JOB PURPOSE
The Block Coordinator is responsible for the successful implementation of block-level activities and will report to the Project Manager.
Location: Nadaun
Roles & Responsibility
a. Project management and coordination
- Management of project at Block level Under Project Manager guidance and THF’s officials.
- Guiding field-level staff to achieve intended objectives.
- Develop action plans to achieve the physical and financial targets of the project.
- Network, liaise and develop relationships with state, district/block level government departments and technical institutions.
- Work closely with the forest department and community during forest fire season.
- Mass-level awareness drive on forest fire and content development.
- Implementation of Information, education, and Communication (IEC) and behavior Change Communication approaches in the project.
- Ensuring stakeholder engagement for smooth implementation.
- Periodic meetings with the project staff, government department and THF’s officials.
- Data, case study/anecdotes collection from the field with high-quality photographs.
b. Capacity Building of the project staff and community
- Helping the Project Manager to develop training manuals for van panchayats, firefighting response groups and volunteers.
- Capacity building of filed level staff and community institutions.
- Providing support to field-level staff for imparting training to the community.
c. Team Management and Coordination
- Assist field-level staff for optimum use of their productivity.
- Facilitates the field teams in bi-weekly or monthly meetings to review progress against plans, deliverables and find solutions to problems, share lessons learned etc.
- Helping the Project Manager in managing team attendance, keeping the leave records and submitting leaves and attendance records to the Dehradun office in a timely manner.
d. Community Mobilization
- Mobilization of community-based institutions like gram panchayats, van panchayats, Mahila mangal dals etc for Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery at block and village levels.
- Supporting project staff in promoting firefighting response groups, and identifying village-level volunteers.
- Community mobilization for awareness generation and increase involvement of the community at each stage of the project.
e. Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Ensures monitoring of the project through various mediums and submits a report to Project Manager.
- Collect and present information/reports for the project as and when needed.
- Receiving periodic reports from field-level staff and submitting them to the District Coordinator.
- Regular field visits to the project area for monitoring project deliverables and sharing progress with the District Coordinator.
- Any other tasks and assignments as given by Project Manager and THF officials.
