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VACANCY NOTICE
Practical Action invites applications for the following full-time positions for the anticipated USAID-funded Round 04 – Nepal Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience (ER4) Activity. This activity is focused on enhancing the disaster management capacity of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the highly vulnerable, disaster-prone communities, empowering them to reduce risks and improve their ability to mitigate, withstand, respond to, and recover from disasters.

About the roles:
1. Chief of Party:
The role involves leading the project with vision, technical guidance, and strong management to achieve project goals and ensure alignment with the work plan. Key responsibilities include managing key staff, promoting a positive and inclusive team environment, and building partnerships with USAID/BHA team, Nepal government agencies, and other stakeholders. This role emphasizes safeguarding by assessing risks, fostering a respectful and dignified work environment, upholding organizational values through integration of protective measures, and establishing accountability mechanisms. It includes managing operational, financial, people and administrative priorities, adapting processes to USAID and Practical Action standards. The position also focuses on annual project planning, sharing insights, and providing leadership in monitoring and evaluation to ensure quality reporting.

2. Monitoring & Evaluation Lead
The M&E Lead is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive M&E framework, including a database for storing and aggregating data ensuring alignment with project goals to track outcomes and inform project leaders. This role provides technical expertise and leadership to ensure high-quality evidence and data are generated and analysed through effective monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. The role supports mid-term and final evaluations with a focus on safeguarding and inclusive, gender-sensitive data.

3. Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager (EPRM)
The EPR Manager will lead strategic decision-making to leverage resources from USG and non-USG programmes in Nepal, enhancing local preparedness and resilience to recurrent disasters. In the event of a disaster, they will guide technical, multi-sectoral analysis and response design. The role will represent humanitarian coordination groups and advise Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority to ensure coordinated and effective responses in targeted provinces.

Application Deadline: 22 November 2024.

HOW TO APPLY
click [ HERE ] to view official vacancy notice for more details and application procedure.