Job Description

Min. years of relevant Work experience:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the arena of Disaster Management/ Disaster Risk Reduction.
• Previous experience with a multilateral or international organization is helpful but not mandatory.
• Experience of working with the State/ Central Governments/ Urban Local Bodies and having knowledge of their functioning is desirable.

Required skills and competencies :

• High-level of IT/computing skills (minimum: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Ability to create concise reports and prepare detailed project proposals.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive constructive attitude;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Ability to prioritize assignments and requirements, and multitask as needed;
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision;
• Ability to integrate technology into various aspects of the project for planning, rollout and monitoring;

A strong team player who can work together with the Disaster Management team from the UNDP as well as with the Municipal Corporation.

Summary of Key Functions:

• Support the corporation in carrying out Hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment for the city.
• Assist in creation of Disaster Management Plans for wards and the city as a whole
• Assist the corporation in implementation of various climate change adaptation initiatives
• Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in developmental planning initiatives of the Corporation through consultative processes with various line departments
• Assist in creation of modules for various DRR related orientations and trainings
• Organise First Aid and Rescue trainings, mason and engineering trainings in safe construction, school safety trainings and other DRR related trainings
• Assist in creation of Hospital and School Safety plans for Corporation.
• Assisting the corporation in creation and designing of various IEC material for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Assisting in creating various reports pertaining to DRR for the corporation.
• Help organise structural audits for life line structures
• Assist in set up and functioning of an Emergency Operations Center in the Corporation.
• Assist the State Government in preparation of various proposals, reports, DPRs and carry out any other activities for the harnessing of the funds for Disaster Management under the 15th Finance Commission under the supervision of the State Coordinator for the UNDP program.

Background:

The position will be funded jointly by Climate Change, Resilience and Energy & Natural Resource Management teams on equal cost sharing basis, with each team providing 50 percent of the funding.

Scope of Work (5 to 7 items only)

The City Project Coordinator will be expected to assist in managing the successful implementation of the program in the City.
The City Coordinator will be expected to assist the corporation for carrying out Hazard Risk Vulnerability Analysis of the city, assist in creating Disaster Management Plans for the city as well as various departments, mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction as well as climate change adaptation into the developmental planning initiatives. The appointee will also have to assist the corporation in organising and executing various orientation and training programs for multiple target groups.

The appointee will also be expected to assist the corporation in setting up a functional disaster emergency operations center as well and also carry out any other work Disaster Risk Reduction Work as assigned by the UNDP.
The City Coordinator will also be expected to assist the State Coordinator to prepare proposals, reports and any other work that will help in harnessing the funds from the Central Government under the 15th Finance Commission for Disaster Management initiatives. Finally the appointee will have to serve as the link between the State Government, the UNDP and the Municipal Corporation for various DRR related initiatives that may be taken up by the Municipal Corporation.

 

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