Centre for Development and Disaster Management (CDM Nepal)
CDM-Nepal is a leading non-governmental development and humanitarian organisation of Lumbini Province of Nepal. Established in 2000 in Butwal, CDM-Nepal has worked in DRM, CCA, WASH, livelihood and GBV. CDM’s programmes have historically been targeted at underprivileged women and children. Origins of CDM-Nepal CDM-Nepal’s origin can be traced back to 1993, the year Rupandehi district experienced one of the devastating floods in its history. Having seen the havoc brought by the disaster, a group of local development professionals joined hands to informally set up “Save the Environment and Rural Development Institute (SERDI)”, which later became CDM-Nepal during official registration in 2000.
Vision: Our vision is to make just, equitable, peaceful, prosperous and disaster-resilient society for all citizens of Nepal.
Mission: Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families in the poorest, vulnerable, socially excluded and marginalised communities of Nepal.
Objectives: Reduce – Contribute to substantially reduce disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries
IMPROVE: Improve socio-economic status of the poor, marginalized and vulnerable sections of the community by implementing risk-informed, gender-responsive and inclusive livelihood improvement, health, WASH and education programmes with a rights-based perspective
PARTNERSHIP: Partner with local, Province and Central governments, Development Partner and civil society organisations for programme design, implementation and evaluation
LEARNING: Generate learning through applied research on relevant socio-economic, climate, disaster and environmental issues and utilise learning for advocacy and also utilize for organisational development
GOVERNANCE – Advocate and campaign at the local, province and national levels to address the root causes of development challenges
Project Name: Pratibaddha IV: Whole of Society Approach to Strengthening and Scaling Shock Responsive and Anticipatory Multi-Hazard Preparedness and Response in Western Nepal for the period of October 2026 to January 2028.
CDM Nepal hereby invites applications, for the below-mentioned position.
1) Disaster Risk Management Officer -2 (Assigned Municipality/Rural Municipality, with frequent travel to wards and communities.
LINK: Detailed Job Description
Salary: A competitive NGO salary will be offered
To Apply: Interested candidates who meet the above-mentioned requirements can submit (a) Job Application/Cover letter (b) Updated CV with at least two referees cdm@cdmnepal.org Or can submit the hard copy to CDM Nepal office, Butwal-11 Basanta Path, Devinagar Rupandehi. The last date of submission will be no later than 5:00 PM, 12’th October 2026.
Please mention the position applied for in the “subject” line of your email.
CDM Nepal shall not entertain any phone inquiries or other such solicitations for this position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the selection process. CDM Nepal reserves the right to reject any or all applications.
CDM Nepal promotes workforce diversity and applies positive discrimination to candidates from discriminated groups (Women, Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi/Terai, and other minority communities).