Capacity building specialist Vacancy at Voluntary Service Overseas in Deogarth,India

Post:Capacity building specialist
Organization:Voluntary Service Overseas
Location:Deogarth,India
This project is co-funded by the European Union as a pilot action towards the ‘EU Aid Volunteers’ initiative.
It is a 9 month volunteering placement with local organisation PRAVAH, focussing on resilience building, disaster risk reduction and preparedness, crisis response and post-crisis recovery. It is open to EU residents only.

Assisting in the setup of ongoing community volunteer programs focused on resilience. From these community volunteer programs, disaster response cells will be created. A volunteer management system, community mobilization methods and a disaster communication system will be developed and transferred to host organisations by means of mentoring, training, and written materials. Host organisations will be taught how to recruit and engage community volunteers in resilience building activities and how to train them to mobilize the community in times of crisis.

The main objectives are: - Strengthening community resilience for drought, malaria control, biodiversity conservation and climate change - Livelihood promotion through improved crop management and grain bank management - Mapping the community needs for capacity building in the areas mentioned below - Planning capacity building sessions - Implementing the training with local support - Practical demonstration - Assessment and forward planning with the partner

For more information on the roles please click on the link in the How To Apply section.
How to apply:

When applying please quote ‘EU Aid Capacity building specialist India.’ Also, please note this placement is open to EU nationals only.

To apply please go to http://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/placements/capacity-building-specialist?...
Closing date: 01 Nov 2013
How to Apply
http://reliefweb.int/job/606085/capacity-building-specialist