience of other organisations within Cambodia.

b)       The design & institutionalization of an improved emergency response capacity within the CARE Country Office. The design shall be cognizant of CARE International Standards, SHERE Standards & the directive of the Humanitarian Accountability Programme (HAP).

The Project Coordinator is responsible for drawing together a range of local partners & will supervise & support CARE staff, government & local NGO counterparts & volunteers.

Consistent with CARE Cambodia's Strategic Directions a key challenge for this position is to facilitate activities at the community level that raise the awareness of local communities to their resources & capacity for responding to disasters, while working with local government authorities to ensure their active support for such action.  In this process the Project Coordinator & project team will ensure that activities conducted with CARE's support are participatory, inclusive & accountable. Under this project CARE will field test the ALNAP Practitioners handbook on participation by crisis affected populations in humanitarian action.

1.1          Project coordination and implementation

Project Implementation

1.1.1          Provide technical support, project management & leadership to ensure the quality of implementation & achievement of project objectives.

1.1.2          Ensure project objectives, budget management, reporting & documentation is in accordance with CARE Standards; SPHERE Standards & HAP requirements.

1.1.3          Facilitate community participation and cooperation particularly with project & institutional partners & peers.

Emergency Response

1.1.4          In collaboration with senior country office staff, review, revise & institutionalize the emergency response strategy including procedures, (including rapid response), systems, structure, shadow job descriptions & delegated authorities, dedicated & commandeered resource, trigger points, critical standby periods, contingencies, training & refresher training.

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1.1.5          Establish and maintain a miminum standby roster for Project staff included in the Country Office Disaster Response Strategy.

1.1.6          Respond at the direction of the Country Director in the event of an emergency response.

Project design

1.1.7          Assume an active role in the design and presentation of future projects ensuring consistency with CARE Cambodia's LRSP, CARE Standards; SPHERE Standards and HAP requirements.

Monitoring and evaluation:

1.1.8          Establish and operationalize project monitoring and evaluation activities consistent with the logical framework; activity targets; CARE Standards; SPHERE Standards and HAP initiatives.

1.1.9          Ensure surveys, tools, sampling design, and survey implementation are technically ...

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