VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Organization: VSO Nepal

Volunteer role: National Volunteer-Resilience

Type of role: Advocacy policy and research

Location: VSO Nepal Working Districts, Nepal

Application Closing Date: 29 May 2018

Interview date: Soon as possible

Start date: Soon as possible

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. As a VSO volunteer you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Role overview

Volunteer- Resilience will contribute to the Rural/Urban Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) survey, analysis, documentation/ knowledge management, coordination, reporting, liaison and network. The volunteer will work closely with partners and ensure meeting all compliances of the project. S/he is also responsible for coordination, networking, and liaison with partners, government, and other stakeholders. S/he will support the target municipality during Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA), Municipality Disaster Risk Management Plan (MDRMP) and Municipal Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (MEPRP) formulation process.

Skills, qualifications and experience

Professional skills and qualifications needed in the position
•Graduate degree in DRR or relevant subject with 2- years, Intermediate degree with 7 years of relevant work experience in design and implementation of disaster risk reduction or other related areas in risk reduction in rural/urban context.
• Practical working experience and knowledge on global and national DRR related policies and practices, core humanitarian standard, rights based approach, gender and social inclusion
•Excellent communication skills in Nepali
•Excellent coordination, networking and facilitation skills
•Experience of working with the private sector is extremely important
Personal qualifications needed in the position

•Committed to rights based and gender sensitive work, pro-poor, committed and strong civil society organizations and social mobilization.
•Able, willing and committed to work with people of different backgrounds
•Contribute constructively to a working environment based on mutual respect, trust and commitment
•Able to cope with stress and work under difficult circumstances
•If s/he is to work with the private sector, s/he needs to be a dynamic and good in strategic Networking.

Allowance

As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

Some background about VSO

Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.

Last date to apply: 29 May 2018

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