Small Scale Mitigation Monitoring Consultant

Building Urban Resilience:

Improving Schools Safety in Quy Nhon City

Terms of Reference

Small-Scale Mitigation Monitoring Consultant

Job title: Small Scale Mitigation Monitoring Consultant

Project: Building Urban Resilience: Improving Schools Safety in Quy Nhon City (BUR –school Safety)

Location: Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province

Reporting to: DRR/CCA Delegate

Contract type and duration: full-time, two months

Expected starting date: 02 January 2017

Purpose of the activity:

Under the BUR –school Safety project implemented in Quy Nhon by the Vietnam Red Cross and the German Red Cross, small scale structural interventions, such as drainage facility, upgrading of electrical systems, installation of inflatable swimming pool and water purification systems, will enable the schools to reduce their vulnerabilities to disaster hazards and increase their resilience. A consultant is need to perform regular technical monitoring and ensure that the procurement process meet with the Vietnam laws and the GRC regulation and that the quality of the interventions is in line with the schools’ technical requirements.

Tasks

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

1. Provide technical review to design and cost estimation prepared by relevant partners (schools and VNRC chapter)

2. Provide technical review to the procurement process to the relevant partners (schools and VNRC chapter)

3. Perform monitoring to construction activities of small scale mitigation to ensure the quality of the works

4. Check construction quantity and quality and provide acceptance to small scale mitigation works completed

5. Write monthly update reports

6. Other relevant tasks as required by line manager.

Selection Criteria

• At least 2 years of experiences monitoring construction sites

• Able to use MS package (Word, Excel) and the Internet

• Good written and spoken English skills

• Proactive, truthful and quick learner

• Able to work independently and in team with minimal supervision

• Able to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines

• Able and willing to travel extensively to project sites

• Good knowledge of Quy Nhon city will be an asset

• Experience with schools and with the Red Cross Movement will be an asset

Interested candidates are invited to send his or her CV and relevant degrees, titled “Small Scale Mitigation Monitoring Consultant”, no later than 17.00 on 15 December 2017 to:

German Red Cross in Hanoi,

Floor 7th, 59 Quang Trung street, Hanoi

(Attn: Ms. Lam Thi Phuong)

or email: [email protected] [1]

Only short-listed candidates will be notified and unsuccessful applications will not be returned.