Transboundary Risk and Early Warning Expert – Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action

1 week ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Full time

UNDRR As the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR brings governments, partners and communities together to reduce disaster risk and losses to ensure a safer, more sustainable future.

UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction
Responsibilities

Duties will include conducting a review of progress of the AMHEWAS programme against its objectives; documenting successes, lessons learnt, challenges and opportunities;

developing recommendations for possible intervention to further the operationalization of the AMHEWAS Programme; supporting the development of performance indicators and develop baseline data; supportig the development of the Strategic Plan and Theory of Change for the AMHEWAS Programme.

The consultant will also build capacity of the AUC, RECs and Member States, under the aegis of the AMHEWAS programme, to strengthen capacities for transboundary disaster risk management.

The assignment is expected to help AUC, RECs and Member States to better understand the impact of the AMHEWAS programmes and identify and understand how to manage transboundary risks and integrate transboundary hazards and risk into the early warning and early action products of the AMHEWAS programme.

The consultant will work under the overall supervision of the AUC's AMHEWAS Programme Manager and UNDRR Regional Office for Africa, to develop the key deliverables.

The consultant will be expected to interact closely with the RECs and national disaster management and hydro-meteorological authorities and will be a home based consultancy.

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Disaster Risk Management/Reduction, Environmental Science, Geography, Hydrology or other relevant fields is required.

A first-level university degree in any of these fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

At least 5 years of experience of working in Africa at the national or international level in implementing Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes or other relevant field is required.

Experience in managing early warning or disaster operations projects and working in Africa at regional or national level on Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (DRR/M) is desirable.

Experience in liaising with regional organizations and Member States in policy and protocol formulation is desirable.

Experience with early warning/early action, including being familiar with hydro meteorological hazards (flood, drought, etc.) assessment and mapping, vulnerability assessment and weather forecast, and monitoring is desirable.

Experience of leading or contributing to strategy country-led development initiatives is desirable.

Experience with at least one major government institution or international organization working on early warning/early action or disaster risk reduction/risk knowledge in desirable.

Experience in hazard assessment and mapping and experience in risk profiles/atlas preparation is desirable.
Experience in policy/program/project evaluations in the area of Disaster Risk Reduction/ Management and Early Warning Systems is required.

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