Location: Buhera, Mutare, Chipinge

About

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE began working in Zimbabwe in 1992 in response to severe regional drought and has since expanded programming to address longer-term development issues. Currently, an estimated 5.8 million people are facing severe food insecurity in Zimbabwe as a result of the human-made climate crisis. The organization seeks to recruit outstanding candidates who are known for their excellence, professionalism, integrity and who are committed to providing support to the country office.

Position summary

To provide technical and logistical support to the project’s sub-national civil protection structures for disaster preparedness and response for rapid-onset emergencies.

Responsibilities

Develops an activity plan and Individual Operating Plan (IOP) for DRM; Identifies emergency NFI suppliers, evacuation & NFI storage infrastructure for rehabilitation / prepositioning purposes, in close collaboration with Civil Protection Structures; Provides technical support on DRM in collaboration with District Civil Protection Structures; Facilitates DRM trainings and activities at district and community levels, as guided by the project documents in operational areas; Participates in emergency preparedness activities (cash, market assessments) and facilitates the cascading of national DRM protocols to subnational levels; In the event of an emergency in district of operation or neighbouring districts, be the 1st point of contact for CARE International in Zimbabwe; Be one of the main contributors to emergency response activities in district of operation or neighbouring districts (RNA, RGA, beneficiary selection & registration, actual response, AAR, etc) in close collaboration with DCPC, MEAL and the DRR Specialist; Uses the developed monitoring and evaluation tools to monitor DRR / DRM activities at field level; Manages relationships with stakeholders including Government line Ministries, NGOs and private sector at District and Ward level; Shares project activity plans with relevant government line ministries; Liaises with District and Ward level CPCs on project monitoring; Create an environment within CARE's workplaces, programming, and communities where CARE works that is free from sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and child abuse (SHEA-CA).