Food Hunger International recrute 01 responsable de la préparation et de la réponse aux catastrophes

Food Hunger International recrute 01 responsable de la préparation et de la réponse aux catastrophes

The Disaster Preparedness and Response(DPR) Officer will be based at our Touba Senegal Office.

Job Summary:

The DPR-Officer will take active part in the implementation of the Food Hunger funded project that aims to invigorate, further develop, and manage disaster preparedness and response activities to reduce the impact of sudden epidemics, refugee influx or natural disasters and secure a quick and efficient local first response. local NGOs and other local resources in Touba and the environs which is the key area of implementation. Work closely and coordinate with the local responders and other key stake holders such as Disaster Management Committees,  DPR platforms securing a strong link to the first responders.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in disaster management or related development studies.
• Efficient leadership performance with at least three (2) years implementation experience in disaster preparedness with an NGO.
• Experience in networking and managing partnerships, building capacity of local organizations and government institutions.
• Ability in providing surge capacity, particularly in the early stages of the disaster response operations. Proven experience with cash programming is an added advantage.
• Excellent strategic planning skills as well as analytical and organizational skills. Ability to think critically and creatively.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks efficiently. Must be flexible and willing to perform other duties and work irregular hours.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, willingness to listen and respect for colleagues.
• Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Implementation and Management

• The Officer will be responsible for implementation of the project interventions including community mobilization sensitization and ensuring that the project integrates refugee and host community approaches.
• Closely follow up on day-to-day implementation of disaster preparedness project activities and take corrective action to achieve key result indicators on disaster preparedness and other project targets and goals as specified in work plan and log frame.
• Coordinate with other stake holders  to profile hazards and update the district contingency plans.
• Attend disaster preparedness coordination meetings on monthly. Quarterly and bi-annual basis.
• Contribute to the development or review of M&E tools to capture key project deliverables (indicators, activities) outline in the project document.
• Ensure quality of project outputs through regular supervision and monitoring exercise to the project sites.
• Organize and facilitate workshops to ensure that lessons learnt and good practice from disaster management in the region are compiled and used to improve future planning, programming, and implementation.
• Provide advice and guidance to partners to ensure project beneficiary communities are participating as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of projects.

Leadership

• Manage, train, and build the capacity of Disaster Preparedness and Response Assistants.
• Participate in regular staff and officers’ meetings.
• Supervise the performance of the Disaster Preparedness and Response assistant and provide timely technical and managerial support.
• Ensure, in liaison with Project Manager that team operate in a secure environment and comply with security procedures and policies.
• Ensure optimal use of human resources, including promotion of teamwork and securing adequate training of staff and promotion of talented staff.

Reporting and Accountability

• Maintain an open dialogue with the beneficiaries to promote transparency and accountability including contributing to and implementing the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
• Identify, document, and disseminate best practices gained from DPR interventions in the areas of operation.
• Share responsibility to maintain refugee community participation mechanisms in the camp, ensuring that the voices of men, women, boys and girls and groups with specific needs are heard and represented.

Application Procedure:

Send your application to hrdisaster@foodhunger.org to be received by 29/05/2022

Please note:

Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Shortlisting will be done on rolling basis and Food Hunger Inc. reserves the right to fill this position before the deadline;Postuler