BRAC International Jobs in Uganda

BRAC International Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

Introduction

BRAC is a development success story, spreading anti-poverty solutions born in Bangladesh to 10 other developing countries in Asia and Africa, making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.
BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and is today one of the top leaders in developing cost-effective, evidence-based poverty innovations in extremely poor, fragile and post-disaster settings. BRAC started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002through the Stichting BRAC International, which is registered in the Netherlands. BRAC International is currently reaching over 19 million people beyond Bangladesh and creating opportunities to break the cycle of poverty.

Responsibilities

Design emergency preparedness and response SOP, plan, guideline and framework for country programme considering BRAC International plan, strategies, focus and humanitarian standards & principles.

Conduct country risk assessment for designing DRR and Emergency Response strategies and implementation of plans considering humanitarian standards & principles.

Design, promote, and facilitate capacity development of country programme, local governments, communities and schools to address emergency preparedness and response considering internationally accepted standards & principles.

Support team to develop emergency preparedness and responses plan for local governments, communities and schools by considering country situation/crisis and internationally accepted standards & principles.

Regularly monitor country safety and security situation, provide necessary emergency support and engage in post disaster need assessment considering humanitarian standards and principles

Develop concept note/proposal, budget, situation reports, action plans and presentations for various donors and stakeholders by following requirements and guidelines.

Coordinate and follow up

country programmes to ensure technical inputs by integrating DRR and Emergency Response for preparing concept notes, proposals, reports and presentations.

Develop and maintain strong collaborative and networking partnerships with key stakeholders and community partners for resource mobilization and involvement in DRR, Emergency Response and Climate Change Adaptation activities.

Monitor and track the progress/milestones against planned activities.

Promote and facilitate BRAC International humanitarian branding at regional and global level

Qualifications

Graduate/Master Degree in Social Science/ Development Studies / Disaster Management/ Geography and Environment or other comparative university degree.

Excellent communication skills (written, reading and spoken) in English and local language;

Excellent analytical and ICT skills;

Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to lead and gain assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor;

At least 3 years of relevant experience in Emergency Response and Disaster Risk Reduction of NGOs/development sectors.

Experience with different aspects of project management including development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and supervision of environmental experts.

Experience in developing proposals, budget, situation reports, action plans, brief notes and presentations.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send their resume by 17th January, 2018 to:

recruitment.bi@brac.net

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