Anticipatory Action Protocol Specialist (RISE Project)

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy Development & Planning

• Conduct Anticipatory Action related assessments, and develop project designs, implementation plans and budgets, ensuring Quality Assurance Standards.
• Coordinate with stakeholder to update the progress of the project and receive necessary guidance.
• Ensure beneficiaries and their representatives to participate in program decisions and seek their informed consent through feedback mechanism.
• Make sure lessons learned and best practices in accountability are documented and disseminated to other stakeholders.
• Undertake monitoring of projects through field visits and review progress, and feedback, identification of corrective actions and capture learning.
• Actively engage and contribute to township level disaster management team.
• Develop a method of sharing information to communities about organizational mandate, background information, humanitarian accountability framework, humanitarian plan.
• Ensure communities are consulted during assessment on their needs and the activities that need to be implemented.
• Develop intervention strategies that leverage resources and expertise from within World Vision and from our partners in the private and public sectors.
• Mainstream WV’s commitment, for a child-focused, community-based approach and Christian Commitment, is integrated into the dimensions of disaster/development management.

Resource Acquisition & Management

• Develop and implement advocacy plan on Anticipatory Action result and finding.
• Update and disseminate funding status for each disaster management program to identify possible funding gaps and ensure smooth transition from one funding source to the next.
• Monitor budget preparation processes for programming components, incl. cost for trainers, materials, venue, etc. and ensure operational cost-effectives and compliance to WV partnership and donor standards.
• Coordinate with the APs and other programs for assessment, design, monitoring and evaluation regarding Humanitarian programs or projects.
• Monitor Mitigation initiative.
• Analyze WVIM mitigation expenditure to track efficiency and effectiveness.
• Submit monitoring and reporting mechanism (Anticipatory Action Protocol) in line with donor requirement.
• Develop Community Disaster Preparedness Plan.
• Coordination and support awareness and training on DRR-CCA at project selected community.
• Overseeing on project implementation meet as planned.

Capacity Building and Technical Support

• Build the capacities of APs and partners, which are prone to disasters, in developing Anticipatory Action related program designs.
• Train project staff to acquire capacity in Anticipatory Action related assessment, survey, monitoring and evaluation that are appropriate for local context.
• Coach and mentor Anticipatory Action program staff in all aspects of quality program
• Contribute to the organizational learning for Anticipatory Action, by utilizing and disseminating lesson learnt.
• Provide technical support in assessments and developing Anticipatory Action related program designs.

Accountability & Quality Assurance

• Measure document impact and working closely with program team to provide the update information to operation director about the Anticipatory Action progress.
• Ensure industry codes and standards such as (Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, People in Aid, Sphere, DNH and HAP) are applied to all the works. 
• Ensure timely submission of reports to the donors.
• Document and disseminate best practices and lessons learnt.
• Ensure quality of data / information / reports in time

Networking & Coordination

• Engage with UN agencies, other INGOs/LNGOs, government ministries, and faith-based organizations to redress any challenges and improve the efficiency of programming in disaster management.
• Represent WVM in National level technical working groups.
• Coordinate and collaborate with different layers in WV Partnership for quality programming
• Support Office queries are responded within a reasonable period of time.
• Support Office requests, feedback and strategies are shared within WVM in a reasonable period of time.
• Accommodate donor and SO visits.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline is essential
• Master in relevant discipline is preferred
• At least 5 years experiences in the area of quality programming are essential
• Excellent planning and organizing skill
• Experience in developing community based Anticipatory Action Protocol Development
• Computer literate and have high skills of information sourcing and gathering including internet
• Excellent knowledge of local context and organizational culture
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of Disaster Management Standards
• Excellent knowledge on logical framework approach and project cycle management
• Responds promptly in a professional manner

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only