Global Emergency Relief, Recovery & Reconstruction (GER3)
Hurricane Melissa Recovery Program
Position Description
Debris Project Manager
Start date:End January – Beginning February 2026
Duration: From beginning of contract to June, 30 2026
Location: Field based, St. Elizabeth or Westmoreland Parish (one position per Parish)
Compensation: $1,300 USD / month
Type of contract: International, US Contract
Organization & Operation
Founded in 2017, Global Emergency Relief, Recovery & Reconstruction (GER3) is a non-profit organization that supports crisis-affected communities to build back better. GER3 is committed to delivering sustainable, culturally appropriate, and community-led interventions, with a focus on improving resilience to natural disasters and strengthening local capacity for recovery.
In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, causing widespread destruction across several parishes. The storm damaged thousands of homes, public buildings, and critical infrastructure, leaving many families without safe shelter. Communities faced prolonged power outages, flooding, and disrupted access to essential services, with thousands of residents displaced to temporary shelters or relocating to stay with relatives. Local livelihoods, including small farms and businesses, were severely impacted, further increasing community vulnerability.
GER3’s Debris Removal Program combines community-based debris clearance with cash-for-work activities to restore safe living conditions while supporting local livelihoods. Strong field coordination, safety management, and documentation are essential to the success of this program.
Position Overview
The Debris Project Manager will oversee day-to-day field implementation of GER3’s Debris Removal Project. This role is responsible for managing debris removal teams and cash-for-work personnel, coordinating logistics and materials, enforcing safety standards, and ensuring accurate documentation, metrics, and reporting.
The Debris Project Manager will work closely with the Program Manager, Administrator, and field teams to ensure debris removal activities are implemented safely, efficiently, and in accordance with program objectives and donor requirements.
Key Responsibilities
1. Field Operations & Team Management
- Coordinate and supervise debris removal activities across assigned communities and sites.
- Manage field teams, cash-for-work personnel, truck transportation, including daily task assignments, supervision, and performance monitoring.
- Ensure work plans and daily targets are clearly communicated and understood by all teams.
- Serve as the primary field-level point of contact for debris removal activities and planning.
2. Cash-for-Work Coordination
- Support the recruitment, registration, and onboarding of cash-for-work personnel in coordination with the administrator.
- Track daily attendance, work quality, completion and productivity of cash-for-work personnel.
- Verify attendance sheets and work records with onsite supervisors prior to submission for payment processing.
- Flag any discrepancies or issues related to attendance or work output to the Program Manager and Administrator.
3. Logistics, Materials & Equipment
- Coordinate the distribution, use, and tracking and storage of tools, equipment, and materials required for debris removal.
- Ensure adequate supplies (e.g., tools, water, PPE, bags, wheelbarrows) are available at all work sites.
- Coordinate with the Storekeeper to maintain tool inventory records, including check-in/check-out logs, periodic physical counts, and reconciliation of issued vs returned tools.
- Work with the Storekeeper to ensure availability of site supplies (water, PPE kits, and tools), produce forecasting needs to prevent work delays.
- Support logistical planning for debris transport, storage, recycling or disposal in line with local guidelines.
- Manage daily truck transportation, records, presence sheet to be reconciled with trucker invoice
4. Safety & Compliance
- Enforce strict adherence to occupational health and safety standards on all debris removal sites.
- Conduct regular safety briefings and ensure all workers understand safe work practices.
- Ensure availability and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by all team members.
- Identify and mitigate hazards, including unstable structures, sharp debris, and environmental risks.
- Report and document any incidents or near-misses in accordance with GER3 procedures.
5. Monitoring, Metrics & Documentation
- Maintain accurate daily records of debris removal activities, including locations, volumes or types of debris removed, and labor inputs.
- Document on-site activities through photos and upload them to the internal system to support progress monitoring and donor reporting.
- Support the collection of Monitoring and Evaluation of data, including attendance, outputs, and basic progress indicators.
- Contribute to weekly and monthly reporting by providing timely and accurate field data.
- Ensure documentation is complete and organized for audits, monitoring visits, and donor reporting.
6. Community Coordination & Program Support
- Engage respectfully with the community members, community leaders, and beneficiaries to coordinate debris removal activities.
- Support coordination with shelter repair teams to ensure debris clearance aligns with repair schedules.
- Assist with other debris- or shelter-related operational tasks as required to support overall program objectives.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Jamaican national withof 3–5 years of experience in field coordination, construction, debris management, cash-for-work programming, or similar roles, preferably in humanitarian or recovery contexts.
- Demonstrated experience supervising field teams or labor personnel.
- Strong understanding of occupational health and safety practices in physically demanding work environments.
- Experience with basic reporting, record-keeping, and documentation.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites or teams simultaneously.
- Ability to work in challenging field conditions and meet tight timelines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English required for documentation and reporting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to work effectively with community members, field staff, and management.
- High level of integrity and commitment to accountability and transparency.
Work Conditions
- Field-based position with daily travel to debris removal sites.
- May include extended hours or weekend work depending on program needs and weather conditions.
Reporting Lines:
This position will report directly to the Program Manager.
How to apply
Please send your resume and cover letter to recruitment@ger3.org with “Jamaica, Debris Project Manager and name of the Parish” as the subject title of your email.