Peopable Management Services Private Limited

Job Title: Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness Officer 
Place: Mumbai
Reports to: Senior Program Operations Leader  

About Organization

The organization is an US-based NGO, dedicated to providing medical relief to the poorest sections of society. In India was registered as a non-profit in India in 2006. They are a health-focused relief and development organization
that responds to people affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing health programs, medicine, and medical supplies. With good health, people can attend school, be productive at work, care for their families and contribute to strong communities. Poor health puts all of that at risk. Each year, the organization delivers innovative health programs and quality medical aid across India, making it the country’s leading non-profit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies.

Job Description of the Position
Responsible for emergency response (survey, identification of disaster requiring assistance, evaluations of status, planning response, reaching out to local partners, liaising with NDMA and SDMA, volunteer database, putting together resources, leading the response on the ground, carrying it forward to logical conclusion, mobilizing further assistance from other interested parties, follow up)

Duties and Responsibilities

a) Emergency Readiness

• Develop and foster partnerships with government agencies, NGOs, and community organizations
• Maintain a roster of on-call Emergency Responders
• Execute a strategy for engagement of rostered members, track member availability to ensure adequate coverage at all times as detailed out in National Emergency Response Plan (NERP)
• Responsible for disaster preparedness training (training material, faculty database, manuals, props, MCQs, liaising with NDMA, other government bodies, NGOs, corporate, communities, etc; conducting training programs, workshops, tabletop exercises and drills) 
• Identify, procure, and manage the emergency response supplies in India
• Update the NERP document and response tool on yearly basis

b) Response

• Assess the need to respond to incidents and recommend action as appropriate. Identify and pursue the most effective methods to deliver assistance to partners and affected communities

• Lead responses across India and neighboring countries
• Lead efforts to ensure safety and security of all country personnel with careful planning by following laid protocols in NERP
• Activate roster members based on specific emergency response needs, often with short notice
• Set-up and manage response in field, identify, screen and on-board new partners in accordance with Organisation procedures as appropriate, gather and share information, minimize duplication of effort, and identify resource gaps
• Assess needs and develop and implement response plans
• During disaster events, coordinate with local NGOs, government agencies, international NGOs, and UN agencies, including participation in Health Cluster, Logistics Cluster, and/or other relevant cluster meetings 
• Manage the shipments and deliveries of medicines, medical supplies and other aid from warehouses to beneficiary partners and facilities.

• Manage the deployment and oversight of medical teams, ensuring effective coordination with appropriate government entities, assuring quality of services, ensure patient data is collected and maintained in accordance with it and national standards.
• Get deployed, when necessary and appropriate, to disaster-affected region, or coordinate response from Organisation.
• Work with programs team to design recovery initiatives and implement the same 

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Follow up with partners to obtain reports 
• Post disaster response, lead action debriefs to capture lessons learned from responses and to perpetuate a cycle of continual improvement and organizational learning
• Conduct follow-up site visits as needed to evaluate outcomes and impact at the institutional and community level
• Capture lessons learned from responses and to perpetuate a cycle of continual improvement and organizational learning

Communications

• Prepare, update and circulate Fact Sheets with details of each response to keep internal and external stakeholders informed of ER activities
• Draft reports, personal reflections and donor feedback to be used for web  stories, communications with donors and other reporting.
• Write reports on disaster response conducted

• Support communications team with information

Required Qualifications
Masters/bachelor’s degree in public health, public administration, emergency management, emergency medicine, or related field with 5-8 years of experience.

Experience   

Experience of coordinating programs related to emergency response work will be an added advantage.

Desired Profile of the candidate

• Passion and the desire to work within the humanitarian aid/emergency response field
• Ability and willingness to deploy on short notice and for periods of one to six weeks. Able to spend up to 30% of time in the field
• Ability to work effectively in complex and highly fluid situations
• Self-starter with ability to function as a team player among peers
• Ability to work in stressful circumstances, sometimes in austere conditions
• Ability to exercise sound leadership and judgment
• Should be a good team player with good organizational skills  
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Must be proficient in English with good command over Hindi
•  Ability to proficiently use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Internet

• Salary : Rs. 600000 - Rs. 700000
• Exprience : 5.0 To 10.0 Year
• Job Description Link: Click Here

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