Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, oppression by building secure, productive, and just communities. Mercy Corps has been present in Zimbabwe since 2002 focusing its interventions on a multi sectoral market systems development portfolio mobilizing communities to promote small-scale agriculture and revive local economies. Its current operations focus on helping smallholder farmers increase their incomes and harvests through the power of technology and increasing urban household access to quality, reliable water, sanitation and hygiene services. Zimbabwe continues to experience recurrent environmental, economic and social shocks affecting the wellbeing of its communities and undermining development investments. Mercy Corps puts resilience at core of its strategy to contribute to the wellbeing of Zimbabweans by building communities’ capacities and strengthening systems and institutions.
The Resilience Measurement and Research Specialist for the Resilience Knowledge Hub (RKH) under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) will be responsible for providing key technical advisory services to RKH for resilience measurement and research. The Resilience Knowledge Hub’s goal is to strengthen the capacity of ZRBF partners (i.e. government and ZRBF ) in understanding and applying resilience and landscape concepts, tools, approaches and methodologies in their work to drive the resilience agenda as outlined in the Zimbabwe Resilience Strategic Framework. The intervention will also play an advisory role in supporting ZRBF consortia partners to conduct context, gender and resilience analyses and reporting; improve scenario planning, early warning systems and anticipatory action mechanism to inform ZRBFplanning and implementation processes. By doing so the intervention will inform decisions on the Crisis Modifier funding system to strategically sequence, layer, and coordinate ZRBF investments and adapt them to the rapidly changing environment. For the system to function, RKH must serve as a catalyst for generating evidence through strategic resilience measurement and translating it into actionable programme recommendations.
The Resilience Measurement & Research Specialist is integral to achieving the objectives outlined above. Specifically, this individual will be responsible for designing, managing, and supervising RKH’s resilience measurement methodology and system, research protocols, evidence generation and all analytical work.facilitating the aggregation of knowledge, experiences, and best practices from the ZRBF consortia partnersand ensuring the efficient and effective transfer and application of these lessons across consortia in their implementation plans and crisis modifier mechanisms.
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
Reports Directly To: Resilience Knowledge Hub Team LeaderWorks Directly With: Mercy Corps Zimbabwe Country Office, Regional Resilience Senior Director, Global Resilience Technical Resource & Quality team, Global Gender Advisors and partner organizations
SAFEGUARDING AND ETHICS
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
By applying for this role an applicant confirms that they have not previously violated an employer’s sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation and abuse, child safeguarding or trafficking policy. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times.
Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct e- learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis. As an applicant, if you witness or experience any form of sexual misconduct during the recruitment process, please report this to Mercy Corps Integrity Hotline ([email protected])