Overview
The Senior Project Associate (Emergency Preparedness & Response) will support the implementation of disaster risk reduction, emergency response, and community stabilization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the coordination and implementation of DRR, emergency response, and community stabilisation programming.
- Monitor field-level project activities and provide practical inputs.
- Support the preparation and delivery of DRR, emergency preparedness and response, and community stabilization workshops, training sessions, and awareness campaigns.
- Support the preparation of high-quality internal and external reports.
- Coordinate with government authorities, NGOs, UN agencies, civil society, and partners.
- Monitor internal displacement trends and emerging humanitarian situations.
- Provide inputs for project development initiatives.
- Coordinate with local authorities to support at-risk, and disaster-affected communities.
- Assist in integrating climate change adaptation considerations into DRR community resilience activities.
- Support activities related to the development and implementation of early warning systems.
- Provide weekly updates on field progress and escalate issues.
- Identify and report on emerging conflicts or risks.
- Coordinate the timely submission of financial expenditure reports, asset inventory checklists, staff timesheets, and vehicle logbooks.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Disaster Management, Environmental Science, Social Science, Development Studies, or similar relevant field from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience; or High school diploma with six years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience in DRR, emergency response, transition and recovery, community development and activities supporting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
- Knowledge of DRR, emergency response, community stabilization and (re) integration activities, as well as peacebuilding and development issues.
- Experience supporting the organization and facilitation of capacity building activities and training sessions for a variety of audiences.
- Experience in liaising with governmental authorities as well as with national institutions or service providers.
- Experience in peace reconciliation processes is an advantage.
- Experience in facilitating consultative meetings and collecting qualitative and quantitative data is an advantage.
- Experience coordinating operational activities with government counterparts, INGOs, UN agencies, or Private Sector in field locations in Papua New Guinea.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Disaster Management, Environmental Science, Social Science, Development Studies, or similar relevant field from an accredited academic institution; or High school diploma.
- Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
