VSO Nepal

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

National Volunteer-Resilience

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NGO / INGO / Social work

Mid Level

Full Time

Vacancy: 1

Experience: Not Required|

Not Disclosed

Role overview:

Volunteer- Resilience will contribute to the Rural/Urban Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) survey, analysis, documentation/ knowledge management, coordination, reporting, liaison and network. The volunteer will work closely with partners and ensure meeting all compliances of the project. S/he is also responsible for coordination, networking, and liaison with partners, government, and other stakeholders. S/he will support the target municipality during Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA), Municipality Disaster Risk Management Plan (MDRMP) and Municipal Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (MEPRP) formulation process.

Skills, qualifications and experience required:

Professional skills and qualifications needed in the position

Graduate degree in DRR or relevant subject with 2- years, Intermediate degree with 7 years of relevant work experience in design and implementation of disaster risk reduction or other related areas in risk reduction in rural/urban context.
Practical working experience and knowledge on global and national DRR related policies and practices, core humanitarian standard, rights based approach, gender and social inclusion
Excellent communication skills in Nepali
Excellent coordination, networking and facilitation skills
Experience of working with the private sector is extremely important

Personal qualifications needed in the position:

Committed to rights based and gender sensitive work, pro-poor, committed and strong civil society organizations and social mobilization.
Able, willing and committed to work with people of different backgrounds
Contribute constructively to a working environment based on mutual respect, trust and commitment
Able to cope with stress and work under difficult circumstances
If s/he is to work with the private sector, s/he needs to be a dynamic and good in strategic Networking.

Allowance:

As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

Note: This job is conditional to project approval.

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Apply Before: May 29, 2018

About the organization

VSO Nepal

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal

VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to co-ordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peace building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.