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Asia – Country Representative – Nepal

Data: 19/04/2016

La ONG ASIA sta iniziando la selezione per un Country Representative da inserire nella sua operatività in Nepal – Scadenza Candidature: 2 Maggio 2016.


Nepal Country Representative

Department/Area: Cooperation
Reporting to: International Project Desk
Location: Kathmandu (Nepal) with frequent missions in the field (Rasuwa District-Kavre District-Others)
Contract type: the duration and the contract type will be defined according to the Italian Job Act laws
Apply before: ASAP before 2nd of May 2016; in the case of identification of candidate aligned with the profile, the announcement will be terminated in advance
Starting Mission: 1st June 2016 (12 months, with possible extension)

ASIA NGO Description

A.S.I.A. (Associazione per la Solidarietà Internazionale in Asia), in an International NGO based in Italy. We work since 1988 in Tibetan areas in PRC with different kind of projects (mainly on Education, Cultural Heritage Protection, Emergency, Environment, Traditional Health System, Long Distance Sponsorship, WASH, Rural Development). ASIA works also in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Inner Mongolia and Nepal. For further information: www.asia-onlus.org.

ASIA NGO in Nepal
A.S.I.A. is working in Nepal since 1996 with a Long Distance Sponsorship Program in Kathmandu Valley area (mainly Bouddhanath) and Dolpa area. Since 2009 to 2014 has carried out a big WASH project in Kavre District (Baluwa VDC). The project consists in the catchment of ground water through the construction of water wells, pollutet water treatment plan, domestic distribution system of drinking water, improved toilets construction, Improved kitchen stoves, School’s rain water harvesting units, family biogas plans, school awareness campaign, and other interventions.
Since Jan 2015 ASIA is carrying out a project in urban and peri-urban areas in Dulikhel and Banepa, on perma-culture and organic farming.
Since 25th April 2015, ASIA is actively working in earthquake emergency and post-emergency in Kathmandu, Kavre, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok areas (for more infos: http://www.namaskarfornepal.org/).

Responsabilities
The selected person will be in charge of representing ASIA in the country, coordinating the activities, and ensuring the compliance with ASIA managing process. Being based in Kathmandu, he/she will run and develop the activities through frequent field missions in Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok, Kavre Districts.

Activities
• Management of the post-emergency programs in Rasuwa, Sindupalchock and the previous programs in Kathmandu, Dolpa and Kavre, assuring the access to education to all children in the intervention areas (reconstruction of school and support to the education system);
• Coordination with the local authorities (Social Welfare Council, Central and District Level Authority) and the international network;
• Guarantee a constant communication between the local office and the HQ in Italy;
• Identification of partners and projects: to identify reliable partners, supervise them in drafting the project proposals to be submitted to donors and to the Social Welfare Council;
• Project monitoring and evaluation: to undertake regular visits to the project sites to gain a clear understanding of project conditions, requirements and constraints; to support ASIA in evaluating of the projects; to supervise the partners in drawing up periodical and final reports;
• Office Management and Logistics: to ensure adequate procedures in managing ASIA Office (human, financial and physical resources) and provide logistic support to the missions undertaken by the headquarters for different purposes;
• Networking: to manage the relationship with the local authorities and to evaluate the possibility of creating partnerships with UN and other International agencies operating in the country;
• Application of the procedures: to ensure the compliance with the Management and the Ethical Code adopted by ASIA.

Experiences and Knowledge
• At least 5 years experience in International Cooperation sectors;
• University Degree: Preferably in Agro-Forestry, Environment Sciences, Agronomy; will be evaluated CV with other degrees;
• Experience in management and implementation of international cooperation projects in the field (5 yrs), best if in Country Representative or Plan Coordinator Role or Project Management;
• Strong administrative competencies and good knowledge of the Accountancy procedures of the main international donors;
• Proved experience in writing projects for main donor agencies (UE, UN agencies, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, etc.);
• Mastery of the relevant technical tools (ex. Project Cycle Management);
• Preferably previous experience in emergency and post-emergency programs;


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