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DRR Project Officer

INTERSOS
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Position Title: DRR Project Officer

2025-03-12    Kabul     Full Time     341

Job Location: Kabul
Nationality: Afghan
Category: Program
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary:
Vacancy Number: 015-2025
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: KABUL
Organization: INTERSOS
Years of Experience: 5 year’s relevant work experience in humanitarian projects/program, including financial management and logistics responsibilities
Contract Duration: 10 months
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Graduate qualifications in a related discipline – Environmental science, social and community development, social work, social sciences, or a similar discipline
Close date: 2025-03-12

About INTERSOS:

INTERSOS is an International non-profit humanitarian aid organization that works to bring assistance to people in danger, victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. Established in 1992, its actions are based on the values of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equal rights and opportunities for all people and respect for diversity and coexistence, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable and the unprotected. INTERSOS is an independent association which, through its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively answer the needs of people in serious crises situations, mainly in the world's poorest regions, who are suffering, deprived of rights, dignity and essentials goods. It maintains a flexible operating structure.

 

Job Descriptions:

Support the Program Manager and DRR Expert in project design, planning, administration, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project activities, data analysis and progress reporting, and enhance teamwork and capacity building in order to ensure the delivery of quality aid to beneficiaries and their communities.

 

Reporting to:

Hierarchical: Program Manager

Functional: DRR Expert

 

Tasks

Program

  • In coordination with the Program Manager prepare, follow up and update the project activities work plans, ensuring timely and quality implementation in compliance with the defined project strategy and donor guidelines
  • Taking a lead in implementing project activities related to capacity building and technical support to the INTERSOS team on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Preparedness (DP), and Disaster Management (DM).
  • Serve as a focal person for regular advice or support on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Preparedness (DP), and Disaster Management (DM) for partner organizations and targeted communities.
  • Taking a lead in conducting service delivery analysis on assessment and response to protection needs of local emergency response systems at targeted communities.
  • Taking a lead in facilitating focus groups and community consultation workshops to collect the data and information from targeted communities for community needs assessment on DRR, DP, and DM ecosystems in the communities.
  • Produce and disseminate the analysis report to INTERSOS, targeted communities, and local authorities to respond to disasters and emergencies and protect women, children, and other vulnerable groups.
  • Facilitating the community consultation workshops in establishing locally owned action plans for capacity building to strengthen the disaster preparedness plan and disaster management plans of the communities
  • Strengthening mechanisms and coordination between community DRR committees and INTERSOS CMDRR Facilitators to ensure that the disaster risk reduction action plans and disaster preparedness plans are collectively agreed upon and implemented in the targeted communities and provinces.
  • Responsible for documenting and facilitating analysis processes related to functioning and gaps related to DRR, DP, and DM in supporting the protection needs of the target population, program adjustment, or future program design.
  • Organize the logistics of the visits
  • Support the Program Manager to draft proposals and project plans to be shared with the stakeholders
  • Check on team members' progress during the phases of the project
  • Monitor progress on a regular basis and give suggestions in timely manner for corrective actions, if necessary
  • Attend regular meetings with field staff to discuss programme progress and results, develop action plans, and take corrective measures as required 
  • Actively participate in coordination meetings if requested
  • Liaise and maintain regular contact with the stakeholders
  • Supervise movements of staffs
  • Upload project materials to the DB and platforms

 

Administration

  • Collect and check field financial documents (invoices, receipts, attendance sheets, etc) and guarantee their delivery to finance office
  • Supervise the payment of project staffs
  • Support the Program Manager in the administrative aspects of the recruitment process
  • Complete other administrative tasks for Program Manager

 

Reporting

  • Compile data and create reports for the Program Manager and DRR Expert
  • Collect and document data on program progress and program monitoring and evaluation in coordination with the Program Manager to provide program data for donor reports and project reports.
  • Support the Program Manager in developing program lessons learned and information necessary for program implementation.
  • Actively participate in, and contribute to, the INTERSOS program meetings and training as relevant.
  • Contribute and ensure that regular reports on field interventions (weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual) are prepared
  • Ensure that regular financial reports (monthly, quarterly and annual) a
  • Any additional tasks delegated by the Program Manager and DRR Expert

 

Job Requirements:

Education

  • Graduate qualifications in a related discipline – Environmental science, social and community development, social work, social sciences, or a similar discipline

 

Professional experience

  • 5 year’s relevant work experience in humanitarian projects/program, including financial management and logistics responsibilities

 

Professional requirements

  • Proposal writing knowledge
  • Familiarity with international donors is preferred
  • Strong writing and editing skills in English with close attention to detail
  • Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and internet)
  • Experience in designing, conducting training, mentoring, and coaching
  • Experience in conducting data collection, need assessment, and report writing
  • Proven ability in designing capacity-building programs and facilitation skills in both online and offline channels
  • Proven technical knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Management, and Community Development
  • Proven experience and ability to work with communities
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure and ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced environment under competing deadlines.
  • Responsive to urgent requests on a timely basis.
  • Willingness to travel frequently to the field and meet with partners.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of working in a multicultural environment.

 

Personal requirements

  • Good organizational skills
  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Behavioral flexibility
  • Results and quality orientation
  • Problem solving and initiative
  • Communication skills
  • Understanding of humanitarian operations principles, standards, and best practices
  • Commitment to INTERSOS principles

 

Languages 

  • Mission language essential. Local working language

 

Submission Guidelines:

Respected Applicants, please visit the link below and fill in the required information.

https://forms.gle/97Q6fPmUPgR7kyd49

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and called for a test/Interview.

Qualified People with Physical Disabilities and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Submission Email:

https://forms.gle/97Q6fPmUPgR7kyd49

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