Provincial Technical Coordinator

Provincial Technical Coordinator

Location: Karnali Province
Duration: December 2023 to September 2024
Reports to: NHSRP National Technical Coordinator
Line Management: PIN Program Manager
Level of Effort (LoE): NHRSP (75%) and Durable Solutions-III (25%)

Introduction

People in Need (PIN) is a non-governmental, non-profit, international organization founded in the Czech Republic in 1992. PIN arrived in Nepal as part of a humanitarian response to the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Since its inception in Nepal, PIN has had a strong role advocating and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations affected by disaster including person categories who live in geographically remote areas of the country, historically marginalized ethnic groups, and those marginalized because of their age and/or gender identity. PIN has also supported Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction efforts ensuring that the most vulnerable people are not left behind with resilience (focused on shelter and resettlement) and inclusive education programming. PIN-Nepal is strongly committed for safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, including persons with disabilities, in line with its safeguarding framework and child protection policy.

NHSRP Background

The National Housing and Settlements Resilience Coordination Platform (NHSRP) is the renamed platform of the extended fourth phase (August 2021- July 2025) of previous Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (NHSRP), which was launched in November 2015 to take over supporting coordination of the post-earthquake housing reconstruction from the Nepal Shelter Cluster, as it returned to the pre-earthquake format as a standard cluster. NHSRP was handed over to NDRRMA by NRA following the end of NRA tenure in December 2021. NHSRP now supports local organizations, community-based organizations (CBOs) and the private sector to strengthen disaster risk reduction structures provisioned under Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, 2017 namely Provincial Disaster Management Committee (PDMC), District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Local Disaster Management Committee (LDMC) while supporting the formulation of DRR plans and implementation of national disaster risk reduction and management structures. NHSRP promotes localization of disaster risk reduction and post disaster housing reconstruction and settlement recovery in line with NDRRMA’s National Strategic Plan of Action (NSPoA), National Disaster Resilient Framework (NDRF), and other priorities.

Job Summary

As a Technical lead for NHSRP team, you will be seconded to Karnali Provincial Government and work closely with NHSRP National Technical Coordinator and PIN Project Manager to facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating and assisting with reporting on all project activities and providing technical guidance and advice to staff and implementing partners advancing NHSRP work ensuring resilience to future shocks. Your coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that the projects for which you are supporting apply best practices and constantly work towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

All PIN staff agrees to

•  Comply with all relevant PIN policies, Country Program Policies, and guidelines related to their position.
• Show a strong commitment to the inclusion of all groups within Nepal and dedication to PIN Nepal’s Inclusion Guidelines.
•  Perform and accurately complete administrative tasks related to their position.
•  Strive for quality in all aspects of their work and ensure the highest quality performance of the Country Program.
•  Maintain a positive attitude and promote a professional & productive working environment across all staff, departments, and among all of PIN’s partners.
• Adhere to PIN Code of Conduct and key policies including Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding Policy.

Job Responsibilities

• Organize and lead the implementation of all assigned project activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with NHSRP program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices focused on Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery Management for Housing and Settlements.
•  Support Karnali Provincial coordination of Housing and Settlement Stakeholders to avoid duplication and gaps. For PIN projects, serve as the liaison between the stakeholders and the project team to mobilize local actors and promote project activities and impact.
•  Support capacity strengthening to ensure assigned activities are implemented in line with Government guidelines and standards.
•  Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle, including joint monitoring visits with Housing and Settlement Stakeholders.
• Support accountability through coordinating evaluation activities and guiding partners in their efforts to reflect on Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery Management for Housing and Settlements experiences. Analyze challenges and successes and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to technical guidance, coordination and implementation schedules.
•  Ensure documentation is complete with all required documents and is filed per agency and donor requirements. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices.
•  Supervise and perform ad-hoc inspections of various processes and resources for PIN projects to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures. Ensure proper tracking of resource use for project activities.
• Support Jajarkot response and recovery activities through Provincial coordination with Government (NDRRMA, MoUD-CLPIU and Provincial ministries) and of Housing and Settlement Stakeholders to avoid duplication and gaps.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Information Management Officer

Requirements

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or any other equivalent degree in Civil Engineering and/or Architecture.
• Minimum of 4 years of work experience in similar roles with an I/NGO in emergency response or recovery housing and settlement programming. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
•  Report writing skills required.
•  Demonstrated knowledge of municipal bylaws and reconstruction procedures and practices in Nepal.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including legal institutions, local governments and policymakers.
•  Demonstrated ability to represent the organization at coordination meetings with donors, local government, coordination bodies, and other international NGOs required
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, and information management systems.

Required/Desired Foreign Language: Able to clearly communicate in written and spoken English.

Travel Required: Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% to municipalities covered by NHSRP in Karnali Province.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment
• Very good planning, coordination, monitoring and organizational skills
•  Proactive, solutions oriented and results-oriented
• Attention to details, accuracy, and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
•  Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners and government bodies.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team leader

Preferred Qualifications

•  Candidates with GESI diversity is a plus, including gender (female, other); marginalized groups; persons with disability; and, origin from geographically marginalized location
•  Local expertise w/ permanent address in project district and local language competency is a plus.
• Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data.
•  Experience conducting research.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all NHSRP Staff): These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of NHSRP and used by each staff member to fulfill her or his responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

•  Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
•  Builds Relationships
•  Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Key Working Relationships:

•  Internal: NHSRP National Technical Coordinator, NHSRP National Technical Coordinator, NHSRP-PMT, NHSRP-SMT, PIN Project Manager, PIN Program Team.
• External: Province Disaster Management Committee (PDMC), District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Local Disaster Management Committees (LDMC), District Administration Offices (DAO), local governments (Municipalities and rural municipalities), ward offices, Office of District Coordination Committee (DCC), other Stakeholders including UN, Red Cross, Donors, and Partner Organizations working in Recovery and Reconstruction, NHSRP Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), Universities, Associations, Private Sector, media and Community Groups.

Note: People in Need is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and is committed to promoting the welfare of children and adults with whom People in Need involves. People in Need expects all staff to perform job duties and responsibilities in accordance with People in Need code of conduct and key policies (available at: https://www.peopleinneed.net/key-policies-4142gp). People in Need Staff will undertake the appropriate level of training.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Interested candidates can submit an updated CV and Motivation letter to the following link on or before 29th November 2023. Please note, applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis and should a suitable candidate be found before the official closing date, the advertisement might be withdrawn prior to the deadline, thus early submissions are strongly encouraged. Nepalese citizen can only apply for the position. No phone calls will be entertained.