Project Officer- Disaster Preparedness & Response

Project Officer- Disaster Preparedness & Response (National Position), Adjumani, Uganda

Ensure quality of project outputs through regular supervision and monitoring exercises at the project sites;

Organize and facilitate workshops to ensure that lessons learned and good practices from disaster management in the region are compiled and used to improve future planning, programming, and implementation;

Provide advice and guidance to partners to ensure project beneficiary communities are participating as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of projects;

Manage, train, and build the capacity of the disaster preparedness assistants under your supervision;

Coordinating and participating in advocacy events at the national and local levels in close collaboration with local partners;

Ensure quality of project outputs through regular supervision and monitoring exercises to the project locations Provide timely and high-quality project progress reports;

Leadership

Manage, train, and build the capacity of Disaster Preparedness and Response Assistants;

Participate in regular sector heads meetings;

Supervise the performance of the Disaster Preparedness and Response assistant and provide timely technical and managerial support;

Ensure, in liaison with Team Leader that the team operates in a secure environment and complies with security procedures and policies;

Ensure optimal use of human resources, including promotion of teamwork and securing adequate training of staff, and promotion of talented staff.

Reporting and accountability

Maintain an open dialogue with the beneficiaries to promote transparency and accountability including contributing to and implementing the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS);

Identify, document, and disseminate best practices gained from DPR interventions;