The CLDRM Trainer will provide technical training and facilitation on Community-Led Disaster Risk Management (CLDRM), Disaster Risk Management (DRM), and Natural Resource Management (NRM). The role aims to strengthen community leaders’ capacity to assess disaster risks, promote sustainable natural resource management, enhance climate resilience, and develop practical community-level action plans.
The Trainer will deliver a ten-day intensive training, followed by five dedicated days for participatory community-level action planning, imitative assessments and reporting, and provide technical guidance on prioritizing community-based disaster preparedness and risk reduction initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Training and Capacity Building
Design and deliver a five-day intensive training on CLDRM, DRM, and NRM for community leaders and relevant stakeholders.
Prepare training plans, session outlines, presentations, practical exercises, and learning materials appropriate to the local context.
Cover key topics, including disaster preparedness, hazard identification, vulnerability and capacity assessment, community risk mapping, risk reduction, climate change adaptation, environmental protection, and sustainable natural resource management.
Strengthen participants’ understanding of community-based disaster preparedness, early warning, mitigation measures, and local response mechanisms.
Facilitate group discussions, practical exercises, and participatory learning activities that enable participants to apply their knowledge to local risks and challenges.
Promote gender-sensitive, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive approaches throughout the training process.
Assess participants’ learning through practical exercises, discussions, and appropriate pre- and post-training assessments.
Community Risk Assessment and Action Planning
Facilitate community consultations to identify hazards, vulnerabilities, existing capacities, environmental challenges, and disaster-related priorities.
Support community leaders in mapping disaster risks, vulnerable groups, community assets, available resources, and existing coping mechanisms.
Facilitate a dedicated sixth day for developing participatory community-level CLDRM action plans.
Guide community leaders in prioritizing feasible disaster preparedness, risk reduction, climate resilience, and natural resource management measures.
Ensure action plans identify priority activities, expected results, responsibilities, required resources, timelines, and follow-up arrangements.
Document community priorities and submit draft and final action plans to the Project Manager.
Technical Support for Community Initiatives
Provide technical guidance on designing community-based initiatives that address identified risks and priorities.
Assess proposed initiatives for technical feasibility, relevance, sustainability, environmental considerations, and expected benefits.
Prepare technical recommendations and resource requirements for prioritized initiatives.
Support community leaders in implementing and maintaining agreed measures and provide follow-up guidance as required.
Document implementation progress, challenges, technical observations, and recommendations.
Community Engagement and Coordination
Coordinate with the Project Manager, Community Mobilizers, MEAL team, community leaders, and relevant stakeholders.
Facilitate community awareness and dialogue on disaster preparedness, climate resilience, environmental protection, and sustainable natural resource management.
Encourage community participation in risk assessment, planning, decision-making, and follow-up on agreed priorities.
Coordinate with relevant local authorities and community representatives, where appropriate and authorized.
Promote collaboration and community ownership to support the sustainability of action plans and initiatives.
Documentation, Monitoring and Reporting
Maintain records of training sessions, attendance, learning assessments, consultations, risk assessments, and action-planning activities.
Prepare training reports, community risk maps, action plans, and technical recommendations.
Coordinate with the MEAL team to provide supporting documentation for monitoring planned activities and indicators.
Participate in monitoring visits and project review meetings as requested by the Project Manager.
Report implementation delays, emerging risks, environmental concerns, and other challenges promptly.
Ensure the confidentiality and appropriate handling of community information in line with organizational policies.
Compliance and Other Responsibilities
Implement assigned activities in accordance with approved work plans, organizational policies, and applicable government requirements.
Apply Do No Harm, accountability, inclusion, safeguarding, and environmental responsibility principles.
Maintain professional conduct and respect the dignity, safety, and confidentiality of community members.
Perform other relevant duties assigned by the Project Manager in line with the position.
Key Deliverables
Training materials: Training plan, session outlines, presentations, practical exercises, and assessment tools.
Training report: Attendance, topics covered, learning outcomes, challenges, and recommendations.
Community risk assessment and maps: Documentation of hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities, community resources, and priority risks.
CLDRM action plans: Draft and finalized community-level action plans developed through participatory planning on the sixth day.
Technical recommendations: Feasibility assessments, resource requirements, and recommendations for prioritized initiatives.
Follow-up and progress reports: Documentation of implementation progress, challenges, lessons learned, and recommended actions.
