District Coordinator - Bhotekoshi Flood Response and Recovery Project

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Nepal is recruiting two District Coordinators for the Bhotekoshi Flood Response and Recovery Project, covering Rasuwa, Nuwakot and/or Dhading. You will coordinate and oversee implementation of the project, working closely with the Project Manager, CRS technical and support teams, implementing partners, government authorities, communities and humanitarian stakeholders, so that emergency response, early recovery and recovery activities are delivered on time, within approved plans and budgets and in line with CRS quality standards and donor requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee day-to-day implementation of project activities according to the implementation plan, donor requirements and partnership approaches.
• Lead district implementation planning with the Project Manager and partners, track targets and milestones, and identify bottlenecks and corrective actions.
• Serve as CRS' principal field-level focal person, liaising with partners, governments, humanitarian actors, community leaders and other stakeholders.
• Monitor expenditure and resource use against approved budgets, coordinate budgets, forecasts, procurement and documentation with Finance, Operations and partners, and flag variances and risks.
• Support assessments, targeting, field visits, distributions, shelter and housing recovery, WASH, livelihood recovery, protection and other activities, and monitor outputs and indicators.
• Maintain coordination among field staff and partners, run regular monitoring, and promote teamwork and staff well-being.
• Monitor programmatic, operational, access, safety, safeguarding and implementation risks, and ensure project documentation is complete and filed correctly.
• Assist with trend analysis reports, case studies and documentation of promising practices.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, architecture, disaster risk management, development studies, economics, sociology, rural development, natural resource management, agriculture, environmental science or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in post-disaster recovery programming, such as housing or shelter recovery, early recovery, livelihoods restoration, infrastructure rehabilitation, emergency response or resilience programming.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-sector, multi-stakeholder programs with government authorities, implementing partners, humanitarian actors, technical teams and communities.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Nepali; willingness to travel at least 50% of the time across project sites, including difficult-to-access locations.
• Preferred: experience as a field-office or district focal person, managing partnerships and post-disaster assessments, housing recovery, WASH, livelihoods, protection, cash and voucher approaches, MEAL, data analysis and donor reporting.

Required skills

• MS Office, video-conferencing platforms, information-management systems and related IT tools.
• Relationship management, partnership, facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Preferred: proficiency in MS Office, video-conferencing and information-management systems, and ability to troubleshoot common technical issues.