Posted 5 years ago |
Job Title: National Professional Volunteer – Resilience Specialist
Location: Abuja (Project locations)
Type of Role: Advocacy Policy and Research
Duration: 12 months (possibly starting March 2020)
Start Date: 15th April, 2020
Description
- This National Volunteer role will facilitate the conduct of vulnerability context analysis, documentation/ knowledge management, coordination, reporting, liaison and networking
- The volunteer will work closely with VSO projects and ensure that all VSO projects are integrating resilience concept. S/he is also responsible for providing technical support on risk assessment, understanding the shocks and stresses and building capacity for resilience of VSOs primary actors, projects and partners, government, and other stakeholders.
- S/he will support Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA), understanding climate change effects and making contingency/preparedness plan for primary actors to mitigate such effects.
Skill, Knowledge & Experience
Professional skills and qualifications needed for the position:
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Resilience / or any relevant field, with relevant work experience in the design and conduct of risk assessment and reduction or other related areas in the Rural/Urban context.
- Practical experience and knowledge on global and national resilience-related policies and practices rights-based approach, gender and social inclusion
- Experience in conducting study on shocks and stresses assessment in the field level
- Knowledge on resilience interventions, especially in Nigeria
- Experience in developing training module and risk preparedness and management plans
- Experience working in livelihood/education programs targeting marginalized communities
- Excellent communication skills in both English and Hausa language
- Excellent coordination, networking and facilitation skills
- Good knowledge in project cycle management
- Excellent attention to detail for providing accurate DRR capacity gap analysis, documentation and data.
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Job Features
Deadline | 10th March, 2020. |