Plan Disaster Risk Reduction Job in Kenya

Plan is an international, humanitarian, child-centered community development organization without religious, political or government affiliation.

Plan started its operations in Kenya in 1982 and is committed to protecting and promoting child rights, and to improving the lives and futures of poor children, their families and communities through a child-centered community development approach.

Plan Kenya is recruiting for a new position of Disaster Risk Reduction & Response Coordinator based in its Country Office.

The position reports to the Head of Operations.

The job holder will be responsible for ensuring timely, appropriate and effective disaster risk identification, reduction, monitoring and assessment, and planning and co-ordination of responses at the country and field levels in line with established policy and best practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and ensure effective disaster response in line with policy and best practice, including production of proposals and budgets
• Plan and co-ordinate related capacity-building of staff and community partners
• Build and maintain network with other organizations active in sector including Government and UN agencies, (International)Non-Government Organizations and donors
• Lead disaster/emergency assessment, monitoring, reporting and evaluation
• Ensure disaster risk reduction is integrated within development programs and projects
• Provide systematic, regular and timely monitoring of country conditions covering identified disaster type possibilities for preparedness and rapid response

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Degree, preferably at Masters level, relevant to disaster sector
• At least 3 years relevant management experience including managing relief operations and disaster preparedness, preferably with a large international NGO
• At least 6 months continuous work experience in disaster response at the field level
• Wide knowledge of associated theory, best practices and technical aspects in disasters and disaster preparedness/risk reduction
• Excellent planning, budgeting and organizational skills
• Demonstrated (rapid) needs assessment knowledge and skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to work under great pressure, often in a highly stressful environment and conditions
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment

Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children.

Accordingly, employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.

If you meet the requirements of the above position, please send a detailed and up-to-date CV with current and/or expected remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest supervisor to jobs.plankenya@plan-international.org to be received latest by 3rd June, 2011.

Your email should bear the title “DISASTER RISK REDUCTION & RESPONSE COORDINATOR”.

We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

You are invited to read more about Plan in our website www.plan-international.org.

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