Job Summary
Facilitate and provide technical support for the development of early action protocols and collaborate/coordinate with stakeholders and beneficiaries
Duties And Responsibilities
Result area 1: General Custodian activities
- Facilitate the inception of the project and produce an inception report (containing the detailed planning and conceptualization of the EAP development, updated timetable and risk ssessment).
- Support identification, prioritization and validation of early actions.
- Local verification of Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analyses (including on the local verification and assessment of hazard, risk and vulnerabilities, as well as regional specific impact-based forecasting assessment for hazard scenarios).
- Attend EAP coordination and working group meetings.
- Conduct community mobilization and awareness on early action and related project activities.
- Organize and facilitate EAP meetings and workshops with stakeholders and beneficiaries.
- Result area 2: Lead the identification, prioritization, and validation of appropriate Early Actions as part of a locally informed contingency plan for
- each area of intervention
- Report of Early Action Prioritization (contain the participatively identified and prioritized Early Actions and describes their respective expected impact on coping strategies and food security developments of the population).
- Early Action Operationalization (containing the preparedness planning for respective hazard scenarios, identification of timing and window of opportunities for different Early Actions, conceptualizations for cash-preparedness or in-kind prepositioning strategies, readiness concept, operational planning).
- Development and adopting of data collection tools and methodology.
- Facilitate community meetings for identification of coping strategies and Early Actions, scenario planning (Validate and update Vulnerability and Impact Assessment; Scenario-based needs assessments; Cash-feasibility study and analysis of alternative activities).
- Facilitate data collection and analysis for EAP assessments. Participate in all MEAL activities for the project including development of data collection and project monitoring tools, report writing and project surveys.
- Facilitate district scenario planning workshops.
- Facilitate development and prioritization of feasible Early Actions for each hazard scenario (with local partners, authorities, community structures, etc.)
- Result area 3: EAP development, validation, and implementation
- Conduct community feedback meetings.
- Facilitate EAP validation workshops with stakeholders.
- Develop complete Early Action Protocol (including more detailed operational plans, budget, finance and logistic plans, as well as a MEAL concept).
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Qualifications And Experience
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Development studies, Disaster Management or related field.
- At least 3 years’ experience in agriculture and/or DRM, with training/capacity building of stakeholders and smallholder farmers. Hands-on
- field experience required.
- Experience in DRM and Early Action programming required.
- Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle an added advantage.
- Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Required skills:
- Good organizational capacity
- Knowledge of local DRR strategies
- Autonomy
- Good knowledge of the local languages and culture of Chivi district
How To Apply
1. Send Cover letters with up-to-date detailed CVs and clearly indicate the post applied
for in the email subject to jobvacancies@naz.co.zw by 18TH of February 2022 COB.
2. Fill in an application form, using a link that you will get as soon as you email your application. The link will be sent to your application email within 24 hours of you submitting your application.