Technical Assistant - Earthquake Preparedness, National Resilience Programme

• Facilitate and organize consultation meeting, workshop, community and any other stakeholder mobilization;
• Coordinate with Ward Disaster Management Committee, Municipality and other relevant stakeholders in earthquake preparedness, risk assessment, resilience planning and implementation; 
• Lead on the organization of earthquake response drills and piloting community preparedness activities;
• Support to establish a database of vulnerable community and volunteer, and risk mapping;
• Support municipality and stakeholder in applying international disaster management materials, small equipment stockpiling for pilot communities, materials dissemination in the community;
• Support the development of vulnerability assessment tools, data collection;  
• Assist FSCD to identify Urban Community Volunteers and their capacity development; 
• Develop documents and reports to support the project activities and updates;
• Participate in knowledge-sharing events of the NRP as and when required; 
• Assist in organization and documentation for meetings, seminars and other project events in the pilot sites
• Schedule and prepare project visits to pilot sites;
• Support planning and delivery of events in the project pilot areas;
• Provide clerical support to the PM and project experts, local coordinators in preparing technical specifications for project investments;
• Assist the PM, PIU and local coordinators in identification of potential suppliers of goods and services in pilot areas;
• Keep regular contacts with local authorities and implementing partners as requested by supervisor.
• In coordination with implementing partners, assist in the reception, registration and provision of assistance to persons of concern to NRP-DDM part.
• Monthly field report (according to set format) on implementation of activities, challenges, and lessons learnt; 
• Undertake other relevant duties as required 

• Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values
• Exerts strict adherence to corporate rules, regulations and procedures.  Familiarity with the internal control framework and results-based management tools is a must
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

• Identifies opportunities and challenges and recommends options
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy;
• Checks assumptions against facts
• Assumes responsibility for decisions and outcomes
• Shares information proactively, also when not required to do so
• Ability to work in and with diverse team;

• Ability to perform a variety of specialized activities related to financial resources management, including formulating budgets, maintaining Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payables, making transactions, reporting.
• Sound knowledge of financial rules and regulations.
• Strong IT skills.
• Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new financial systems.
• Ability to carry out qualitative and quantitative analyses.

People Management

• Demonstrates behaviors such as teamwork, knowledge sharing, maintaining relationships
• Recognizes potential road blocks to completing tasks and seeks guidance from supervisors to address issues.
• Based on formal and informal feedback received, takes action to address areas for growth and improvement

• Effective listening, verbal and writing communication skills;
• Learns to relate constructive knowledge to others
• Represents self and work with appropriate professional standards
• Productive in challenging situations
• Demonstrates a desire to support colleagues by actively helping others

• Takes responsibility for addressing critical situations
• Demonstrates commitment to clients and quality
• Works to agreed goals dealing with challenges constructively
• Takes responsibility and works towards planning targets, overcoming obstacles, setbacks and uncertainty
• Always acts in a compliant manner and uses resources responsible
• Ability to work under time constraints;
• Ability to undertake regular travel to regions;
• Time management skills.

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field such as Disaster Management, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Earth Science, Urban and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering or any other environment focused social and natural science discipline from a recognized University.

• Minimum two (2) years’ work experience in related fields of development/disaster management/community awareness;
• The candidate must have substantial experience on volunteer mobilization;
• Working experience with Red cross / Red Crescent / Scouts / government institutes/ private and national/ international organizations; 
• Experience of working with vulnerable community in terms of natural hazards, especially on earthquake risk management and poverty;
• A solid understanding and knowledge on earthquake preparedness and response, disaster risk reduction in the context of Bangladesh;
• Strong understanding of institutional dynamics, community organization and ward committees; 
• Experience in community mobilization and planning, training and workshops organizations etc.;  
• Experience handling complex enquiries and interactions with multiple stakeholders; 
• Local incumbent having on hand work experiences on earthquake will be preferred; 

• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Bangla.

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