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Job Title: Program
Manager I- Community Based Early Warning System
Department: CARO/CAR
Position Type: Full-Time
Location: Zemio,
CAR
Band: D
FLSA: Exempt
Reports To: Project
Director
Background:
Catholic Relief Services, in collaboration with Search for
Common Ground and Caritas Bangassou, is implementing a 3-year USAID Secure,
Empowered, Connected Communities (SECC) Program to support
grassroots efforts at improving security in LRA-affected areas of CAR.
The main objectives of the project are as follows:
1. Empower target
communities to employ adaptive strategies to address their security and
community challenges, with an emphasis on the threat posed by the LRA;
2. Target communities are
better informed and connected: to each other; national and local government
structures; resources; local civil society, and other local, national, and
international actors;
3. Effective
communication and coordination with local, national, regional, and
international actors working in LRA-affected areas of CAR are improved.
The EWS specialist works with a team of
professionals to build communities’ resiliency to risks by enhancing their
capacities to identify risks and vulnerabilities, develop contingency plans,
and use existing resources to prepare for and respond to hazards and
chocks. He/she works with project staff, partners, and key
stakeholders to establish early warning systems, that create a regular
communication channel between the producers and the users of warning
information, and that make early warning information actionable and relevant
to users. The Technical Specialist coordinates with partners and
stakeholders for the successful implementation of program activities develops
a toolkit and guidelines for designing and implementing community based early
warning systems, and monitors the implementation of community based
contingency plans for reducing and managing risk. The EWS specialist
coordinates with project teams to prepare periodic progress and
accomplishment reports for dissemination to key stakeholders, and ensures
proper and timely documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, success
stories, and best practices.
Specific Responsibilities:
· Coordinate
with partners and stakeholders for the successful implementation of program
activities.
· Assist
field based teams/communities in community resource and risk mapping, setting
up early warning systems, and providing technical inputs as needed.
· Provide
technical input in the design of community contingency plans and design of
early warning systems.
· Ensure
that targeted communities, local authorities, and community radio stations
are organically linked to the end-to-end early warning system from provincial
level to field level at targeted communities.
· Develop
a toolkit for undertaking community based early warning systems
· Provide
technical support for monitoring the implementation of community based contingency
plans for targeted communities to meet Hazard Ready criteria.
· Assist
in the training of project staff and community protection committees in the
identification of risks, set up of early warning systems, surveillance of
risk, and diffusion of alerts/information.
· Work
closely with field coordinators and ensure that relevant capacity building
objectives and needs of partners and communities are met.
· Organize
a regional workshop for sharing program experiences, successes stories, and
lessons learned, with the main goal of raising awareness of the importance of
community based protection.
· Assist
the Project Director in the identification of approaches and provide
solutions to overcome challenges and resolve problems met during program
implementation.
· Assist
the Project Director in the development of an exit strategy for the
sustainability of program efforts.
· Coordinate
with project teams and ensure that project activities are implemented according
to approved work plans and budgets.
· Ensure
community based monitoring and evaluation information is collected and used
in reporting, learning, and adaptive management strategies.
· Participate
in relevant coordination meetings with other humanitarian actors to ensure
synergy in the technical approach and engagement with communities
Agency-wide Competencies (specific for this
position):
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding
principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her
responsibilities and achieve the desired results. The following are specific
to this position:
· Serves
with Integrity
· Models
Stewardship
· Cultivates
Constructive Relationships
· Promotes
Learning
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: SECC Project Director, SECC
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, SECC Field Coordinators, SECC Finance
& Grants Manager, CAR Country Manager, and Chad/CAR Head of
Programming.
Indirectly: Project support staff in
Bangui, other CRS Central African Republic project coordinators
External: International and Local
partners, Search for Common Ground and Caritas, program beneficiaries.
Qualifications and Experience:
· Master’s
degree in a field related to international development, plus three years
professional experience with community based early warning systems.
· Personal
belief in and support of IndyACT core values
· A
strong capacity for analysis, communication and information management
· Excellent
communication skills
· Full
proficiency in spoken and written French is required. Fluency in Both French
and English is preferred.
· Ability
to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
· Ability
to handle large volume of work and have excellent organization skills
· Commitment
to creating positive environmental, social and cultural change
· Excellent
interpersonal skills, team worker and good listener
· Ability
to take initiatives and be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment
· Good
writing and social skills
· Computer
literacy (Photoshop and HTML)
· At
least 3 years of experience in some or all elements of the abovementioned job
description
Foreign Language Required:
Excellent French language skills essential
Physical Requirements/Environment:
Staff will be based in Zemio but with frequent field
travel in the Southeast and to Bangui
Disclaimer:
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the
skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
EOE/M/F/D/V
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