Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Community Mobilization Officer – DRR PREPARE

We are trying to find the best possible candidates to make the Mercy Corps team stronger.

Duty station; West Sumatera

Community Mobilization Officer – PREPARE SumBar will be based in the province of West Sumatra and will be mainly responsible for ensuring wider outreach of disaster risk reduction education and awareness in the communities of project sites and sustainability of disaster preparedness team (DPTs) existence in promoting DRR and creating well prepared and more disaster-resilience communities. For these responsibilities, the post holders are expected to live-in/stay in the communities of project sites (4 in Padang City and 4 in Agam Districts). Close engagement, partnership and capacity building with project implementing partner’s field staffs, local government (sub-village, village and sub-district levels) officials, DPT members, and community members are critical.  A key responsibility will be coordination with Mercy Corps local partner’s field staffs.

Qualifications:

·        2 years of field-based experience in DRR with preferred experience in community organizing/mobilizing.
·        Experience with local government capacity building, community mobilization, and training.
·     Experience in disaster risk reduction, including community level field work in DRR and training experience.
·        Diploma (D-3) or equivalent in social science, management, agriculture, engineering, arts, or other relevant fields.
·        History of working effectively and respectfully with local government and communities and NGO partners.
·        Prior experience in West Sumatra, and knowledge of local language and culture is recommended.

This Position will be as temporary staff for 4 months.
Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org

Vacancy will be closed 29 May 2011.

We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.


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