Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Vacancy of Disaster Risk Reduction Project Officer with KARINA (Caritas Indonesia)

JobTitle: DRR Project Officer
Location: Jakarta
Division: Program Division
Date: a.s.a.p.

BACKGROUND OF THE POSITION

KARINA (Caritas Indonesia) is the humanitarian arm of the Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia based in East Jakarta and is officially considered as a member of the Caritas Internationalis confederation. Established in mid-2006, it recently completed its first strategic planning in early 2008. One of the results of the strategic planning is the identification of 2 (two) main divisions: Programs Division and Support Division. KARINA (Caritas Indonesia) acts as acoordinating and facilitating body for all the 37 Dioceses incorporated under the Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVISION


The Program Division is comprised of areas: DRR Unit, ER Unit and Capacity Building Unit.

REPORTING TO

The DRR Project Officer will report to the DRR Coordinator.

CONTRACT DURATION

The contract is for 2 (two) year period.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The jobholder will plays a key role in covering all aspects related to the DRR Mainstreaming Project and DRR Contact and Network in order to support the successful implementation of projects.

TASKS/DUTIES

A. DRR Mainstreaming Project
1. Communicate with dioceses regarding DRR Mainstreaming activities.
2. Plan, conduct, and facilitate Institutional DRR Mainstreaming Self Appraisal workshop for targeted dioceses.
3. Prepare materials necessary for institutional DRR Mainstreaming Self Appraisal workshops.
4. Provide technical assistance for dioceses in DRR
Mainstreaming project to support the implementation of follow up actions.
5. Ensure the dioceses implement their follow up actions and providing assistance as requested by the Dioceses.
6. Monitor budget for DRR Mainstreaming activities.
7. Prepare and review project agreements between KARINA and Dioceses for DRR Mainstreaming activities.
8. Write monthly report of DRR Mainstreaming activities to DRR Coordinator.
9. Write midterm and final analysis report of DRR Mainstreaming activities.
10. Ensure DRR Mainstreaming activities are aligned with DRR-ER program in particular and KARINA in general.

B. DRR Contact and Network
1. Ready to deploy to emergency areas as a representative of KARINA.
2. Involve in coordination meetings regarding disaster with Diocesan Caritas.
3. As institution’s representative in DRR coordination forums in Indonesia.
4. Facilitate sharing of information, lessons learned, and experiences for staff and Diocesan Caritas institutions.
5. Facilitate sharing of information, lessons learned, experiences inter Diocesan Caritas.
6. If necessary, conduct other tasks required within the scope of KARINA.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCES AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Completed studies (Graduate/Bachelor/Master ) in Social Science, Development or in other related fields.
2. Minimum 3 years experience in DRR or Community Development Projects.
3. Understands the concept and strategy of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction.
4. Familiar with tool kits and references in general (CI Emergency Tool Kit, Sphere, Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conducts).
5. Excellent writing skills, specifically in the field of reporting, developing concepts, proposals, etc.
6. Able to work independently and in a team, being flexible and able to finalize tasks in a given time frame.
7. Strongorganizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
8. Good diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills.
9. Fluent in English both oral and written.
10. Experience in emergency response is preferable.
11. Computer literate (able to use computer with basic
Microsoft Office software)
12. Physically and mentally strong, endurance in pressure.
13. Ready to be placed in any disasters and remote areas.

COMPETENCIES

a. Respects KARINA(Caritas Indonesia), Diocesan Caritases and Caritas Internationalis guiding values and principles.
b. Demonstrates commitment to KARINA (Caritas Indonesia)
vision, mission and values.
c. Become familiar with and comply with KARINA (Caritas Indonesia)’s policies and procedures.
d. Maturity, creativity, honesty and ability to self
manage and work in a team.
e. Able to work under minimum supervision, but with a spirit of team work.
f. Experiences in areas related to the work of humanitarian matters will be seen as a distinct advantage.
g. Physically and mentally strong, endurance in pressure.
h. Ready to be placed in any disasters and remote areas.
i. Hard woker, willing to work under pressure.
j. Fluency in written and oral English in compulsory.
k. Strong communication and presentation skills.
l. Good memo composition and editing skills.
m. Excellent drafting ability and communication skills, both oral and written.
n. Tactful, accurate and excellent analytical thinking.
o. Excellent computer skills especially MS Office.

Applications, CVs and contact details for 3 references should be submitted by e-mail to sdmkarina@gmail.com at the latest 8 April 2011.

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