DRR Officer (2 position) and DRR Assistant / Social Organizer (DRR) (2 Position)

URGENTLY REQUIRED

Islamic Relief Indonesia seeks a self-motivated, serious and career oriented professional who is eager to grow with the organization and sensitive to the humanitarian cause and core values of Islamic Relief.

ISLAMIC RELIEF’s  PURPOSE:

To promote sustainable economic and social development through development programmes, helping the needy regardless of race, religion or gender. 

Brief Overview of our Programme in Indonesia

Islamic Relief Worldwide was established in 1984 in Birmingham in the aftermath of devastating famine in Eretria and Ethiopia that claimed over half a million lives. Since then the programme has expanded to 31 field countries and 11 fundraising partners. The Indonesia programme was formally established in 2003 in Banten. Later in 2004, the programme was extended to Ache province in response to the devastating Tsunami. Presently IR is implementing Emergency Preparedness, Early Recovery and Developmental activities in Aceh, Nusa Tengarra Barat and West Sumatra Provinces under the direct oversight of the Jakarta based Country Office.

Role of Religious Places in Disaster Situations 

In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, religious places (church, mosques, temples etc) are often the first to provide humanitarian relief services to disaster victims and in many cases a temporary shelter to the displaced. However, after the initial emergency phase is over, they revert back to their core activities. Although significant, their involvement in humanitarian response is often overlooked. Over the years, religious places in disaster prone areas have developed considerable capacities in emergency response providing opportunities for their integration within the broader DRR network. To tap this potential, Islamic Relief successfully piloted the approach in West Sumatra in 2013 where a network of 6 religious places (5 mosques and 1 church) and 150 disaster management personnel was established and provided training and necessary support to conduct emergency response and preparedness activities. Following the successful implementation of the pilot phase and building on the lessons learned, Islamic Relief is now implementing an extended intervention to consolidate past gains in West Sumatra while replicating the tested approach in West Lombok (NTB) – an area under constant threat of Tsunamis, Earthquake and Climate-Variability. The phase II will be implemented over 12 month’s period starting 01 August 2014. Islamic Relief seeks applications from competent DRR professionals for the delivery of planned activities.

Islamic Relief are looking for:

1.       DRR Officer (2 position) for:
West Sumatera                  : Based in Pesisir Selatan with frequent travel to Padang Pariaman or otherwise

Nusa Tengara Barat         : Based in Mataram with frequent travel to project locations in West Lombok

Salary                                    : IDR  5.5 to 6.5 million Gross Depending on Qualification

Post holder reports to : Area Coordinator / Programme Coordinator

                               

                                                                 

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

                                                                 

Job Summary:

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Programme Management the DRR Officer will lead the implementation of project activities in assigned areas with respect to technical assessments, awareness raising, beneficiary profiling, designing and delivering needs based trainings, structural and non structural mitigation, coordination, provide facilitation role for supported communities and religious places in formulating and implementing  emergency preparedness plans and provide quality reports and feedback to the Programme Management.

In West Sumatra, the DRR officer will additionally function as the Head of Field Office.

Specific Responsibilities:

1.       Design and conduct technical assessments, FGD and initiate dialogue with targeted religious places and surrounding community members;

2.       Develop and implement a social mobilization plan for enhanced community awareness in DRR with direct support from reporting social mobilization staff;

3.       Facilitate and assist the formation of religious place-based disaster management teams;

4.       Provide support in the Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HVCA), religious place disaster planning and implementation of the religious place
based disaster risk reduction plans;

5.       Provide support to implement religious places based early warning system
in selected religious places and communities;

6.       Design and impart capacity building trainings for supported religious places’ leadership and activists from surrounding communities in planning, resource mobilization, disaster response etc;

7.       Maintain liaison with other partners, GO and NGOs for collecting/sharing information in the assigned area;

8.       Provide necessary support in establishing an inter-religious DRR forum with representation of supported religious places, provincial and national disaster management authority, humanitarian NGOs and religious bodies;

9.       Facilitate in the conducting of workshop/trainings foreseen  in the project;

10.    Develop resource material for capacity building trainings;

11.    Facilitate the formulation of preparedness plans and allocate project resources for technically sound structural and non-structural mitigation measures;

12.    Facilitate relationship building and communications relating to
role of religious places in disaster situation program activities between the Islamic Relief, religious places, religious institution and local disaster management agency.

13.    Work with other projects to develop synergies with other IRI interventions

14.    Drafting communication and weekly/monthly progress reports, as
requested

15.    Prepare written report of the program activities in the field of
assignment.

16.    Undertake other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the management

17.    Keep all records up to date and file in a proper and efficient manner

18.    Fulfill other task base on assign

General Responsibilities:

1.       Observe security rules at all times

2.       The employee may be asked to perform duties and task not covered in
this job description as well as to provide support to other department when
necessary

Required Experience and Knowledge:

§  Management / Anthropology / At least Diploma/Bachelor's degree in any fields of development studies

§  At least 3 years progressive experience in designing and implementing DRR interventions, disaster management trainings and other capacity building measures relating to DRR/DRM

§  Good facilitation skills

§  Experience in participatory assessment, program planning and management including financial management

§  Demonstrated experience

§  Excellent project management skills

§  Good leadership, supervisory & management skills

§  Good knowledge on geographic and environment of the area of assignment

§  Excellent knowledge of computer operation (Windows, Excel, Power Point)

§  At least one years of in the community approach

§  Experience of writing progress reports

§  Experience in M&E  is highly desired but not essential

§  Willing to be based in field office and has a driving license (motorbike)

§  Ability to write reports with a genuine willingness to share information

§  Good written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia. Proficiency in English language will be considered an advantage.

§  Able and willing to travel to project locations as and when required

§  Able to understand about the important of placement rotation 

§  Commitment to the aims and beliefs of Islamic Relief and able to represent organization

§  previous experience with community and school -based DRR activity

2.       DRR Assistant / Social Organizer (DRR) (2 Posisition) for :
West Sumatera                  : Based in Pesisir Selatan with frequent travel to Padang Pariaman or otherwise

Nusa Tengara Barat         : Based in Mataram with frequent travel to project locations in West Lombok

                Salary                                    : IDR  4 to 4.4 million Gross

Post holder reports to : DRR Officer

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

General :

Project Facilitation

·         Mobilize local communities to ensure their participation in CBDRM activities;

·         To carry out the baseline survey and disaster risk mapping studies in supporting the development of risk reduction plans;

·         To participate in the design and delivery of capacity building trainings for supported religious places and surrounding communities in the areas of rapid damages and needs assessment, search and rescue operations, first aid among others;
·         Maintain frequent and meaningful interaction with community based DRR structures, religious places and inter-religious coordination bodies and wider stakeholders;
·         As required, represent IRI and RoRP project in coordination meetings to achieve greater synergies with other programmes of external agencies / government and;
·         To perform other duties and responsibilities as and when required.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

·         Degree in development, social science or related field (criteria can be relaxed in lieu of extensive relevant experience)

·         At least 2 year professional experience in DRR field.

·         Proven experience in Hazard, Vulnerable and Capacity Assessment in disaster prone areas.

·         Good experience in networking and advocacy related the field of DRR

·         Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with best practices for emergency preparedness and DRR, in variety of operational contexts

·         Demonstrates qualities of oral and written communication skills, cultural sensitivity, ability to work in team and under stress

·         Experience and creativity using computers, internet technology, word, excel

·         Proven ability to work under pressure in a potentially unstable security environment, with difficult living
conditions in the field

·         Willing to be based in field office and has a driving license (motorbike)

·         Ability to write reports with a genuine willingness to share information

·         Good written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia. Proficiency in English language will be considered an advantage.

·         Able and willing to travel to project locations as and when required

·         Able to understand about the important of placement rotation 

§  Commitment to the aims and beliefs of Islamic Relief and able to represent organization

§  previous experience with community and school -based DRR activity

ACCOUNTABILITY:

All Islamic Relief team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field project

If you meet the above requirements kindly send ONLY your Application letter and detailed CV including recommendations from 3 referees (one of them your immediate former employer) to: hrislamic@islamic-relief.or.id. Please put the job title and your name in subject of your email.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing date:  15 August 2014