FRRR Project Coordinator, Disaster Resilient Future Ready

The position is responsible for the coordination and delivery of FRRR’s Disaster Resilient: Future Ready project, which sits within the Disaster Recovery and Resilience Program (DRR).The aim of FRRR’s disaster recovery and resilience programs is to “deliver a collaborative, flexible and responsive grants program to support recovery from disaster, increase the resilience and capacity of community groups; and create new opportunities for partnership, enterprise and leadership in regions across rural and regional Australia”.

Disaster Resilient: Future Ready is a multi-stage program that aims to develop a practical, evidence-based approach that communities can adopt to build resilience and adaptive capacity that will enable them to be well prepared before, and to bounce-back better after, a disaster. The program is a cross-sectoral collaboration involving philanthropy, Government, business and community and utilises a place-based approach to strengthening the resilience and preparedness of those communities. FRRR undertakes community engagement and co-design processes and provides grant funding for communities to test and evaluate ideas for building their community’s disaster preparedness.

The responsibilities of the Project Coordinator include, but are not limited to:

·         Development and delivery of regional consultations in seven Victorian communities, with the FRRR Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, FRRR CEO, donors and project partners

·         Development, promotion, and delivery of an EoI process for seven communities in Victoria, and other states as they come online, to participate in place-based projects

·         Facilitation of participatory processes that enable three to four Victorian place-based pilot communities to identify, develop, implement and evaluate initiatives aligned to the DR:FR objectives, including delivery of a grants program for those initiatives

·         Work with the research partner to monitor and evaluate the place-based pilots, in relation to the community processes and the initiatives implemented

·         Development and implementation of the communications plan for the Victorian program and coordination of continuing communications activity for the NSW pilot research findings

·         Coordination of reporting to FRRR, donors, project partners and community stakeholders

·         Provide secretariat support to the program reference group, including preparation of papers, minutes and coordinating meetings

·         Maintaining support for the ongoing project work of NSW DRFR pilot communities

·         High quality project coordination, administration and reporting to the Disaster Resilience & Recovery Lead

·         Liaison with potential grant applicants in communities to develop project plans and applications to the grants program

·         Day to day financial management of the DRFR Project Budget

·         Act as the primary contact for those seeking information about the DRFR project

·         Maintain up to date website content for the program

·         Contribute to FRRR Donor and Board Reports

The project’s success depends on building strong relationships with community individuals and groups, Local Government, Emergency Management and Agency personnel. A key responsibility of the Project Coordinator will be to effectively manage and sustain those relationships, as well as develop new partnerships. This will require the Project Coordinator to represent the organisation publicly from time to time.