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Build Change is an international non-profit social enterprise that designs earthquake-resistant houses in developing countries and trains builders, homeowners, engineers and government officials to build them. Build Change’s designs are affordable, culturally appropriate, and use materials and techniques that will continue to be used after our intervention is finished.
Build Change has ongoing post-earthquake housing reconstruction programs in West Sumatra, Indonesia and Sichuan, China. So far, Build Change has improved the design and/or construction of over 6,400 houses, trained nearly 950 builders and over 1,000 technical high school students, engineers, and government officials in safe construction techniques. Build Change is opening an office in earthquake-devastated Haiti in June 2010.
Build Change is a US-based 501(c)3 non-profit in operation since 2004. Build Change has won grants from Echoing Green, Draper Richards Foundation, Mulago Foundation and Ashoka-Lemelson and was named a 2008 Laureate in the Equality Category for Technology Benefiting Humanity by the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation Tech Awards. Build Change’s work has been featured on abcNEWS World News Tonight, BBC Website, National Public Radio All Things Considered, and the New York Times.
Responsibilities:
• Market and expand (beyond Sichuan) Build Change’s training course for government officials on designing and inspecting earthquake-resistant houses
• Develop a prestigious internship program for students graduating from Technical Schools, to bring earthquake-resistant housing solutions to low income populations
• Finalize course curriculum and oversee development of an on-line course
• Oversee and improve data management and monitoring and evaluation activities, including
impact tracking and preparing weekly, monthly, and task-specific reports
• Carefully document program execution, implementation systems, and lessons learned
• Lead Build Change’s team of Chinese engineers and construction professionals to wrap up the post home-owners and government officials to build earthquake-resistant houses in earthquake affected areas
• Oversee staff and volunteers to revise and update design drawings, bills of quantity, construction check-lists, and training materials, and mass-marketing materials for earthquake-resistant design and construction of confined masonry and timber buildings
• Drive Build Change’s mass marketing efforts through private sector businesses and mass media, and monitor the impacts of these efforts
• Maintain and expand relationships with local and national governments and academic institutions and NGOs to promote building guidelines and enforcement for earthquake-resistant housing construction.
• Develop a framework for partnering with a microfinance institution that will provide loans to low income home-owners who choose to build a new home