Position Objectives:

The Team coordinator will lead the team at respective Palika levels for the overall of socio- technical facilitation ensuring adequate skill building of artisans, enabling house owners to incorporate disaster resistant features in all the houses allotted in the respective Palika levels.

Responsibilities:

• To lead, monitor and manage palika level team with mobilization of staffs under palika team to ensure adequate coverage and quality output
  
• To provide necessary support and guidance to the palika team members on the project/activities with proper planning and implementation of the project activities
  
• To collaborate and maintain close coordination with the respective palika office and other partner agencies in the palika for smoother implementation of the project
  
• Ensure coordination with the District Team, other palika level teams, with maintaining database of the progress and reporting in weekly and monthly basis
  
• Identify issues and grievances with regards to inclusion, disbursement, entitlement, technical services and procedures of reconstruction and work with palika and district team to find appropriate solutions
  
• Provide necessary support and resources to the palika to build their capacity to implement the reconstruction program
  
• To deploy and handhold Awas Nirman Sathis and sub-engineer for ensuring their effective mobilization in providing socio-technical support on safer reconstruction
  
• To maintain data of status of reconstruction and technical compliances for each household
  
• To conduct trainings for masons and other artisans on new construction, retrofitting and corrective measures
  
• To provide necessary socio-technical support to house owners, who are reconstructing new houses, and are at different stages of reconstruction and also those with non-compliant houses
  
• Orient CFs in technical matters ensuring that CFs will covey intended technical messages to house owners when required

Candidate must have following Professional experiences / qualifications

• Master degree in Anthropology or sociology or rural development or related subject
  
• 5 years of relevant experience in related field
  
• Demonstrated technical skills in code-compliant and earthquake safe construction practices
  
• Experience of working with or exposure to community planning process
  
• Experience of delivering training to masons on safer construction practices
  
• Demonstrated social skill of coordinating with different stakeholders and facilitating discussions
  
• Demonstrated skills on preparing quality reports and other knowledge products

Value and Behavior: The position is expected to follow STS rules and values. 

Travel: Travel required as per job requirement