Main Responsibilities and Tasks Key:
•Provide technical guidance for planning, implementation, and monitoring of disability-inclusive DRR interventions
•Support development of community-based DRR plans, early warning systems, evacuation planning, and disaster preparedness strategies
•Ensure disability inclusion, accessibility, and participation in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities
•Build capacity of community institutions, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), local governance bodies, and frontline workers on inclusive DRR approaches
•Coordinate with government departments, State and District Disaster Management Authorities, and humanitarian actors
•Conduct needs assessments and risk analysis across geographies in three states, including coastal and disaster-prone regions, to identify priority DRR interventions
•Explore engagement with potential donor agencies for DRR projects, including concept development and proposal support
•Integrate DRR components within CBR, livelihood, education, disability inclusion, and climate resilience programs
•Document evidence, learning, case studies, and good practices to strengthen Ekta’s DRR advocacy, reporting, and policy engagement
•Support community awareness activities on disaster preparedness, climate resilience, and inclusive response mechanisms
•Support implementation of the MEL framework, ensuring collection and analysis of data relevant to project indicators and results.
•Monitor quality and inclusiveness of project activities through regular field visits, beneficiary feedback, and data verification.
•Participate in regular project review and coordination meetings to improve adaptive management.
•Ensure effective use of data collection tools and adherence to data protection protocols.
•Support timely and accurate reporting of activity results, beneficiary reach, and learning.
•Maintain up-to-date beneficiary records related to DRR and AA services and track individual and household-level outcomes.